The New York City Council has passed a bill requiring the fire department to change how it tracks response times to emergencies. The legislation was named after Ariel Russo, a four-year-old Manhattan girl who was struck and killed by a …
More than 4.5 million U.S. households are at high or extreme risk from wildfire, according to new analysis by Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting, a unit of Verisk Analytic. The analysis identified the number and percentage of properties at risk …
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced the new death of an artist loss settlement provisions, as well as the introduction of 7 other coverages to additional states as part of their Prestige Collections Coverage. The following states are offering this: AL,AZ,CO,DC,FL,GA,IN,KS,KY,LA,MO,MS,NE,NV,NH,NJ,NM,NY,OH,OK,PA,SC,TN,UT,WA,WI …
A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the estate and family of an Albuquerque woman who suffocated in 2002 when her car was buried by sand after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck. District Judge Shannon Bacon entered the …
Two private weather data companies in Norman have settled a lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement. Weather Fusion LLC had sued Weather Decision Technologies Inc. last year, alleging that WDT used Weather Fusion’s copyrighted maps without permission. The Journal Record reports …
Imagine zooming from 200 feet in the sky onto a small green circle in the middle of a vast, dark ocean. Louisiana helicopter pilots do it daily, carrying workers to and from offshore oil rigs. It often takes more than …
The state’s Department of Transportation lacked records to show adequate and updated safety plans and inspections for many railroad bridges statewide, according to an audit released Tuesday by the comptroller’s office. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli tells The Associated Press some safety …
The top elected official in an Appalachian county ravaged by a tornado nearly two years ago was arrested Monday on charges of mail fraud, theft and conspiring to launder money in an alleged scheme to steer work to a construction …
An ex-Glencore Xstrata Plc trader who was fired for drinking too much lost a wrongful termination lawsuit against the company, with a judge calling the case “ludicrous.” Judge Richard Seymour in London said Andrew Kearns’ firing in 2010 “was richly …
An Asiana Airlines Inc. pilot nervous about making a manual landing in San Francisco inadvertently disabled a speed-control system before the plane crashed on July 6, newly released documents show. Captain Lee Kang Kuk, a veteran pilot with Seoul-based Asiana …