State officials say traffic deaths last year fell below 100 for the first time since 1963. The Office of Highway Safety said Friday that there were 99 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2013. That’s compared with 116 fatalities in 2012. …
University of California, Davis Professor Donna Shestowsky has authored a new study, “The Psychology of Procedural Preference: How Litigants Evaluate Legal Procedures Ex Ante,” on the legal procedures preferred by people involved in civil lawsuits at the start of their …
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced Friday that the increases will average 3.4 percent, starting Feb. 17. Going up will be premiums …
Authorities say a wave of vehicle burglaries appears to be intensifying in Lincoln County, Miss. Brookhaven police and Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies tell The Daily Leader that the burglaries began Jan. 11 in the Zetus and Hilltop communities. Initial reports …
The December 2013 ice storm in southern Ontario and eastern Canada resulted in $200 million in insured losses and pushed the year-end severe weather insured loss total to $3.2 billion, which is the highest in Canadian history, reports Insurance Bureau …
The government is closing its investigation into older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it has “no reservations” with Chrysler Group’s plans to recall the vehicles. The agency …
Officials say a large fire has blazed through a historical village famous for its well-preserved wooden houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, destroying at least 23 buildings. The municipality of Laerdal, in western Norway, said in a statement Sunday …
Some western New York residents whose homes were damaged by a snow-swollen river this month had only recently cancelled their federal flood insurance policies because of rate increases. About 70 houses in West Seneca, just outside Buffalo, flooded when a …
Traffic deaths in Wisconsin fell 12 percent last year, a drop that state transportation officials partly credit to safety and awareness programs that resonate with younger drivers. There were 530 road fatalities last year, down from 601 road deaths the …
An Ohio flight attendant was ordered to repay nearly $4,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving workplace injury benefits. Brieanna Younglove pleaded guilty Jan. 9 to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a first-degree …