A little-known side to the government’s health insurance website is prompting renewed concerns about privacy, just as the White House is calling for stronger cybersecurity protections for consumers. It works like this: When you apply for coverage on HealthCare.gov, dozens …
Authorities say two locks designed to hold a vertically-stored bench in the gymnasium wall at a northern New Jersey school weren’t secured when the bench broke loose and killed a 7-year-old boy last week. A New Milford, N.J., police department …
Drivers who get caught going 11 miles an hour over the speed limit on Virginia’s interstate highways may no longer be facing criminal charges if a proposed bill passes. A House of Delegates panel approved legislation 14-5 Tuesday that would …
A federal judge ruled Thursday to let a beach replenishment project proceed – for now – over the objections of a Jersey shore town that does not want the sand piles. Judge Renee Marie Bumb decided that neither Margate nor …
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake reported in southern Colorado didn’t actually happen. USGS geophysicist Don Blakeman tells The Denver Post a faulty sensor and a newer geological analyst who misread computer data resulted in the faulty …
South Carolina has paid more than $5 million for damages from the state’s roads in the past year. The Greenville News reported that documents it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showed the state spent more than $5 million …
The National Weather Service office in Seattle, Wash., says it will send a team Monday or Tuesday to look for damage at Gig Harbor and determine whether a wind event Sunday afternoon was a tornado. Meteorologist Josh Smith says the …
A pair of bills filed in the Texas Legislature would prohibit automobile insurers from issuing “named driver” policies in the state, but one would allow named driver exclusion under certain circumstances. HB 318 by Rep. Mark Keogh, who represents part …
A foundation has distributed more than $5.5 million in donations that poured into Joplin after a May 2011 tornado. The Joplin Tornado Fund administered by the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri received just over $6 million in donations from sources …
The number of driver privilege cards issued in Utah to immigrants in the United States without permission hit a six-year low in 2014, state figures show. The 35,200 cards issued last year are down significantly from a high of 43,000 …