SCM Insurance Services announced that it has completed the acquisition of the property/casualty businesses of Granite Global Solutions. The businesses being acquired are known by the following names: Granite Claims Solutions, a national adjusting firm; Granite Health Solutions, a provider …
Austin, Texas, authorities say a 57-year-old babysitter intentionally set a man’s house on fire while watching his twin 5-year-old boys. Fire department investigators charged Martha Carolyn Dreher with felony first-degree arson on Thursday in connection to the Aug. 9 fire. …
The Oklahoma Department of Mines has been chosen to receive a nearly $108,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mining Safety and Health Administration. The $107,800 grant was announced Thursday. The money is to be used to provide federally …
A University of New Orleans faculty member has been awarded a $300,000 grant to set up a cybersecurity lab. Computer science professor Vassil Roussev received the 2-year grant by the National Science Foundation. The university plans to establish a self-contained …
The International Cycling Union says a Dutch mountain bike rider has died from injuries she sustained from a fall during the qualifying rounds of the UCI World Cup, which are being held in the French Alps. The UCI said in …
More than 1,000 U.S. retailers could be infected with malicious software lurking in their cash register computers, allowing hackers to steal customer financial data, the Homeland Security Department said Friday. The government urged businesses of all sizes to scan their …
An out-of-control wildfire that has forced about 40 people to evacuate their homes on Oahu was caused by twin boys playing with a lighter, fire officials said Saturday. The parents of the 7-year-old boys told investigators their sons inadvertently ignited …
About 2.2 million bean bag chairs are being recalled after two children opened them, crawled inside and suffocated to death. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday that the zippers on the chairs, which are made by Ace Bayou …
Authorities say a sinkhole that opened beneath a Metro bus in Cincinnati has been repaired. The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati said Thursday that it has completed repairs on a nearly 100-year-old sewer line that collapsed under a city …
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has donated $5,000 to an organization that offers education and intervention to children who set fires. NoFIRES, a nonprofit, was developed in 2012 by the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, fire and law enforcement officials, mental health …