Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is creating a commission to address the rising cost of insurance for the state’s coastal homeowners. Bentley said the commission will be asked to make recommendations on how to make affordable coverage more available to coastal …
A Burbank jury has awarded a woman $4.5 million in a medical malpractice case she brought against a La Canada Flintridge physician after the death of her husband. The Pasadena Star-News says the jury on Wednesday awarded Susanne Whatley-Miller and …
The estate of a 71-year-old southwestern Illinois man killed in a traffic wreck is accusing the other driver of causing the crash while texting and being under the influence of marijuana and other substances. The Madison County lawsuit by Louis …
A New York man who became a quadriplegic after he fell from Newport’s Cliff Walk on his honeymoon has settled with the city for an undisclosed sum, but trial in his lawsuit against the state continues. The seaside walk runs …
A brush fire in the southern Arizona community of Hereford burned eight acres and threatened homes. Three fire departments and the Bureau of Land Management responded to the fire Wednesday afternoon south of Sierra Vista. A local fire chief tells …
The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a magnitude 3.6 earthquake near Greenbrier in central Arkansas. No injuries or damage is reported. The quake was recorded at 9:34 p.m. about two miles northeast of Greenbrier. The site is about 35 miles …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited North Central Farmers Elevator in Ipswich, S.D., with six willful violations for exposing workers to being engulfed by grain. Proposed penalties total $378,000. OSHA’s area office in Bismarck …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Adrian Torres, doing business as A & E Roofing in Newton, Kan., with two serious and four repeat violations for exposing workers to fall and other hazards at …
Arraignment has been postponed for a Los Angeles school policeman charged with faking his own shooting. Thirty-year-old Jeff Stenroos was granted a request Wednesday to put off his arraignment until May 18. He has hired a new attorney and asked …
The widows of two men killed in a coal mine fire are appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit against the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. Delorice Bragg and Freda Hatfield asked the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to …