“A drunk driver killed someone I love,” reads a sign on the Interstate 80 East exit ramp onto Route 611 in Stroud Township, Pa. It’s the same area where Raymond Gelormini Jr., 49, of Hackettstown, N.J., was killed in March. …
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is submitting claims to insurers and the federal government to recover $65 million in losses it suffered during Hurricane Irene last year. The MTA says winds and floods caused by the hurricane damaged its regional …
According to a new survey by UK insurer Allianz Your Cover finds 54 percent of UK motorists want volume controls enforced on in-car music to control driver distraction. The average driver listens to seven hours of in-car music a week, …
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses from Hurricane Isaac to onshore properties in the U.S. will be between $700 million and $2 billion. AIR estimates include wind and storm surge damage to onshore residential, commercial and industrial …
Minnesota public safety officials are reporting encouraging numbers in their campaign against drunk driving. An annual late-summer enforcement campaign has resulted in fewer drunk driving arrests. The number of fatal crashes involving alcohol has also continued a five-year decline, the …
A Chinese automaker says it’s recalling nearly 12,500 cars sold in Brazil after asbestos was found in engine and exhaust gaskets. Chery International says in an emailed statement that it investigated the asbestos problem after it was discovered about two …
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will provide up to $640,000 for the construction of a new firehouse in the Adirondack Mountain town of Keene, where Tropical Storm Irene demolished the old firehouse a year ago. Town officials were informed …
The earthquake swarm in southeastern California has led the Brawley City Council to declare a local state of emergency as a step toward dealing with damage. The Imperial Valley Press reports the council took the action during a special meeting …
A marine salvage company has removed a 26-foot sailboat that sank in nearshore waters off Waikiki over the weekend. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources says Sea Engineering began work at the site off the Elks Club on …
The cost of an ambulance ride will soon rise by about 50 percent in a metro Atlanta county. The DeKalb County Commission decided Tuesday to allow Rural/Metro Corp. to increase the fees it charges for medical transport. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution …