California safety officials have issued $54,000 in fines against an elevator company whose employee was killed while working at the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium in Santa Clara. Mechanic Don White, 63, was killed June 11 by an elevator counterweight. …
Federal bus safety regulators announced that they have shut down 52 companies in what they describe as a major nationwide crackdown on unsafe carriers. Here is a state-by-state list of 49 companies that were shut down by the U.S. Department …
State police and the Indiana Department of Transportation say public safety is being endangered by metal scrappers. The state officials say the problems persist despite additional security measures and the dangers scrappers face by stealing live electrical wires. They say …
IKEA is recalling millions of children’s lamps following the death of a child who choked on the lamp’s cord. Another child was injured. The “SMILA” series wall-mounted children’s lamps were sold at IKEA from 1999 through May 2013 for $10 …
A North Texas teen from an affluent family was sentenced to probation this week after he killed four pedestrians when he lost control of his speeding pickup truck while driving drunk, a punishment that outraged the victims’ families and left …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says fewer homeowners and businesses have property insurance through the state-run insurer of last resort. Donelon announced Wednesday that Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has 93,000 policies, nearly all of them for homeowners. The number represents …
Residents and officials in flood-prone north-central Pennsylvania are warning that a new federal law ending subsidized insurance in certain areas will bankrupt homeowners, drive down property values and deplete tax bases. They testified during a Wednesday hearing in Williamsport held …
Louisiana’s Department of Agriculture says federal authorities have declared 28 parishes in the state natural disaster areas because of drought. Commissioner Mike Strain said in a Wednesday news release that the designation makes farm operators in the areas eligible to …
The State Fire Marshal’s Office has charged an Edgewood, Md., woman with arson and fraud after a fire in her apartment. Forty-nine-year-old Loretta Cunningham turned herself in to Maryland State police Wednesday. She is being held on $100,000 secured bond. …
In 2010, there were 1,566 Colorado questionable claims referred to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) from its member insurance companies. In 2011, the number dropped to 1,403, but rose in 2012 to 1,663—an increase of 6 percent from 2010’s …