Fire officials in Vermont have determined that a fire that destroyed part of a garage attached to a single-family home was intentionally set. Vermont State Police say the garage was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at the residence in …
Oil companies seeking to drill deepwater offshore wells have not yet complied with a requirement that they demonstrate their ability to quickly contain a deepwater blowout and spill, the Obama administration said on Tuesday. The administration was defending itself from …
The Supreme Court ruled this week that a federal law barring retaliation against a worker for complaints about on-the-job discrimination also protected the employee’s relative from unlawful dismissal. The high court unanimously ruled for Eric Thompson, who was fired from …
The group that sets safety standards for sports equipment has gathered information from manufacturers about football helmets made over the past 10 years. The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, or NOCSAE, in Overland Park, asked for certification …
A family has filed a lawsuit against a suburban Dallas-Fort Worth school district, accusing officials of ignoring warning signs of bullying that led to their 9-year-old son committing suicide last year. Fourth-grader Montana Lance of The Colony hanged himself in …
An Idaho man who authorities say set up a scheme to collect unemployment checks while in the Twin Falls County Jail has been sentenced to two years probation as part of a plea deal. Fifty-one-year-old Robert Latham Jr. was sentenced …
Almost half of all school buses and vans in New Jersey fail to pass their semiannual inspections due to violations deemed serious enough to take them off the road, according to a published report. The Press of Atlantic City also …
Parishioners at a Virginia church were left out in the cold when thieves stole two heat pumps connected to the building. Pastor Archie Timmons Jr. told WVEC-TV that the heat pumps were stolen Thursday from the Greater Virginia-Carolina Temple Church …
Oklahoma’s new insurance commissioner plans to lay off six of the office’s nine fraud investigators. Commissioner John Doak says the cuts will save $323,000 per year and will enable the office to focus on fraud allegedly committed by insurance companies. …
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that insurers are not liable for damages caused by faulty workmanship under a contractor’s commercial general liability policy. In a recent ruling, the high court found that a builder’s insurance company, the Pennsylvania-based …