A new study reports that a business transactions practice presents greater professional liability risk for attorneys than many other areas of practice, according to claims from CNA’s Lawyers Professional Liability Program. The company’s risk control unit recently released a study, …
The plaza at the Sept. 11 memorial in New York City has been evacuated after a crane broke some windows in one of the new World Trade Center skyscrapers. The fire department says no injuries have been reported. About 60 …
Fire officials and developers in two Des Moines, Iowa., suburbs are squabbling about whether fire sprinklers ought to be required in new townhouses. The Des Moines Register reported Monday that fire officials in Waukee and Johnston argue the sprinklers are …
Mental health advocates and civil libertarians are calling for a moratorium on police use of stun guns in Vermont following the death of man last week. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mental Health Law Project at Vermont Legal …
A central Pennsylvania church has opened its doors again more than a year after a devastating arson fire tore through its sanctuary. Shells Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grantville, Dauphin County held its first service at its renovated building on Sunday. …
Investigators say a man arrested in a Houston fire captured on security video has claimed responsibility for more than a dozen blazes. Harris County Jail records 25-year-old show Jacob Colby Garvin was held Wednesday on arson and criminal mischief charges. …
St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin is being rebuilt with the lessons learned from last year’s tornado in mind, which will make it stronger and safer, the project manager of the construction project said. The May 22, 2011, tornado …
Officials have identified a worker fatally injured in an accident at a General Motors plant in suburban Cleveland. Authorities were contacted Tuesday afternoon about a worker trapped by machinery at the metal processing plant in Parma. The medical examiner in …
The National Weather Service has rated a tornado that touched down near Ardmore in southwestern South Dakota last week an EF-2. The Rapid City Journal reports that that rating is considered “strong” on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which rates tornadoes …
A Vermont ski resort has reached a settlement with a skier who said it was at fault for his injuries on a trail and during a rescue. Alfred Rocks of Egg Harbor, N.J., sued Killington Ski Area, saying it failed …