New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is seeking federal help for North Country communities where recent floods caused road and infrastructure damage. Hassan on Thursday asked President Barack Obama to issue a major disaster declaration for the rain and flooding on …
The family of an Iowa man who died at a mental health institution has filed a claim against the state. Cleojean Olson, sister of Richard Meredith, says she recently filed the claim for $1.8 million through the State Appeal Board. …
The large swath of the Pacific that includes the islands could see four to seven tropical cyclones during the upcoming hurricane season, weather forecasters in Hawaii said Wednesday. Tom Evans, acting director of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, said during …
A slower-than-usual hurricane season is expected this year because of an expected El Nino, federal forecasters said Thursday, but they warned that it takes only one storm to wreak havoc and urged Americans to be prepared. The El Nino, which …
South Texas police say a 35-year-old worker has died at a construction site after falling from a platform. Harlingen police Sgt. Robert Ahrens says Juan Carlos Reyes of Brownsville was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday. Witnesses told police Reyes …
Two West Virginia men have been sentenced to prison terms for having a building torched in Logan and collecting a $1 million insurance settlement. The U.S. attorney’s office says 44-yearold James Gregory Glick of Logan was sentenced to seven years …
The family of a Topeka, Kansas, woman who died in a natural gas explosion will receive about $323,000 of a $709,000 settlement. A Shawnee County judge on Tuesday approved settlements and dismissed three lawsuits linked to the blast that killed …
A worker who says he strained himself when he was accidentally glued to the floor at a Lake Oswego, Ore., remodeling job is suing the general contractor. Another subcontractor had removed the carpet but not the glue at the office …
Parents of children killed when a tornado struck a Moore, Okla., elementary school a year ago have filed tort claims against both the city and Moore Public Schools. The claim alleges the school failed to follow safety protocols and that …
The Michigan appeals court says the public has no right to see the records of an insurance fund that puts a fee on cars to pay for catastrophic injuries. The court said that the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association is not …