After 21/2 years in sinkhole limbo, life is busy and headed toward change for Bayou Corne, La., homeowners Nick and Brenda Romero. Nick Romero, 66, recently used a homemade pulley system to gingerly lower a scruffy, old-timey trunk to grandson …
At least 45 people have died and 68 have been injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims, updated the totals Monday. The numbers may change. …
State police say a 193-vehicle pileup that closed a stretch of Interstate 94 in Michigan for two days started in eastbound lanes and likely spread to westbound lanes because motorists became distracted by the crashes. Lt. Dale Hinz says investigators …
Mark Rosekind, the U.S. government’s new auto safety chief, knew all along that the agency he was taking over lacked resources and staff to do its job properly. But after a week on the job, Rosekind says he discovered the …
Fort Wayne, Ind., skaters who want to test their skills on ponds at the city’s parks are out of luck this winter. Director Al Moll of the Parks and Recreation Department says the city will no longer open the four …
California’s insurance commissioner is ordering Mercury Insurance to pay a $27.6 million fine for charging wrongful fees to its auto customers. In announcing the largest fine against a California auto insurance company, Commissioner Dave Jones said Monday that Mercury charged …
City National Bank has sold its insurance operations to a Virginia company. City National’s parent, City Holding Company, says in a news release that the sale of CityInsurance to The Hilb Group in Richmond, Virginia, was effective Jan. 1. Under …
A western New York jewelry store owner has been sentenced to 23 to 69 years in prison for selling fake diamonds and stealing real ones from customers. Paul Blarr of the Buffalo suburb of Amherst also must pay nearly $930,000 …
A Peabody, Mass., man has been charged with stealing almost $1 million worth of iPads and other Apple products from his employer. Federal prosecutors say 33-year-old Michael Denning was the director of technical and developmental operations at a South Boston …
A federal agency has approved distribution of the final $13 million of aid allocated to Alaska for the 2012 Chinook salmon fishery failure. Congress last year approved $75 million for fisheries disasters nationwide, including $20.8 million for Alaska. An initial …