A lawsuit brought by a New York family against a Massachusetts school for disabled children that administers shock treatment therapy to some students has ended with a settlement. The suit against the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton was brought by …
A report says fewer people died in the workplace across Michigan last year compared to 2010. The Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program reported Tuesday that 141 workers died on the job in 2011 — four fewer than in …
Gov. Robert Bentley returned to the central Alabama town of Eclectic a year after a deadly tornado hit it and found people relying on themselves and the generosity of others to rebuild. The Eclectic visit came on the second day …
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the owners of a Bay St. Louis restaurant cannot collect more than $300,000 they claimed to be owed by a local insurance agent after their business washed away in Hurricane …
Companies are urging a judge to quickly consider their challenge to a new Michigan law that requires millions of dollars in liability insurance if they want to sell powerful fireworks. Bay City federal Judge Thomas Ludington has set a hearing …
Washington, La., police have started to enforce the town’s pit bull ordinance. The Daily World reports 17 pit bulls were turned over to the St. Landry Parish Animal Control after they were seized by Washington police on Monday. Chief Ronelle …
Terrebonne Parish, La., officials have begun the annual work of assembling the parish’s “Cat 5” team. The task force is charged with identifying places in the parish that flood excessively in heavy rain. The team was created following Hurricane Gustav …
Maine authorities are trying to find out who’s been jamming the radio transmissions of several southern Maine fire and rescue departments, a situation that could lead to dangerous situations and even criminal charges. Jason Cole, assistant chief of Lebanon’s rescue …
The owner of Armstrong’s Cricket Farm in West Monroe, La., says Monday night’s fire destroyed 3 million crickets. Jack Armstrong estimates his loss to the building and the inventory at $500,000. Fire investigator Charlie Simmons tells The News-Star the fire …
Investigators say fire has damaged a West Texas church in a blaze being investigated as arson. The El Paso Fire Department says no one was injured Tuesday night in a blaze that caused about $2,000 in damage. Authorities say the …