Authorities say state and parish agencies are testing to see whether newly discovered gas bubbles northeast of the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole are tied to the swampland hole. The Advocate reports the state Office of Conservation and contractor CB&I have taken …
State transportation officials say an initiative to recover money to pay for damage to state property in traffic accidents has netted the agency more than $1 million. GDOT officials say annual damages to state property – such as signs, guardrails, …
A convenience store is offering to reimburse residents in Rochester, N.H., who were covered in powder when a fire suppression system accidentally discharged at the gas pumps. Foster’s Daily Democrat reports that several people and vehicles at the Cumberland Farms …
U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into whether General Motors Co reacted fast enough in its recall of more than 1.6 million cars over an ignition-switch defect linked to 13 deaths in crashes. “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
A bill that would make it harder for companies that hold large numbers of patents to sue for patent infringement when they don’t produce the patented goods has been passed by the Kentucky Senate. Bill sponsor Sen. Christian McDaniel, a …
A colleague of a camera operator who was fatally struck by a train last week says the film crew had a discussion about safety before the accident. Camera assistant Tony Summerlin told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday that the crew …
BP Plc lost a bid to have a judge suspend about $1.3 billion in payments to seafood-industry workers who are part of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement because of alleged improprieties by a lawyer involved in the …
Police in Thailand say an accident at a construction site near Bangkok has killed at least 11 people and injured 18 others. Police Lieutenant Aphiwat Gaysorn says the accident Tuesday in Samut Prakarn province’s Bang Phli district occurred when a …
House members voted 61-8 to give ski areas expanded protections from lawsuits that arise when their customers are hurt in terrain parks or swept up in in-bounds avalanches. Tuesday’s vote moves the measure to the Senate. The Idaho Ski Areas …
Fatalities in car wrecks on South Dakota highways so far this year have almost doubled compared to the same period in 2013. The state’s Department of Public Safety says 24 people have died in crashes in 2014. The state recorded …