A jury has awarded a West Texas family $4.6 million in a lawsuit it had filed against three trucking companies related to a 2010 crash that killed two men. The El Paso Times reports the jury on Thursday found the …
An Oregon postal worker seeks more than $180,000 in a lawsuit filed against the owner of a dog that allegedly attacked her. The Register-Guard newspaper reports that Kristin Joachim’s suit was filed in Lane County Circuit Court. The court document …
Two years after a furnace malfunction covered it in oily soot, a Revolutionary War-era estate has reopened in northern New Jersey. Ringwood Manor underwent a $1.6 million restoration after the malfunction in January 2012. Less than a year before, someone …
A dispute over how much an insurance company owes Webster County for its burned courthouse has moved into federal court. The Webster County Board of Supervisors and Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. have sued each other, with two separate cases now …
Federal prosecutors say a Denver appeals court doesn’t have authority to consider an appeal from a New Mexico man serving six years in prison for commissioning the arson that destroyed a landmark Cheyenne hotel. Ajay Jariwala of Albuquerque pleaded guilty …
The names Ingrid and Manuel will no longer be used for tropical storms or hurricanes in the Atlantic or the northeast Pacific. The World Meteorological Organization says both names are being retired because of the death and destruction both storms …
The Petal Fire Department will begin testing and refurbishing the Mississippi city’s hydrants on Monday. The Hattiesburg American reports the work is expected to continue through May. Fire Chief Joe Hendry says the hydrants will be tested, cleaned and painted. …
A large forest fire raging in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso has killed at least four people and destroyed 500 homes, officials said Sunday. Thousands of people have been evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison. …
The White House says President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for three counties in Maryland affected by a mid-February snowstorm. Obama signed the declaration Thursday, making federal funding available in Baltimore, Carroll and Howard counties. The Mid-Atlantic region …
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster designation for Tennessee and ordered federal aid to assist recovery efforts after a severe winter storm in eight counties in March. The declaration makes federal funding available to state and local governments …