Mississippi lawmakers are trying to make it easier for truckers with only one good eye to earn a living. The House passed House Bill 441 on Monday. It says the state could issue a commercial driver’s license to a person …
The Justice Department filed on Monday sued a Houston-based company it accuses of illegally discharging oil from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The federal lawsuit says ATP Oil & Gas Corp.’s alleged Clean Water Act violations were discovered …
One of the biggest malls on Long Island was evacuated Monday because of major roof leaks after a rainstorm followed nearly 3 feet of snow, police said. The Smith Haven Mall in Suffolk County was cleared by 4 p.m. Monday …
Wisconsin state officials said Monday they may consider legal action against a cleaning company blamed for damaging marble floors in the Capitol last year. Workers for Peterson Cleaning Inc. of Rockford, Ill., stained about 100 marble stones in August before …
A lifeboat being used on a safety drill aboard a cruise ship in Spain’s Canary Islands fell about 65 feet (20 meters) into a port on Sunday when a cable snapped, trapping crew members beneath it and killing five of …
Two Romanian plants believed to be the source of horsemeat mislabeled as beef in supermarkets across Europe declared it properly and any fraud was committed somewhere else down the line, officials said Monday. Romania is scrambling to contain the damage …
The snowstorm that walloped the Northeast with about 3 feet in some places didn’t add up to being that bad, federal statistics say. Two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration storm-rating measurements initially ranked Friday’s snowstorm as 16th in Northeast history …
The governing board of state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has approved another “depopulation” plan to move thousands of its coastal hurricane policies to a private insurance company. The board voted Monday to allow the Florida-based Weston Insurance Company to assume …
Authorities in Southern Oregon say they arrested a motorcyclist after twice giving up the chase for safety reasons, and the man told them he did better than 180 mph on Interstate 5. State Police say 23-year-old Jeffrey B. Engebretson was …
Hundreds of property/casualty insurance companies have not registered with Alabama regulators as required, prompting the state insurance department to issue a warning and extend the registration deadline to March 31. The department is warning property/casualty insurers that they must all …