A California-based telemarketing firm and its owner were charged with unlawfully selling fraudulent automobile vehicle warranties and violating state and federal “do not call” laws, according to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. The state’s enforcement action charges Credexx Corp. – …
Out-of-control wildfires in Texas have scorched nearly 400 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes as hot, windy conditions fuel the blazes. One fast-moving wildfire in West Texas had spread to more than 60,000 acres Sunday in JeffDavisCounty and destroyed …
An estimated 5,900 restaurant building fires occur annually in the United States, resulting in an estimated average of 75 injuries and $172 million in property loss. The leading cause of all restaurant building fires is cooking at 59 percent and …
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, a global provider of property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions, announced today that it expects approximately $75 million in losses and loss expenses from the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in …
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries fined the city of George nearly $16,000 for safety violations discovered during the investigation of the death of the public works director. The Wenatchee World reports Wallace Bushman drowned last August when he …
A broken pipe led to flooding that caused up to $250,000 in damage at Glacier High School earlier this winter, and it’s still not clear who will pay for the repairs and cleanup. A frozen fire-suppression line burst on Feb. …
Authorities say a small plane has crashed into a house in Maine and burst into flames, injuring one person inside the house. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says the single-engine plane crashed into a house near Biddeford …
The Wichita City Council will consider Tuesday whether to pay $37,500 to settle a lawsuit stemming from the 2008 arrest of a man suspected of writing a bad check. The Wichita Eagle reported that a man jumped out of a …
A lightning strike is being blamed for a fire that destroyed a Wausau home. A lightning strike early Sunday started a gas leak. Wausau Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Krueger says the strike hit a tree next to the house …
Montgomery County fire officials say someone threw an incendiary device into a classroom at Walt Whitman High School, located in Bethesda, causing a small explosion and fire. Assistant Chief Scott Graham of the Montgomery County Fire Department says officials aren’t …