Liberty University’s law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly reports that the school claims in Lynchburg federal court that Hanover …
Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half take two, Mayo Clinic researchers say. Antibiotics, antidepressants and painkilling opioids are most commonly prescribed, their study found. Twenty percent of patients are on …
Investigators say a fire earlier this week at a titanium-manufacturing plant in eastern Pennsylvania caused $3.5 million in damage and has been ruled accidental. The blaze started in a building at the Timet Corp. facility in Caernarvon Township around 8 …
Representatives from southeast Louisiana sheriff’s offices met in New Orleans to discuss preparations for the current hurricane season. Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hosted Wednesday’s meeting. At a news conference, he discussed evacuation plans for his office’s facilities and inmates …
West Virginia is increasing enforcement of traffic laws in highway work zones in an effort to improve safety. The Department of Transportation is using some of its federal grant money to pay for extra work zone patrols by West Virginia …
Davenport, Iowa, officials say recent flooding cost the city more than $20,000, which is far less expensive than flooding costs earlier in the spring. The Quad-City Times reports the flooding in early June cost the city $21,850. The city’s finance …
The mayor of Utica in northern Illinois says the flood-damaged village hall should be open for the next board meeting. Fred Esmond tells The News-Tribune in LaSalle the village hall will be repaired in time for the July 10 board …
When the big twister hit, Maylene Sorrels huddled with her students in the halls of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. Cowering, she covered the student’s heads. Then Sorrels, a teacher’s aide, tried to reassure her kids they would …
Japan’s nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty. The …
More than 56,000 tons of debris has been removed from neighborhoods in Moore as the city reaches the one-month mark since a deadly tornado carved through the Oklahoma City suburb on May 20. City manager Steve Eddy said Wednesday a …