A children’s product maker is recalling about 165,000 baby recliners linked to at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children falling or hanging over the side of the seats. Baby Matters LLC of Berwyn, Pa., announced the …
A state audit says North Carolina elevators found to have safety violations rarely get follow-up inspections and owners often escape having to pay fines. The report released Thursday by State Auditor Beth Wood says only 3 percent of the more …
A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Miss., man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto accidents. Circuit Judge Lisa also ordered James Eric …
Superstorm Sandy victims in New Jersey who are weighing whether to rebuild or relocate will soon get more information that should help them decide what to do. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will release updated flood work maps for Atlantic, …
An employee of a Maui nonprofit corporation that provides housing for low-income and elderly people says she was terminated because she pushed for safe handling of asbestos. Robyne Nishida Nakao tells the Honolulu Star-Advertiser she was terminated as deputy executive …
Jacques Bell has seen some bad weather in his time; after all, he’s lived in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Indiana, all states that have seen violent storms in recent years. He’s even done a little storm chasing and spotting, and …
The federal government is being asked to cough up more than $60 million for damages from the 2011 Las Conchas fire and subsequent flooding in northern New Mexico. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the Forest Service faces damage …
Kamran Mohseni envisions a day when the unmanned vehicles in his laboratory at the University of Florida will swarm over, under and through hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the storms. The tiny, autonomous craft — some …
U.S. state and city officials are banding together to pressure cellphone makers to adopt technology, including a “kill switch” to disable stolen phones, that would deter rampant theft of the devices. Authorities have criticized cellphone carriers and handset makers for …
A veteran Philadelphia building inspector who apparently committed suicide had inspected the site of a deadly building collapse twice in February and an adjacent, related project in mid-May. The June 5 collapse killed six people when a four-story building tumbled …