A 35-nation meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency on Tuesday adopted a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan – despite gripes by influential member nations that it to too timid for making compliance voluntary. Germany and several other EU states – as …
The Labor Department has cited an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge for allegedly exposing workers to fire hazards. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that it has proposed $126,000 in penalties for alleged safety violations discovered during …
Federal flood insurance has already paid out $43 million to help policyholders deal with the damage caused by flooding along the Missouri River even though the floodwaters haven’t fully receded. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says those payments went to …
The state says it is still cataloging information on the 9,000 or so places where pipelines cross some type of waterway in Montana. The issue was thrust into the forefront after an Exxon Mobil oil pipeline broke during spring flooding …
Last month, an astute observer was driving in Mountain View, Calif., when he came across a multiple car fender-bender. According to later reports, a Toyota Prius had hit a Prius, and that Prius hit an Accord, which hit an Accord, …
Brandon Bunker knew there would be nothing left. He knew from videos he had seen online that the home he and his wife shared with his father was a total loss and that his Jeep Grand Cherokee had been reduced …
The state is facing more than 20 potential lawsuits one month after the deadly outdoor stage collapse during the Indiana State Fair. An attorney general’s office spokesman says that through Monday the office had received 21 tort claims stemming from …
Three people in New Mexico have died and six others are ill with Listeria infections that preliminary testing has linked to contaminated cantaloupe, state health officials said Monday. Colorado has also had a significant increase in Listeria cases, including at …
Arkansas has averaged 46 tornadoes a year over the past 10 years. According to a graphic released Monday by the National Weather Service, the state saw an average of 46 twisters annually from 2001 to 2010. Another graphic showed there …
The airline industry had a ‘relatively turbulent free start to the third quarter, with losses hitting a five-year low of $794 million,’ according to the latest report from the Aerospace division of Willis Group Holdings. The company’s monthly Airline Insurance …