The U.S. Supreme Court let consumers press ahead with class action lawsuits claiming that washing machines made by Whirlpool Corp. developed a smelly buildup of mold. The justices today turned away appeals from Whirlpool in a case filed by Ohio …
A bid to increase speed limits on Idaho roads raced to a victory on the Senate floor, as lawmakers voted 30-4 to send it on to the House. Legal speeds would jump from 75 to 80 mph on the interstate …
The President of the Thunder Road attractions is behind a bill to further regulate amusement rides in South Dakota. Organization president and Republican Sen. Al Novstrup of Aberdeen co-sponsored the measure. The South Dakota Commerce Committee voted 6-1 to pass …
Mail fraud charges have been filed against an insurance adjuster accused of cheating the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and some insurance companies out of more than $200,000. Robert Napolitano, the 54-year-old owner of Clifton-based Dawn to Dusk, was arrested Tuesday. …
The parents of a Fargo, N.D., man who died after an apartment fire say the landlord is to blame for failing to maintain a smoke detector. Dwayne and Donna Peyton are seeking at least $100,000 in their wrongful death lawsuit …
Leonard McGarity flew countless miles during a quarter-century as an American Airlines pilot, captaining the most sophisticated planes in commercial aviation. But in his spare time, the 58-year-old McGarity enjoyed outings in his SUV-sized, experimental, amateur-built aircraft, taking off and …
New York’s Scaffold Law doesn’t improve workplace safety and diverts millions of dollars to litigation and insurance, that’s according to a study released earlier this month by researchers at the University at Albany and Cornell University. Labor Law 240 imposes …
Gov. Mary Fallin is praising a bill designed to crack down on prescription drug abuse in Oklahoma by requiring doctors to check an online prescription database before prescribing highly abused narcotics. A Senate committee has approved the bill by Guthrie …
An attorney for supporters of an initiative petition to place storm shelters in public schools told the Oklahoma Supreme Court that Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office abused its discretion by re-writing a ballot title that he says was not legally …
A team of academic researchers equipped with a drone estimates that up to 35 million gallons of coal ash and contaminated wastewater spilled into North Carolina’s Dan River earlier this month. Researchers at Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment …