More than two years after a gas pipeline explosion killed eight people in a San Francisco suburb, a California utility says it has finished implementing seven of federal investigators’ 12 recommendations to fix its network. A Pacific Gas & Electric …
Connecticut’s governor says more than $250 million in federal assistance has been approved to help people and businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy. The aid was made available after President Barack Obama approved a disaster declaration for the state in the …
A 73-year-old West Michigan landlord faces sentencing later this year after being convicted of arson and other charges in a case involving insurance fraud. A federal court jury in Grand Rapids last week convicted Gerald Singer of charges including arson, …
Firefighters continue to mop up hot spots in a Florida county after lightning caused a 200-acre brush fire that damaged four homes. An investigation found that Sunday’s fire started when lightning struck a tree in thick woods at St. Lucie …
A Vermont state official says repairs to a state welcome center being built in Bennington that caught fire on Friday will be covered by the contractor. Vermont Buildings and General Services Commissioner Michael Obuchowski says a contractor’s heating unit started …
Democratic state Rep. Ron Reynolds was charged Monday with taking part in an alleged ambulance chasing scheme involving other Houston-area lawyers in which they paid someone to illegally recruit clients who were involved in recent auto accidents. Reynolds, 39, is …
Insurance Services Office’s (ISO’s) four major filings in Commercial Property, Business Auto, Businessowners Coverage, and Commercial General Liability (CGL) make 2013 a big year for insurance professionals. The next two articles focus on the changes that begin taking effect this …
Scattered showers are likely late Thursday into the weekend in the central and southeastern U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region, which will provide further relief from drought stress, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday. “This will continue to add …
As Boeing works to regain permission for its 787 Dreamliner to resume flights, the company faces what could be a costly new challenge: a temporary ban on some of the long distance, trans-ocean journeys that the jet was intended to …
Richland County sheriff’s deputies say copper thieves have hit nine churches in the southeastern part of the South Carolina county since the beginning of the year. Officials estimate it will cost more than $100,000 to replace the damaged air conditioning …