A confounding computer bug called “Heartbleed” is causing major security headaches across the Internet as websites scramble to fix the problem and Web surfers wonder whether they should change their passwords to prevent theft of their email accounts, credit card …
The Randolph County Commission and the county 911 Center have settled a wrongful death lawsuit for more than $210,000. The lawsuit alleged that the county EMS’s slow response time might have contributed to 37-year-old Melanie Nicole Miller’s death in 2010. …
The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Hurricane Camille’s strength at its catastrophic landfall in 1969. The Category 5 hurricane came ashore along Mississippi’s coast. The storm was blamed for 256 deaths in the U.S. and $1.4 billion in damage at …
Several Ohio members of Congress say they are not happy that the Army Corps of Engineers may wait until 2016 to issue a final report on a flood control plan for the Blanchard River in northwestern Ohio. Sens. Rob Portman …
State fire investigators say they couldn’t pinpoint the cause of a blaze that destroyed several buildings in a northeastern Ohio village. The Ohio fire marshal’s office said Wednesday that it has wrapped up its investigation into the fire that impacted …
Gov. John Hickenlooper says $13 million from a state lottery fund will be used to help restore parks, trails and open spaces damaged by last year’s floods. Hickenlooper and officials of lottery-supported Great Outdoors Colorado traveled on Wednesday to Lyons, …
Two Granite Mountain Hotshots’ families are seeking to obtain additional death benefits from a state retirement system for public safety workers, a Prescott official said Tuesday. City spokesman Pete Wertheim said the widows of Andrew Ashcraft and William Warneke filed …
Shelter Insurance Companies announced the organization of a new insurance subsidiary called American Shield Insurance. The company is being formed to assist diversification efforts and expansion into new operating territories. The company will sell a variety of insurance products through …
The numbers of teen driving deaths and injuries have fallen in North Carolina but moving violations are up since the General Assembly imposed new requirements on young drivers and their parents before teens can drive fully on their own, the …
Seven people have been hospitalized in West Texas after an auto collision resulted in a vehicle being pushed through the outer wall of a fast-food restaurant. Amarillo police say the accident happened Tuesday night when a tractor-trailer with a load …