Authorities are pleading with residents not to use generators or gas grills inside Philadelphia-area homes left without power by the icy weather. Robert Kagel, deputy director for emergency management in Chester County, told WCAU-TV on Thursday that 20 to 25 …
A Northern California judge has found the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection guilty of ‘egregious and reprehensible’ conduct in its response to the 2007 Moonlight Fire and ordered the agency to pay more than $30 million in penalties …
Penn State says it will require companies that make university-licensed clothing in Bangladesh to sign a contract that ensures workers’ safety. The Centre Daily Times said Wednesday the policy will be effective at the end of March and is in …
Police say they have recovered a violin that could be the rare Stradivarius stolen from a concertmaster following a performance last month at a Milwaukee, Wisc., college. Milwaukee Police Lt. Jeffrey Norman said Thursday that experts will be contacted to …
The parties involved have settled a lawsuit filed after a southeast Nebraska barn was destroyed by a controlled burn that got out of control. Terms of the Gage County lawsuit settlement have not been disclosed. Court documents say the Barneston …
A major fraud ring that staged fires and floods at South Florida homes to collect millions of dollars in claims from insurance companies has been broken up with charges against 22 people, authorities said Tuesday. The alleged ringleader, Jorge Fausto …
Investigators still are trying to determine what caused the roof of a Wendy’s restaurant near Covington, La., to collapse, though they suspect heavy rain may be to blame. St. Tammany Fire District No. 12 responded to the restaurant around after …
The Iowa Court of Appeals is weighing into the murky issue of how to define a storm in Iowa. The court in a ruling Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against a Cedar Falls mall owner filed after a woman fell on …
A report by the National Transportation Safety Board says faulty pieces of equipment used to secure ships to docks led to a Carnival cruise ship breaking free before hitting two other vessels during a windstorm. The report says the April …
The Sorrento Town Council tabled two insurance quote offers that would insure the police department. The Louisiana police department was dissolved after it lost coverage in November. The chief and assistant are still patrolling the town and answering calls during …