Prescott Valley police will be among law enforcement agencies around Arizona that will be cracking down next week to ensure drivers are wearing their seatbelts and that parents are using child safety seats. The weeklong effort is part of the …
The ski season is closing with four avalanche fatalities in Utah, including the death of a safety professional. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the number is average for a Utah winter. The first death of a Utah avalanche forecaster …
Wisconsin Reps. Ron Kind and Tom Petri put forward a crop insurance reform plan Wednesday that they say will save the federal government $11 billion over the next 10 years. Kind, a Democrat, and Petri, a Republican, announced their plan …
Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed fining a Jefferson, Maine, sawmill nearly $80,000 for what they allege are dangerous work conditions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited N.C. Hunt Inc. for several violations following inspections that began in …
Maryland’s Natural Resources Police have come up with a highly visible way of promoting boater safety. The agency has declared Friday “Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day.” Officers are urging people to join them in wearing personal flotation devices …
Five Northern California residents were arrested by California Department of Insurance fraud investigators and booked into the Sacramento County jail and charged with multiple felony counts related to alleged insurance fraud totaling nearly $1 million, according to CDI. Investigators allege …
Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. The gigantic October storm lost tropical characteristics hours before landfall in New Jersey, so the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group. Several popular models fared poorly. Subaru’s 2014 Forester was the only vehicle to get a “good” rating. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport …
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Thursday cut its rating on Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the insurance and industrial conglomerate controlled by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, by one notch, citing the company’s reliance on its insurance operations for dividend income. …
Officials in a northeastern Kentucky city are considering a ban on pit bulls. Flemingsburg Mayor Marty Voiers told The Ledger Independent that officials have had several complaints about the dogs, including people who have been attacked and chased. Voiers said …