A western Pennsylvania man faces up to 16 years in prison when he’s sentenced in April for setting his house on fire for the insurance money. Forty-four-year-old John Albert Picardi, of Kittanning, acknowledged putting a sheet over a basement heater …
U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo says he voted against funding to pay the Hurricane Sandy flood insurance claims because of the deficit, but as the chief financial officer for the Biloxi Public Housing Authority in 2005, Palazzo asked for federal relief …
A semitrailer hauling 32 bulls slammed into a tree on I-75, snarling traffic on the highway and forcing Florida Highway Patrol officials to chase down and shoot one of three animals that escaped. A veterinarian sedated another of the animals …
A Shell oil drilling rig that ran aground last week reached a safe harbor on Monday, where it will be examined to assess its seaworthiness after a week on the rocks near an Alaskan island. Stormy weather had wrestled the …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether to impose new limits on class action lawsuits, as it reviewed whether a homeowner’s lawsuit against his insurer belonged in a state court considered friendly to plaintiffs. During oral argument, several justices …
EagleView Technologies, a provider of automated 3D measurement technologies and analysis and Pictometry International, a geo-referenced aerial image capture and visual-centric data analytics company, jointly announced a merger agreement. The merger creates one global company offering comprehensive capabilities in aerial …
U.S. auto safety regulators are proposing sound requirements for green cars that would make such vehicles easier to detect when they are traveling below 18 miles an hour, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday. Such a rule …
The commander of the Massachusetts State Police has disbanded the department’s drug diversion unit and auto theft strike force and redeployed those troopers and resources to what he considers more critical assignments. Col. Timothy Alben says the dissolution of the …
Insurance Commissioner John Doak has crisscrossed the state in state-owned aircraft on his mission to educate the public and reach out to constituents. Doak is the top statewide elected official using state-owned aircraft, behind Gov. Mary Fallin. The costs billed …
An eastern Missouri woman who was arrested after finding a $20,000 diamond ring in a tanning salon and keeping it for nearly a month has filed suit against the owner, claiming she was cheated out of a $3,000 reward. Bonnie …