U.S. agencies cleared Boeing Co to restart test flights of its grounded 787 Dreamliner in order to get more data on potentially faulty batteries, but they also demanded a closer look at how the batteries were approved, which may delay …
The northeastern United States braced on Friday morning for a blizzard that could drop up to three feet (nearly one meter) of snow through Saturday and bring travel to a halt. Blizzard warnings were in effect from New Jersey through …
Thousands of pine seedlings grown at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas are being packed up and shipped for planting in Bastrop County. There, they’ll replace trees lost in a disastrous wildfire nearly two years …
Authorities have arrested a Baton Rouge, La., home builder accused of failing to pay more than 30 subcontractors more than $528,000 on four home building projects in 2012. The Advocate reports Quinn Martin, was booked Tuesday on 54 counts of …
A federal agency looking into a deadly chemical plant explosion and fire in Louisville, Ky., says crucial maintenance was deferred on an electric furnace that blew up. It says similar but smaller incidents had been ignored at the Carbide Industries …
Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, as the death toll rose with more bodies found in wrecked homes and debris in the South Pacific island chain. At least nine people, including a …
Fire investigators in metro Atlanta say a blaze that destroyed a home in Lilburn was actually an arson meant to conceal evidence of a burglary. Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services Lt. Colin Rhoden Wednesday said a Feb. 1 fire …
Utah drivers can lay off the brakes. The Utah House has approved a measure to expand 80 mph stretches of some rural Utah roads. The House voted 69-5 Wednesday to pass the measure, which will hike the speed limit on …
A national highway research group says a fifth of New Mexico’s roads need upgrading because they are in poor or mediocre condition. In a report issued Tuesday, the Washington, D.C-based group called TRIP said New Mexico’s economy would receive a …
Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance premiums are again among the lowest in the nation. According to 2010 data, the most recent available from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners …