A major aftershock rocked northeast Japan late on Thursday and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast devastated by last month’s massive quake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant. The tsunami warning was later lifted and no …
The family of a Pennsylvania man who killed himself after his allegation of sexual abuse by a priest was dismissed has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The suit was filed Wednesday in the Philadelphia Court …
Authorities say a Dumfries, Virginia woman has been arrested for soliciting an undercover police officer to kill her husband for insurance money. Prince William County police say 34-year-old Sonia Guerrero Kuske has been charged with solicitation to commit capital murder …
The Louisiana Supreme Court has ordered Health Net Inc., a major health maintenance organization, to cover more than $180 million in claims by consumers, health care providers and creditors in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon told …
A Republican-sponsored proposal to cap damages for pain and suffering in civil lawsuits to $350,000 headed to the governor’s desk after the Oklahoma Senate approved it on April 4 in a vote mostly along party lines. The House approved HB …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Allied Roofing Systems LLC of Springfield, Mo., four safety citations following an inspection of an Omaha, Neb., job site where employees were exposed to fall hazards while installing …
Flooding in parts of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula has closed some roadways and led to a state of emergency for Mecosta County. The emergency declaration came after storms Sunday and Monday that covered some roadways with water and washed out others. …
Enbridge Inc. says the spill of at least 800,000 of oil into the Kalamazoo River system near Marshall cost the pipeline company $550 million in 2010. The figure, which comes from the Enbridge annual report, excludes insurance recoveries, fines and …
The cost to remove mold from an old school building in Montgomery, Ala. is going up. Montgomery County school officials said they’ve had to come up with another $500,000 to fix mold problems at Dozier Elementary School, which is about …
California lawmakers this week took a step toward enacting what would be the nation’s first law forcing rental car companies to pull recalled vehicles off the road, encouraged by a mother who testified that such a rule could have saved …