Maine’s highest court has upheld workers’ compensation benefits for the widow of a Salvation Army worker who died from a heart attack while on a treadmill at home. The court on Thursday unanimously rejected the Salvation Army’s appeal of workers …
The National Weather Service is looking for a few good storm spotters in Oklahoma. National Weather Service forecasters are launching a series of classes for Oklahoma residents who want to learn more about severe weather. Podcast: Listen to How to …
Mississippi’s Insurance Department says an Indianola insurance agent has surrendered his license. A release from Commissioner Mike Chaney says Randal Ray Henson was charged in Sunflower County with false pretense. Chaney said the charge is related to allegations that Henson …
A man claiming to hear voices set the fire that gutted and damaged five buildings in the mains business district of the poor Pittsburgh suburb of Homestead, police said. Edward McDonald, 27, who lived in one of the apartments destroyed …
ARC Insurance Company Limited will pay $25 million in drought insurance claims to three countries in the Sahel this month. Mauritania, Niger and Senegal, which paid a combined premium of $8 million, will use the payout to mobilize early interventions …
Seventeen years after it started, a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute between the state of Florida and a Nebraska company continues to meander through the courts. The Nebraska Supreme Court has already ruled on aspects of the case four times, and the …
Two suburban Chicago, Ill., men have been cleared of charges in connection with a flood at a high-rise hotel that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage. A Cook County judge threw out criminal damage to property charges …
Airplane accident investigators in the U.S. recommended tracking equipment and black-box recorders be made tamper-proof, going far beyond the measures industry groups have supported to avoid repeats of aviation disasters like the unresolved disappearance of Malaysia Air Flight 370. The …
Despite no firm clue to the whereabouts of a Malaysian airliner being discovered since it disappeared 10 months ago far off the Australian coast, authorities on Thursday invited expressions of interest from salvage operators in case the wreck is found. …
Coal mining accident victims and their families are asking West Virginia lawmakers not to change rules on lawsuits over certain workplace injuries. At a public hearing Wednesday, victims who were injured or lost family members in mine accidents said scaling …