The Idaho Board of Midwifery suspended the licenses of a mother-daughter midwife team at a Meridian birthing center that’s under investigation following the deaths of three infants. Jerusha Goodwin and her mother, Coleen Marie Goodwin, of The Baby Place were …
The Alabama Legislature has approved a bill to assign oversight of prefabricated storm shelters to the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. A compromise version of the bill cleared the House and Senate on unanimous votes and now goes to the governor. …
California regulators have warned San Diego Gas & Electric to meet helicopter safety regulations or they’ll shut down work on a 117-mile power transmission line. The Public Utilities Commission has set a Wednesday evening deadline for the utility to comply …
New Hampshire’s Senate has voted to study whether to allow teen drivers to take online driver education courses instead of attending driving school to get their driver’s licenses. The Senate voted 17-7 Wednesday against letting teens under age 18 complete …
A New Jersey board of education says it wasn’t its decision to enter a $4.2 million legal settlement with a former student who said he wasn’t adequately protected from a bully. The Ramsey Board of Education released a statement Wednesday …
A construction truck broke a fire hydrant in Grand Rapids, Mich., causing water to gush for several minutes. Grand Rapids public works employees eventually were able to shut down the hydrant Wednesday, but water flowed down the street for some …
Louisiana State Police reported that two investigations are under way of former State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning. While authorities were tightlipped about the allegations, a watchdog group said the complaints involved possible fraud or mismanagement of funds. Browning, who …
Police have arrested 22 people in eastern China on suspicion of producing and selling capsules for medicine that contain excessive amounts of chromium, state media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency said police are investigating 43 capsule manufacturers in Xinchang …
Delta Air Lines Inc. will install seatbelts on its airport vehicles after a baggage handler died last year after being ejected from a vehicle. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also will address the hazard in the airline industry, recently …
BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and asked a U.S. judge for a long delay in any trial over remaining disputes stemming from the disaster. The London-based …