The National Transportation Safety Board released preliminary aviation accident statistics last week, which show an overall decline in the number of US registered civil aviation accidents. The number of civil aviation accidents fell from 1,539 in 2012 to 1,297 in …
A south-central Idaho man has died in an explosion at a dairy. Authorities tell The Times-News the explosion occurred at about 6 a.m. Monday as 30-year-old Dayne A. Hansen of Rupert did welding work on a trailer. Minidoka County Sheriff …
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance’s National Accounts Property operation has appointed C. Wesley Sellers as Southeast division manager. National Accounts Property provides single carrier, ground-up, shared and layered, inland marine and equipment breakdown coverages. It offers large capacity – including the …
Three University of Michigan geologists are participating in an international effort to drill nearly a mile beneath the surface of New Zealand this fall to bring back rock samples from an active fault known to generate major earthquakes. The goal …
A Travis County district court sentenced Anthony Stokes and Mario Williams of Little Elm, Texas for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, reported Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Stokes and Williams were sentenced to one year deferred adjudication and ordered to pay $41,844 …
Burlington Northern Santa Fe is paying for 142 Washington firefighters to receive training in Pueblo, Colorado, in oil train accidents. The Seattle Times reports the classes began in July and will continue through the end of the year. Spokesman Gus …
The family of a teenager who drowned while attending a summer academic camp at Transylvania University has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Thirteen-year-old Ricky Harris III, a seventh-grader at Bondurant Middle School in Frankfort, lost consciousness during a recreational swim …
A Baltimore, Md., board is set to approve a $49,000 settlement with a man who sued Baltimore police, accusing officers of breaking his jaw after arresting him. Charles Faulkner of Middle River had sought $2 million in his August 2013 …
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a law allowing drivers who owe extra “responsibility” fees for certain offenses to do 10 hours of community service instead. The option would apply for drivers assessed $400 in fines over two years for …
A Phoenix woman will have to repay nearly $27,000 to her insurance company after pleading guilty to falsely claiming she lost her wedding rings during an ocean swim. The Arizona Department of Insurance says 37-year-old Maria Apodaca Simmons made a …