New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has postponed a visit to Monmouth County where he planned to have his first town hall since scandal engulfed his administration. Tuesday’s meeting will be rescheduled to later this week because of the weather. Christie …
A Senate committee agreed Idaho’s boating laws governing gross negligence are too vague and backed a measure aiming to help judges mete out appropriate punishments for mariners who put others’ lives at risk. The bill, which cleared the Senate Judiciary …
Farmers wouldn’t be financially liable for the death of someone participating in an agricultural tourism activity under a bill up for a vote in the Wisconsin state Assembly. Agricultural tourism is growing in popularity as farmers, ranchers and others look …
Federal figures show workplace fatalities increased in the Richmond, Va., metropolitan statistical area in 2012. During the same period, work-related fatal injuries declined in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metropolitan statistical area, or MSA. Preliminary figures released Tuesday by the U.S. …
Authorities across New Jersey are advising the owners of homes and commercial buildings to remove snow from their roofs. The advisories come after dozens of roof collapses were reported across the state in recent days. The collapses are mostly due …
California’s highest court is considering a case that could shatter a legal shield that has long protected party hosts in the state from certain alcohol-related lawsuits. At issue is who is responsible if a young person organizes an underage drinking …
Workers at a small company in Belding, Mich., are working long hours in an effort to meet the demand of homeowners who want to keep ice dams from damaging their roofs. KMI Inc.’s 65 employees manufacture patented 3-inch calcium chloride …
An electrician arrested in a Feb. 9 fire that destroyed a Salt Lake City apartment complex under construction had worked on the project, his employer said. Dustin Bowman, 33, of Bountiful, was booked late Friday night into the Salt Lake …
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it is recalling 13,000 FJ Cruiser sport-utility vehicles, mostly in the Middle East, for fuel tubes that may overheat, melt and set off a gas leak. The automaker said five fires have been reported related …
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is giving Wisconsin a failing grade, saying the state doesn’t do enough to deter people from driving drunk or to clamp down on people with repeated offenses. The anti-drinking group gave Wisconsin a 2-out-of-5 score in …