The Indiana Court of Appeal is considering who should be liable for damages caused by a 2009 fire that swept through a historic southern Indiana courthouse. The appeals court heard oral arguments Thursday from attorneys for the Jefferson County commissioners …
Flint, Mich., police and fire departments are spending less time and money investigating arsons and making fewer arrests for the crime even though the city leads the nation in the rate of arsons per capita, a newspaper reports. Two arson …
Residents of Houma, La., are being offered free smoke detectors by the city’s fire department. The Courier reports that residents can get one by contacting the fire department at 985-873-6391. The smoke detectors are offered under the department’s Save a …
Alaska officials have released a tsunami inundation map for Sitka, showing the estimated high-water mark in the event of a tsunami. But Sitka Fire Chief Dave Miller said not to take the map as the final word on how high …
State environmental officials have assessed nearly $3 million in penalties against a New Jersey company and ordered it to remove an illegal mountain of construction and demolition debris next to the New Jersey Turnpike in Newark. Officials from The Department …
A West Virginia man has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for burning his duplex to collect insurance money. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says 58 year-old Michael L. White of Chapmanville was sentenced Thursday. White had been …
A Delaware judge has ruled for owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in lawsuit over insurance coverage involving the deaths of two workers who suffocated inside a tank. The judge granted summary judgment this week to Premcor Refinery Group, …
From texting and talking on cell phones to eating while driving, researchers say distracted driving is a serious public health threat. Though motor vehicle deaths have been declining nationally, a recent study by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical …
Angelcare Monitors Inc. is voluntarily recalling 600,000 baby monitors following the death of two infants due to strangulation. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that a cord attached to the sensor pad placed under the crib mattress poses …
A woman who sued Sanford Medical Center for malpractice for a 2007 surgical procedure that was aborted should not be granted another trial, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Lisa Lewis sued Sanford after an anesthetist mistakenly attached a …