The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced a $2.5 million competitive grant solicitation to fund improvements in the enforcement and monitoring of fire and building safety standards to better protect workers in the ready-made garment …
Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit have broken up a criminal staged crash ring with the arrest of eight people. In February 2012, Lafayette Field Office Insurance Fraud Detectives received information from the Louisiana Department of Insurance …
Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. (WDT), announced a complete overhaul of its outward facing weather verification line of products and services. Accompanying this announcement is introduction of the new Weather Verification brand, which complements and replaces WDT’s former Weather Forensics business …
Hackers have attacked news organizations, social media sites, major corporations and government agencies, accessing private documents and personal information. Still most organizations do not prioritize cybersecurity as a strategic competency. A group of Iowa State University researchers say it is …
BP has stepped up its campaign for a revision of the way compensation for its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is calculated by placing advertisements in leading newspapers ahead of a July 8 appeal court hearing in the United …
President Barack Obama’s climate plan on Tuesday offered help to U.S. cities dealing with natural disasters and specifically for the region slammed by massive Superstorm Sandy in October. For Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey the plan came not …
Police in the community of Tualatin, southwest of Portland, Ore., say someone who entered the back door of a store early Monday escaped with an estimated $150,000 worth of jewelry. In a statement, police said officers responded to a call …
Authorities are preparing to cremate the bodies of hundreds of people who perished in monsoon flooding in northern India, as soldiers attempt to rescue tourists and pilgrims who remain stranded in a remote town. Truckloads of wooden logs were loaded …
A major fire has caused extensive damage to Riga Castle, the medieval fortress that houses the National History Museum of Latvia. Viktorija Sembele, a spokeswoman for the State Fire and Rescue Service, said Friday that the overnight fire damaged the …
A juror’s mistrust of chiropractors has led a New Jersey appellate court to order a new trial in a civil lawsuit filed over a 2006 traffic accident. The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill reports the three-judge panel found the juror’s views …