Hands-free technologies might make it easier for motorists to text, talk on the phone, or even use Facebook while they drive, but new findings from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety show dangerous mental distractions exist even when drivers keep …
Part of a four-story building in India’s financial capital collapsed in heavy monsoon rains, killing at least five people, authorities said Tuesday. Rescuers used sensors and life detectors to search for five other people who were feared trapped in the …
Metro-North Railroad has hired an outside company to review its track maintenance and inspection programs following last month’s derailment outside of Bridgeport, Conn. The New Haven Register reports the railroad sent a letter to several members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation …
The owners of the oil tanker that damaged a bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine say in court documents that any negligence should be directed toward the agency that hired the tugboat captain. The owners say they were required by …
Kentucky State Police say the statewide highway death toll is down from a year ago. Through last Sunday, preliminary statistics show 251 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roads in 2013. That’s 79 fewer than during the same period …
More than two dozen people were taken to a hospital after a gas leak at a plant in Lincolnton, N.C. Officials say 27 employees and one firefighter were taken to hospitals in Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties Monday afternoon after a …
Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley has sued Mandeville-based builder Devier Construction LLC and two insurers over a new $3.3 million training center with persistent roof leaks. The Louisiana lawsuit says Wiley recently declared a public emergency to do an estimated …
A former Charlottesville, Va., insurance agent has been sentenced to seven months behind bars for duping customers who believed they were buying insurance from him. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Graham Hutson Messer of Bremo Bluff was sentenced in …
Louisiana authorities have indicted Explo Systems Inc. and six unnamed owners and managers on charges relating to improper storage of millions of pounds of explosive military propellant. Webster Parish District Attorney Schuyler Marvin says the employees face 10 felony charges …
New York, NY, 6/12/13 – Technology continues to transform businesses everywhere. Recent surveys have reported that more than half of small to mid-size U.S. firms have already experienced at least one data breach. The risks are increasing every day as …