The mayor of San Francisco, Calif., wants to require thousands of San Francisco property owners to upgrade their apartment and office buildings to withstand major earthquakes, saying that encouraging people to retrofit their structures has not worked. Mayor Ed Lee …
A Georgia-based golf car manufacturer has issued a recall for 950 of its vehicles. The Augusta Chronicle reports Club Car has issued recalls for some of its gas-powered golf cars, which are used for short-distance transportation. The Consumer Product Safety …
Rhode Island has been awarded over $3.2 million in federal funding for recovery related to Superstorm Sandy. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the state’s initial share of Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery money on Wednesday. …
Idaho officials are investigating what caused a 24-inch sewer line to collapse and flood the basements of seven homes. Blackfoot Mayor Mike Virtue says the city’s drinking water is not affected and he hopes repairs to the line will be …
One year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the roads in the Black Sea resort and its surrounding mountains are lined with migrants from Central Asia doing the grunt work that Russians find too low-paid and physically demanding. Tens …
German carmaker BMW stepped down on Wednesday from its role in an automotive industry research programme investigating the safety of a potential new air conditioning refrigerant, disagreeing with the test methods employed. It joined Daimler and also Audi, according to …
The National Transportation Safety Board is “probably weeks away” from completing its probe into battery problems on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but will share its latest information on the jet on Thursday, agency head Deborah Hersman said. Hersman, who is …
New York is getting nearly $3.5 billion in the first release of funds from the $50.5 billion emergency relief measure enacted last month for Superstorm Sandy victims, Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday. As part of the total $5.4 billion to …
Sanity Restored To Medicare Secondary Payer Liability The 112th Congress had a lot on its plate – from the “fiscal cliff” to Hurricane Sandy relief. It passed legislation on the former but not the latter, and some people feel it …
Wyoming regulators are implementing a rule requiring workers within 75 feet of an oil or natural gas well bore to wear fire-resistant clothing. The Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday it is implementing the new rule, along with …