Engineering crews are taking soil samples from a Vermont high school athletic field to determine if the recently installed stadium lights pose a safety threat. The Windham Northeast Supervisory Union was forced to close Hadley Field at Bellows Falls Union …
A southwestern Indiana jury has sided with an Evansville couple who accused a local hospital and a doctor of causing their 9-year-old daughter’s severe brain injury and cerebral palsy. The Vanderburgh Circuit Court jury ordered St. Mary’s Medical Center and …
North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the federal Risk Management Agency has released new rules for prevented planting insurance for the 2014 crop year. The changes come in the wake of confusion for some Upper Midwest farmers over a rule that’s …
The NFL concussion litigation is set to heat up again early next month, days before the regular season gets underway. More than 4,000 former players are suing the league over claims the NFL hid known concussion risks, leading to high …
From 2000 to 2010, the number of patent infringement lawsuits in the federal courts fluctuated slightly, and from 2010 to 2011, the number of such lawsuits increased by about a third, according to a study conducted by the Government Accountability …
The thieves tunneled under the thick walls of the colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the tiny southern Bolivian town of San Miguel de Tomave, emerged through the floor and made off with five 18th-century oil paintings of inestimable value. It …
Isaac barely had hurricane-strength winds when it blew ashore southwest of New Orleans a year ago, but its effects are still apparent in coastal areas where it flooded thousands of homes. After landfall on Aug 28, 2012, Isaac stalled, dumping …
The aftermath of the wildfire that killed 19 firefighters from Prescott, Ariz., poses challenges to the rural fire district that serves Yarnell. The Daily Courier reports that almost half of the Yarnell Fire District’s 30 volunteers have resigned. Meanwhile, the …
Five facilities in Texas with large quantities of the same fertilizer chemical that fueled the deadly plant explosion in West have turned away state fire marshal inspectors since the blast, investigators said Monday. A railway operator that hauls hazardous materials …
New York’s inspector general says poor supervision at the steam plant serving the state government complex in Albany led to misbehavior by workers that included watching “Dancing With the Stars” for two hours, being drunk on the job and leaving …