A Nicholas County, W.Va., man faces charges of setting 62 fires in the Summersville and Richwood areas. Twenty-one-year-old Austin Lee Cox of Craigsville is being held at the Central Regional Jail on $2.7 million bond. He’s charged with 54 felonies, …
Light showers overnight in the southwestern U.S. Midwest were too little too late to prevent further losses to corn and soybean yields, and next week will bring the return of high heat and drought, an agricultural meteorologist forecast Thursday. Rain …
A Montana State Crime Lab toxicologist who frequently offers expert trial testimony about blood-alcohol content is charged with driving under the influence. The Missoulian reports Lynn Kurtz was charged with a misdemeanor DUI last month. Court records say a Missoula …
The 63-year-old driver whose car plowed into a crowd at a northwest Ohio street festival says she wasn’t intoxicated and she believes a mechanical problem with the vehicle is to blame. More than two dozen people were injured in the …
A federal labor agency says Tampa, Fla., Adventure Island failed to follow procedures as a thunderstorm approached, resulting in the death of a lifeguard. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the water park $7,000 for the September 2011 incident. …
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph has been removed from a civil lawsuit over alleged child sexual abuse by a priest. Jackson County Judge Ann Mesle dismissed one count of failure to supervise children and two counts of fraudulent …
Residents of Schenectady, N.Y., who are convicted of dog-related offenses have to buy liability insurance to pay for medical expenses of anyone bitten by their animals. The city council voted Monday to require the special insurance for owners convicted of …
Texas insurance regulators will review why hundreds of identical consumer email complaints were rejected by agency computers. The Texas Department of Insurance is investigating and says the large volume of emails may have triggered security measures. The advocacy group Texas …
Small, nonfarm business in Cibola County and seven neighboring New Mexico counties that have been affected by drought now can apply for low-interest federal disaster loans. The deadline to apply for up to $2 million in loans from the U.S. …
Boston-headquartered insurance giant Liberty Mutual said it is realigning its strategic business units. The company — which reported $139 million profit for its 2012 second-quarter earlier Wednesday — also named executives that will lead each of its four new strategic …