Nebraska lawmakers will consider a series of measures aimed at seatbelt violations and texting while driving. A committee will hear three measures Monday that are intended to reduce highway fatalities. Nebraska reported 211 traffic deaths last year, an upswing after …
The owner of an Oregon home-inspection business has admitted in court that he conducted several site reviews without proper training or certification in looking for lead-based paint. Vancouver resident Martin G. Kuna owns “Mr. Mold,” a business that inspects homes …
The federal Small Business Administration says March 11 is the deadline for disaster loan applications from people and businesses in 10 Alabama counties and three Mississippi counties affected by severe storms on Dec. 25-26. SBA field director Frank Skaggs said …
A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least nine people dead. The mammoth storm that stretched from the Great Lakes to the …
The failure of a device meant to protect the power supply to the Superdome caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium’s power company said Friday as it took the blame for the outage that brought the game to a halt …
A federal safety panel is opening a hearing into the fatal mystery of a replica 18th-century tall ship that sailed dead into the path of Hurricane Sandy. The HMS Bounty sank 90 miles off Cape Hatteras during the October storm. …
A federal safety agency is looking at expanding a small recall of Pontiac G-6 midsize cars so it includes up to 550,000 vehicles. General Motors recalled about 8,000 of the cars in 2009 because the brake lights and cruise control …
Torrential monsoonal rains prompted severe flooding throughout the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, killing at least 41 people, according to Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center at Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon. Government officials …
An alarm that alerts authorities about possible obstructions on San Francisco’s world-famous cable car line didn’t sound off before a cable car hit a bolt and came to an abrupt stop, injuring seven people, transit officials said Thursday. The alarm …
Florida has hosted a five-day national hurricane exercise to test the ability of state, local, federal and private emergency responders to communicate with each other. Operation Radar II ended Friday at the Florida National Guard’s Camp Blanding Joint Training Center …