Property owners who lost their houses in the Oso mudslide probably still owe payments on their home loans. Lyn Peters of the state Department of Financial Institutions says mortgages are legally binding contracts,even if the homes are gone. The Seattle …
Authorities are launching an effort to reduce fatal crashes on Iowa’s secondary rural roads. The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau announced the effort, which began Tuesday and continues through Sept. 30, 2015. The program will focus on rural secondary roads in …
Mercury Insurance announced that its homeowners insurance rates for Pennsylvania residents will be reduced by an average of 10 percent. The reduction applies to new customers immediately and policy renewals beginning April 9, and will save Mercury policyholders about $150 …
Lawyers suing General Motors Co. over the recall of 2.59 million small cars for faulty ignition switches say the best judge to handle the litigation is the one overseeing Toyota Motor Corp.’s acceleration cases, which resulted in a $1.63 billion …
Most drivers have experienced a traffic signal that turns yellow just as they approach an intersection, which makes it difficult for them to decide whether to stop or proceed through it. The wrong choice in this critical situation, known as …
The aviation industry should consider technology allowing more live-streaming of flight data following the disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner, but cost and practicalities remain major problems, the head of the global airlines’ body said on Tuesday. The loss of Malaysia …
Texas Brine Co. has moved contractors working on the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole into three homes the company purchased from residents who left after the failure of a company-operated salt dome cavern. Texas Brine spokesman Sonny Cranch tells The Advocate two …
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was charged on Tuesday with federal felony counts involving safety violations linked to a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area. The indictment charges the utility with 12 felony violations …
General Motors has hired attorney Kenneth Feinberg to advise it on its recall of small cars, but says his hiring doesn’t necessarily mean it will establish a fund for victims. GM CEO Mary Barra announced Feinberg’s hiring during a House …
A tree trimmer was recovering in a day after he was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital – with a chain saw blade still embedded in his neck – following a work-related accident. An X-ray released Tuesday shows the saw still …