America’s newest polar-orbiting satellite roared into orbit this morning, setting the stage for enhanced weather data NOAA scientists will use to develop life-saving severe weather forecasts days in advance. The NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite is a NASA Earth-observing satellite …
Thailand may lose a quarter of its main rice crop in the nation’s worst flooding in decades, the government estimates, which could boost prices of the staple and further squeeze shipments from the world’s top exporter. The flood damage to …
U.S. prosecutors charged 11 people Thursday in connection with an alleged $1 billion fraud involving hundreds of railroad workers filing false disability claims. In some cases, workers claimed they were unable to work even while they played golf, shoveled snow …
York Risk Services Group, a claims administration and risk management services provider, announced that Pat Mulcahy has joined the company as vice president of sales for its South Central territory. Mulcahy will have responsibility for sales, marketing and business development …
The insurance company that paid Drake University’s theft claim has filed a lawsuit against the former Drake administrator who stole the money. The Des Moines Register reports that Employers Mutual Casualty Co. filed the lawsuit this week against Robert Harlan. …
A third man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money in a scam involving the sale of bogus insurance to a New York tour operator whose boat capsized in 2005 killing 20 elderly tourists, federal officials reported. U.S.Attorney Kenneth …
More than six years after Hurricane Katrina’s rampage, authorities have taken only halting steps toward identifying weaknesses in a nationwide patchwork of levees intended to protect millions of Americans’ lives and property during potentially catastrophic floods. The U.S. Army Corps …
The Chef Menteur Pass bridge in New Orleans is closed after a barge hit the structure Wednesday. The Coast Guard says a cement barge being towed by the Shannan C and Portier I struck the bridge about 11:15 a.m. The …
San Diego police say a multi-pronged enforcement approach has led to a 65 percent decrease in auto thefts over the past five years in neighborhoods near the U.S.-Mexico border. The San Diego Union-Tribune says police identified known car thieves in …
Rain and snow on Thursday compounded difficulties for thousands rendered homeless in the powerful earthquake that hit eastern Turkey, and the government said the death toll has gone up to 534. The prime minister’s center for crisis and emergency management …