A Philadelphia bishop has been charged with insurance fraud related to water damage that his Pentecostal church sustained. State investigators say Bishop Benjamin Fisher of the Greater Bethel Temple in northeast Philadelphia claimed $77,000 in damages over a dozen events …
Seven insurers have sued the Los Angeles school district to avoid paying a $30 million settlement to 58 alleged victims of child abuse at an elementary school. The insurers claim there was no relevant coverage under the policies, but the …
A new board created to help Iowa communities limit flood damage is cancelling an upcoming meeting because of flooding. The Iowa Flood Mitigation Board had planned to meet Tuesday in Cedar Rapids, in what would have been its second meeting …
Fire crews in New Mexico fought two growing wild blazes Saturday that have driven people from their homes and scorched thousands of acres, while a shift in the wind prompted evacuation calls for more than 1,000 homes in California. New …
A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least 21 others and causing panicked shoppers to rush out of a shaking multi-story department store, officials said. Another earthquake jolted the southern Philippines late Saturday, injuring …
Authorities in east-central Illinois are looking for a few hundred volunteers to play the part of victims and bystanders in a disaster drill. The exercise is scheduled to take place July 27 in Atwood and Garrett. The Douglas County Emergency …
Two bills aimed at combatting distracted driving are progressing through the Connecticut General Assembly. The House of Representatives Thursday voted 139-1 to add distracted driving to the list of moving violations that would be made available to insurance companies. Currently, …
The family of a Pennsylvania man killed during a test drive with an intoxicated salesman has settled a lawsuit for $4.3 million. Former salesman Michael Hershey is in prison for the December 2010 crash in Lancaster County, which killed 48-year-old …
The Michigan appeals court has a message for an Upper Peninsula woman who was injured while carrying a slice of cheesecake – and it’s not as sweet as the dessert. The court says Bonnie Campbell has no cause of action …
A Montana couple is appealing a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit against gun manufacturer Remington claiming a 1989 shooting that left a man paralyzed was caused by a defect in a rifle. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull ruled on April …