Authorities say a major fire has erupted at Croatia’s main oil refinery, causing injuries to four firefighters. The fire hit one of the storage tankers in the 60,000 barrel-a-day refinery co-owned by Hungary’s MOL and Croatia’s state INA oil and …
Authorities say they are trying to determine how many homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed when winds pushed a fire south of Sierra Vista into neighborhoods. Winds gusts of 50 mph pushed the Monument fire down a mountain and …
A moderate earthquake struck southwest China on Monday evening, causing some injuries and damage, state media said. The quake measured at a magnitude of 5.2 hit near the Yunnan province town of Tengchong, 1,550 miles (2,500 kilometers) southwest of Beijing. …
A Vermont jury has awarded $251,799 in damages to a physician who was allegedly promised a research fellowship in psychiatry that was later withdrawn. Dr. Lari Young said Fletcher Allen Health Care fellowship program director Dr. Richard Bernstein recruited her …
Woonsocket is seeking reimbursement for part of the cost of fighting a massive fire that destroyed the historic Alice Mill building last week. The Woonsocket Call reports that the costs include $38,660 in overtime, primarily for the Fire Department, as …
Homeowners in a northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood that had severe flooding in June 2010 say the city is to blame for the flooding. The city denies the claim. At least 17 households filed flood damage claims with the city in …
Arreola Masonry has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with three serious and three repeat safety violations for exposing workers to fall hazards at the company’s work site in Cedar Park, Texas. …
Liquid Feed Commodities Inc., located in Fremont, has been cited for 20 serious and one other-than-serious violation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Proposed fines total $79,200. OSHA’s inspection of Liquid Feed Commodities was …
BP has reached agreement with Weatherford U.S., L.P. to settle potential claims between the companies related to the Deepwater Horizon accident. Under the agreement, Weatherford, which manufactured the float collar used in the well, will pay $75 million. BP said …
In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to be safe for driving, according to a University of California, San Diego sociologist. A new study has found that blood-alcohol levels well …