Federal refinery safety regulators are recommending California change how it oversees oil refineries in the wake of a massive fire at a Chevron Corp. facility in Richmond that sent thousands of residents seeking medical attention. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board …
Officials from the state of Vermont, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency are preparing to release two reports on how the state can better prepare itself for floods and other disasters. Joined by the Montpelier-based Institute for …
Researchers at Duke Medicine are giving people another reason to lose weight in the new year: obesity-related illnesses are expensive. According to a study published in the journal Obesity, health care costs increase in parallel with body mass measurements, even …
A Sheboygan, Wisc., insurance company is exempt from having to pay after a man accidentally killed his friend in Oconto County three years ago, an appeals court has ruled. The 3rd District Court of Appeals decided last week that Wilson …
Deaths involving pedestrians and bicyclists helped push the number of Louisiana highway deaths up last year, even as deaths of motor vehicles drivers decreased. Figures released Sunday by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission show highway deaths for 2012 totaled 722 …
The co-owner of Jet Chevrolet in Federal Way, Wash., is contacting the insurance company that backed his bet on a Seahawks shutout. The dealership sponsored a raffle with a dozen $35,000 winners if Seattle shut out New York in Sunday’s …
Officials say a southwestern Michigan high school gymnasium that lost part of its roof in a windstorm is expected to be unusable for about two more months. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports Monday that workers have been trying to repair damage …
New state rules for prescribing painkillers have taken effect for Indiana’s doctors as part of an effort to curb prescription drug abuse that’s caused a rise in fatal overdoses. The new requirements that took effect Sunday for physicians and osteopathic …
Oil company BP Plc opened up a new front in its battle with litigants in its U.S. oil spill trial on Tuesday, filing a fraud suit against Mikal Watts, the lawyer who represented seamen claiming economic injury as a result …
GEICO is hosting job fair for auto damage adjusters on Friday, December 20 and Saturday, December 21between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites- Arboretum, located at 9505 Stonelake Blvd, in Austin. Attendees should apply for positions before …