The National Transportation Safety Board is unable to determine why a helicopter crashed in a St. Paul, Minn., suburb last June, killing the pilot. Michael Kramer of St. Charles was spraying for mosquitoes in the area when the helicopter he …
GEICO has put up a big “Help Wanted” sign at its Macon, Ga., office in order to hire new associates to keep up with the company’s strong policyholder growth. The Macon office, which already employs more than 5,400 associates, has …
Officials at the University of North Carolina Charlotte say they will be putting new windows in a dorm where a student fell to his death earlier this week. The Charlotte Observer reported that a school spokesman said changing the windows …
An Arizona Senate committee has approved a bill that would grant the state immunity from lawsuits similar to those filed after last year’s deadly Yarnell Hill Fire. House Bill 2343 was amended to require the state Land Department facilitate the …
The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to settle for $1.68 to $2.1 million a lawsuit alleging former priest Daniel McCormack sexually abused a Catholic school student. The lawsuit filed against the archdiocese in 2011 alleged that during the 2000-2001 school …
An insurance company has been told to pay $12.4 million to the owners of a West Des Moines apartment complex that was plagued with water leaks and mold. Construction of the Westlake apartments began in 2002. Westlake Investments LLC of …
How seriously should a vehicle owner take a recall notice? A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) shows that at least one type of recall corresponds to higher insurance losses, but the risk goes down after vehicle …
In the immediate aftermath of hurricanes, floods and other disasters, it’s not uncommon for people to turn out in large numbers to assist victims, clear debris and chip in on dozens of other tasks to get a community back on …
The Texas Department of Transportation says full ferry service has resumed between Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula after a weekend oil spilled closed the Houston Ship Channel. The agency said Wednesday that travelers should continue to use caution as oily conditions …
The father of a Montana man who was crushed to death in a North Dakota oil field accident in January 2013 has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the drilling rig and the well site, alleging the companies failed …