The administrator of a class action settlement between petroleum giant BP and oil spill claimants said Tuesday that more than 34,000 Florida businesses and individuals so far have been approved to receive $332 million. Patrick Juneau was in Tallahassee to …
Auto insurance customers continue to be pleased with not only with their claims settlements but also with how quickly their claims are being settled. Also, insurance claims adjusters are doing a better job of speeding up the claims process than …
A 32-year-old western Iowa man has been given 37 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal copper from center pivot irrigation systems. Federal prosecutors say Jonathan Campbell was sentenced on Tuesday. He’d pleaded guilty to conspiracy …
A Utah judge on Wednesday sentenced a powerboat owner to 2 1/2 years in jail in the death of a swimmer who was cut down by his boat and left to bleed in a reservoir. Second District Judge Ernie Jones …
Tennessee is one of five states to receive a federal grant to establish an Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence. The center will be located at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and operated in cooperation with the state Health …
Virginia emergency management officials are planning a statewide tornado drill in March. Officials are seeking businesses and organizations, schools, and families and individuals to register for the drill set for on March 12 at 9:45 a.m. The drill is a …
When fire ravaged a Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ones’ remains were burned beyond recognition. Two months later, the same families have yet to …
Eight people living in a Hot Springs, Ark., motel had to be relocated after inspectors found a drainage tunnel over which they were living to be unstable. Officials said Tuesday that the tunnel running under several dwellings at the Relax …
While global economic losses were close to average in 2012, insured losses last year were 36 percent higher than the 10 year average ($72 billion vs. $53 billion) because the two most costly events of the year occurred in the …
The pilot involved in last week’s London helicopter crash had been warned about bad weather before he started his doomed flight, according to an official report released Wednesday. Pilot Pete Barnes and one person on the ground died in the …