Two of what are expected to be many lawsuits were filed Friday on behalf of people injured when wind toppled a stage at the Indiana State Fair, sending metal scaffolding flying into fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to …
Residents were evacuated after a series of explosions at a St. Augustine gas station sparked a massive blaze, seriously damaging several building and injuring one person. Authorities said a fuel was being delivered Friday night when the explosion occurred. Several …
Baldwin County commissioners have voted to proceed with an $11.95 million damages claim involving last year’s big oil spill. Attorneys from law firms representing the county in the claim as well as others from the Alabama Attorney General’s Office and …
Paul Davis National, the large loss specialists for Paul Davis Restoration, has named Lloyd Swiggum president of the company. Swiggum’s responsibilities will include overseeing the commercial and industrial property damage restoration organization and assisting customers following flooding, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, …
No one was injured but more than $275,000 in damage was reported when two semitrailers, one carrying a wind turbine blade, crashed in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. The Telegraph Herald is reporting that the accident happened Wednesday morning on the west …
A senior vice president for Clean Harbors Inc. says investigators will look into the packing of a drum of lithium that ignited and burned a warehouse in El Dorado. The Tuesday afternoon fire destroyed the warehouse and about 120 drums …
Authorities say federal and state disaster assistance for flooding in North Dakota has topped $250 million. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than 9,500 people have registered so far and more than $87 million has been approved for temporary …
A source is confirming to The Associated Press that a Maryland businessman detained in Aruba had a $1.5 million insurance policy on his missing traveling companion and that he sought to collect on it shortly after she disappeared. The source …
Ping An Insurance Co. of China Ltd. said Thursday its fast-growing banking business helped to boost profit for the first half by nearly 33 percent. Profit for the six months ending June 30 was 12.8 billion yuan ($1.9 billion), Ping …
The Obama administration, facing fierce opposition from charter and cargo airlines and a leery Pentagon, has delayed new safety rules aimed at preventing airline pilots from becoming so exhausted that they could make dangerous mistakes. The Federal Aviation Administration was …