Texas recorded seven catastrophic weather events in 2012 that resulted in $2.3 billion in insured losses. The Dallas/Fort Worth area received the brunt of the damage from tornadoes and hail storms that occurred in April and June. The multiple tornadoes …
Three Kansas families whose young children broke bones while playing on a Hutchinson elementary school’s monkey bars have sued the school district for negligence. The Hutchinson News reports two of the families have settled their cases, with the district’s liability …
An Illinois-based company says it is recalling one lot of Food Club Chocolate Chunk Brownies Mix distributed to stores in three states from a warehouse in southwestern Virginia. Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. said Thursday that packaging does not list walnuts among …
South Carolina legislators say they’re willing to spend whatever it takes to prevent another massive security breach in state government, once they have a handle on what’s necessary. House and Senate leaders of both parties say cyber security will be …
An insurance company has donated $2.5 million to West Virginia’s Marshall University to establish a research endowment. The university said Thursday that the gift form the BrickStreet Insurance Foundation Inc. is expected to be matched through the state’s “Bucks for …
Mississippi’s Emergency Management Agency says the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved disaster assistance for residents and businesses in several Mississippi Counties affected by severe weather on Christmas Day. A news release from the agency says the federal declaration covers …
General Motors is recalling more than 69,000 full-size trucks and vans globally that could roll away after being parked due to a potential steering column defect, the automaker said on Friday. The vehicles may have been built with a fractured …
Between 2008 and 2010, there were roughly 194,000 highway vehicle fires each year in the United States, according to a new report examining the characteristics of highway vehicle fires. Accounting for 14 percent of fire department responses, the fires resulted …
License plate scanners in widespread use by law enforcement agencies hold the potential for misuse by divorce lawyers or police who use information on a motorist’s whereabouts as fodder for an “interrogation game,” a Utah legislator said Friday. Utah has …
A driver suspected of being impaired crashed his car into a pedicab in downtown Scottsdale after the Fiesta Bowl, leaving two Kansas State football fans with serious injuries, authorities said Friday. Scottsdale police said Joseph Paul Spano, 27, of Phoenix, …