Relatives of workers killed as fire swept through a poultry slaughterhouse in rural northeast China blocked traffic and scuffled with police on Tuesday demanding answers to one of China’s worst industrial disasters in recent years. At least 120 people died. …
Hundreds of property owners whose homes and businesses were damaged by the earth-rattling fertilizer plant explosion that devastated the town of West in April may catch a break on their property taxes under recently approved legislation. A bill awaiting Gov. …
President Barack Obama took steps on Tuesday intended to limit frivolous patent lawsuits, a practice referred to as “patent trolling.” Lawsuits brought by companies that do not make or sell anything but merely license patents and sue others for infringement …
The lingering effects of the Feb. 10 tornado are still visible at the two Mississippi high school campuses that were hit the hardest. Hattiesburg High and Oak Grove continue to pick up the pieces, and according to officials from both …
A Eugene, Ore., family whose lives changed after a drunken driving crash 10 months ago faces continuing medical and financial problems and has sued the young driver involved with the wreck, along with his parents. Chris Burgess early Aug. 12 …
Federal officials and trade groups are asking construction workers to take a break for safety as temperatures increase across the South. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is conducting a one-hour “safety stand-down” in Alabama, Georgia and other Southern states …
The number of restaurants closed by New York City health inspectors has dropped by 16 percent in the first 11 months of this fiscal year. The Daily News says city records show the total is 1,388. That’s down from 1,646 …
The Nevada Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday about a flawed hotel tower designed to be the centerpiece of MGM Resorts International’s glittery CityCenter development on the Las Vegas Strip that the company now wants to tear down. The question before …
Federal court records indicate a man charged with Hurricane Katrina fraud plans to plead guilty in the case. Richard Frank Bourgeois Jr. and Wallace Gary Bourgeois were indicted on charges that they lied about their primary residence in order to …
The mayor of the south-central Idaho city of Jerome says a $96,000 bill for firefighting costs would never have been sent to a resident if the city’s elected leaders had been included in the process. “If this had been sent …