A New York police officer who was moonlighting as a member of a punk rock band has been accused of disability fraud. Federal prosecutors announced the charges against Christopher Inserra on Tuesday. A criminal complaint says Inserra falsely claimed that …
A fire department official says up to 100 vehicles have collided on a snow-slicked stretch of an Austrian highway, leaving one person dead. Franz Resperger of the Lower Austrian fire department says the accident occurred late Tuesday about 60 kilometers …
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says people who buy federal flood insurance need to plan for big rate hikes. Craig Fugate says some people now paying hundreds of dollars a year could wind up paying thousands because …
Firefighters say a rice bag intended as therapy for sore muscles got too much time in the microwave, burned a couch and then gutted an apartment in a Jackson County town. The Medford Mail Tribune reports that a resident of …
Relatives of two victims of a deadly explosion on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico last year are suing the platform’s owner and operator, accusing the Houston-based company of exposing workers to dangerous conditions. A wrongful death lawsuit, …
There’s enough support in a North Carolina House committee to limit the state’s motorcycle helmet requirement to just those people under age 21. The House transportation panel agreed Tuesday to give adults the option to ride without a helmet if …
An Oklahoma House committee has approved a proposal that its sponsor said would help protect Oklahomans from what he called subpar roofing “vultures” that swoop into the state after severe weather to take advantage of the desperate. Rep. Mark McBride, …
The costs of medical care for injured workers in Michigan is the lowest of any state in a 16-state study, according to CompScope Medical Benchmarks for Michigan, 13th Edition, conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). While medical payments …
A Wisconsin man imprisoned for an arson conviction is enjoying life at home with his family. Joseph Awe walked out of the Oregon Correctional Center in Fitchburg Monday after a judge overturned his conviction and ordered his release. The 42-year-old …
One year after a state-set fire in Colorado killed three people, the state Legislature has given final approval to a bill raising limits for recovering damages incurred on account of government wrongdoing. The bill raises the damage cap for people …