The National Collegiate Athletic Association would provide $70 million for concussion testing and diagnosis of current and former NCAA athletes as a part of an agreement to settle claims in several head-injury-related lawsuits. The settlement, which also includes educational initiatives …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm announced an agreement with Austin Mutual Insurance Company to resolve an issue over whether it used rates in North Dakota that were not approved by the Department. “North Dakota is a prior-approval state, which …
The likely cause of a Molokai helicopter crash that killed all five people aboard was the pilot flying too close to the mountains during inclement weather, the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a final report published Friday. Pilot Nathan …
A town and county in eastern Oklahoma are teaming up to prepare emergency responders for wildfire outbreaks. The McAlester News-Capital reports the McAlester Police Department and the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office will participate Saturday in a large scale exercise conducted …
An internal audit has found that the Caddo Parish school system has been testing far fewer bus drivers than it should for drugs and alcohol. Federal regulations require random testing each year of at least half the employees with a …
Shark Island in Iberia Parish is the testing ground for three unusual devices meant to help keep Louisiana shorelines from retreating under the relentless waves eating away at the state’s coast. If the devices being used in the project prove …
Auto insurance rates that fell sharply after deregulation in Massachusetts are climbing again. The Boston Globe reports that five years after the state began to allow insurers to set their own rates, the average premium was about the same as …
A small New Jersey town is asking a court to find Philadelphia responsible for an accident that caused damage to a fire boat. The suburban community of Westville is suiting over a September 2010 accident during which its fire boat …
A family-owned lumber yard in western Pennsylvania was open for business two days after a fire caused about $350,000 in a storage building. Officials at Schroth Industries in White Township, Indiana County confirmed they were back in business Monday. Indiana …
A California lawmaker is calling for a criminal investigation into construction problems on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, said a Senate investigative report to be released this week will show …