Residents of old neighborhoods ripped apart by Christmas Day tornadoes wrapped up in coats and pulled on gloves for warmth after the storms, the sound of screaming chainsaws replacing the scary roar of tornadoes that left damage scattered across much …
Authorities say more than 25 people were injured in Mississippi during the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day. Mississippi Emergency Management spokesman Brett Carr says no fatalities have been reported in Mississippi, but dozens of structures …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to inspect Olympic sites at the 2014 Winter Games’ capital, Sochi, which was hit by an earthquake. The Emergency Situations Ministry reported a 5.5 magnitude earthquake in the area early on the morning …
Toyota Motor Corp. eliminated a huge obstacle with a U.S. settlement over unintended acceleration in its cars and trucks, leaving it to fight smaller cases that will be harder for plaintiffs to prove and less likely to damage the company’s …
In a decision that could make it easier for businesses to police cybertheft in the workplace, a U.S. appeals court revived a chemical company’s lawsuit accusing a former Toronto-area employee of using her home computer to steal trade secrets from …
The Department of Veterans Affairs will conduct a mortality study to track causes of death for veterans, creating a database that could be used to evaluate services provided to veterans. The department’s decision came two months after an Austin American-Statesman …
Some supporters of the Woodruff Arts Center are questioning why it has taken so long to investigate what arts center officials have called the embezzlement of more than $1 million. Officials with the Atlanta, Ga., arts center said in November …
Fine art insurers face claims of up to half a billion dollars, their biggest ever payout, to compensate the owners of artwork destroyed when Superstorm Sandy flooded galleries in New York. Work by 1960s graphic artist and illustrator Peter Max …
Dave was making his way through his house trying to find out why his smoke detectors were sounding … then he saw it. Scorched paint and burned places covered the wall above the fireplace, and small flames were visible in …
A year ago, all parts of Wyoming were free of drought. Now, 2012 is on track to be the driest in Wyoming in 118 years after a dry spring and summer. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report found drought conditions …