The U.S. State Department says the Vatican has been served with court papers stemming from decades-old allegations of sexual abuse against a now-deceased priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf. In a news release Tuesday, the defendants’ attorney Jeff …
Nearly a year after severe flooding closed Nashville’s Opry Mills shopping mall, officials said reconstruction is set to begin. After an initial cleanup, progress on the reconstruction had been stalled for months because insurers would provide only $50 million. The …
Altamonte Springs, FL – April 14 2011 — O.L. Anderson joins North American Risk Services (NARS) as a Regional Business Development Executive. Anderson brings more than 30 years of experience to his new position with NARS. His most recent role …
Jackson County sheriff’s investigators have arrested a man and charged him with arson for allegedly setting two separate fires near a Vancleave school. Sheriff Mike Byrd tells The Mississippi Press that Ronald Martin Goszdax of Vancleave was charged Sunday with …
Governor Scott Walker signed into law Tuesday a bill designed to lower car insurance rates by undoing higher coverage requirements approved by Democrats less than two years ago. Republicans successfully used the car insurance issue on the campaign trail last …
Imagine waking up to discover an explosion at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station had led to a fire, radioactive leak and evacuations in nearby Southern California communities. That’s the scene government officials were asked to consider for a drill …
A year-long investigation led to the arrest of a woman accused of staging an accident and insurance fraud. Officials said Monday they have audio and video of 36-year-old Tina Marie Figueroa admitting to intentional involvement in two crashes to collect …
The Judicial Conduct Board has begun disciplinary proceedings against a former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge serving a 46-month federal prison sentence for insurance fraud. It was not immediately clear if ex-Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce could lose his pension if …
U.S. DOT officials announced that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and its state and local law enforcement partners across the nation recently conducted 2,782 surprise passenger carrier safety inspections over a nine-day period that resulted in 289 unsafe …
Auditors hired by the U.S. bishops to check child safety in America’s Roman Catholic dioceses each year warned in a new report this week of a drift away from parts of the church’s nine-year-old abuse prevention plan. The agency the …