The North Dakota Insurance Department says fraud referrals have been doubling since 2008. The Jamestown Sun reports that the 94 referrals in 2010 totaled more than $1 million in suspicious claims. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says times are …
The fiancée of a victim of last August’s shooting rampage at a beer distributorship in Manchester, Connecticut is putting the state’s workers’ compensation benefits law to the test. Stephanie Laurin was engaged to William Ackerman, one of eight people killed …
Authorities in Bridgeport, Connecticut are trying to determine the cause of a large fire that heavily damaged five businesses and displaced more than a dozen people from their homes in the city’s Black Rock section. The Connecticut Post reports that …
The Cooks Mills Fire Protection District in Illinois recently held a sausage patty and pancake fundraising breakfast this past weekend to raise money for supplies. The Mattoon Journal-Gazette reports many rural fire protection districts across Illinois are facing a financial …
Authorities in Arkansas say one person was killed when a Union Pacific train derailed and one of its cars fell on top of a vehicle stopped at a crossing. Lt. Carl Minden with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s office said the …
The federal government announced a new bridge oversight program that officials say will enable the Federal Highway Administration to more closely monitor how states are performing their bridge inspections and maintenance. “The safety of our nation’s bridges is of paramount …
California Highway Patrol says a chain-reaction crash on a snowy mountain interstate involving about 40 vehicles, including six semis, has killed one man and injured others. The crash occurred on Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevadas as a powerful winter …
Authorities say one person was burned when an oil rig exploded in northwestern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner says the blast occurred about noon on March 19 near Dacoma in Woods County. Skinner says the well is operated …
A Milwaukee-area meatpacking plant that was hit hard by a 2009 fire is donating $50,000 to local firefighters for their “heroic efforts” in fighting the blaze. The donation is from the Patrick Cudahy plant and its parent company, Smithfield Foods …
A fire swept through an apartment complex about 30 miles north of Kansas City, killing one person. The Kansas City Star reported that eight units in the 12-unit complex were occupied when the fire started Saturday morning in Platte City. …