Japan’s Cabinet has approved a plan to expand the main nuclear regulatory agency and move it to the environment ministry from the trade ministry where it has been criticized as being too cozy with the industry it regulates. Chief Cabinet …
Howard County authorities rescued a woman trapped in her car after it landed in her pool. Relatives called authorities Saturday to check on the woman in her 70s after they didn’t hear from her Friday night. Rescuers found the woman …
Iowa paid nearly $3.8 million to settle claims and resolve disputes in fiscal year 2011, down significantly from the previous year, state officials said. Officials said a large share of that amount was paid out in medical negligence cases at …
A Peoria woman who once faced the death penalty is suing authorities who accused her of killing an infant she was babysitting. Last year, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed the murder case against Lisa Randall after an expert …
A drawing by Rembrandt, valued at $250,000, was stolen from a hotel in Southern California in what sheriff’s investigators said was a well-planned heist. The pen-and-ink drawing, believed to be called “The Judgment,” was snatched Saturday night while a curator …
Bay Area Rapid Transit district officials said they were attempting Sunday to shut down a hacker’s group website that lists the names of thousands of San Francisco Bay area residents who are email subscribers of a legitimate BART website. The …
A dust explosion is being blamed for a fire at a dairy products factory in Fond du Lac. The Fond du Lac Reporter says firefighters responded just after 4 a.m. Sunday to a report of smoke filling up the Milk …
The California Supreme Court has ruled that cost of living adjustments in total permanent disability cases are to be calculated starting the January 1 after the injured worker started collecting his or her payments. The ruling is expected to be …
Insurance company Nationwide Mutual said profits in the first half of the year fell by more than half after paying claims, like the rest of the industry, for some of the worst tornadoes in U.S. history. Privately held Nationwide, one …
News Corp shareholders angry over the hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate face an uphill fight trying to hold company executives and directors responsible in court. In the nearly six weeks since the scandal erupted, shareholders have seen roughly …