Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling on Metro-North Railroad to quickly install technology to prevent more fatalities. The Connecticut Democrat headed a hearing before a congressional committee on Wednesday to examine the state of safety on the nation’s passenger and freight …
Kolcraft is recalling more than 96,000 Jeep Liberty strollers after at least 18 people were injured by tire blowouts, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. The government watchdog group said there have been 39 reports of inner tube ruptures …
Manufacturers of products and providers of services can be held liable for injury, damage or economic loss suffered by a customer and third party based on all aspects of its products and services. This includes the product or service itself, …
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the agency will start requiring companies and individuals to admit wrongdoing in some big settlements. Currently, under a longstanding practice, the SEC allows companies and individuals to settle charges without admitting …
Police and Clackamas County sheriff’s detectives say two men stole 17 pallets of watermelon – about 5 tons – from grocery stores in Beaverton and Tigard. Officials say they hit WinCo stores in the early morning hours of June 7. …
An engineer killed in a fiery train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year suffered from serious vision problems for much of his life, underwent several corrective procedures in the years leading up to the crash and even complained that …
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official tells an Ohio fracking conference that a study of the threat to drinking water from the shale-drilling process won’t be completed until 2016. That’s the word from Jeanne Briskin, coordinator of hydraulic fracturing research …
Changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system will be the focus of the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference this week. The three-day conference begins on Wednesday at the Nashville Airport Marriot. The conference includes specific sessions on getting ahead of …
Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the …
The families of several British soldiers killed or injured in Iraq can sue the government for failing to protect them, the country’s highest court ruled Wednesday. The cases have been brought by relatives of soldiers including Cpl. Stephen Allbutt, who …