Climate scientists are gleaning valuable information about snowfall and droughts from errant satellite signals once considered a nuisance. The data comes from GPS receivers, mostly ones used by earthquake researchers to detect motion in the Earth’s surface. The receivers use …
South Carolina is paying $1.2 million to the family of an inmate with mental retardation who died after being kept 11 days in solitary confinement. Documents from the state Insurance Reserve Fund obtained by The Greenville News show the estate …
South Dakota Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman named Larry Deiter as the new director of the Division of Insurance effective immediately. As director, Deiter will continue to be active at the national level in the National Association of Insurance …
A folding table attached to a wall collapsed at aNew Jersey school during a recreational soccer practice, killing an 8-year-old boy preparing for his season opener, the school superintendent said. The boy was a student in New Milford’s Gibbs Elementary …
Vehicles that drive themselves on the freeway or take over in traffic jams may be on the road in large numbers by 2017 and autonomous cars might create a $42 billion market for the technology by 2025, Boston Consulting Group …
As freezing temperatures overtake much of the U.S., many drivers will consider warming their car up ahead of time. But depending on where you do it, some may be surprised to learn that it is against the law in certain …
On a day when much of the U.S. struggled with cold, U.S. meteorologists said America’s weather in 2014 wasn’t really that bad. They announced Thursday that the U.S. average temperature in 2014 was half a degree warmer than normal and …
Strong currents and blinding silt thwarted an attempt by divers on Thursday to find AirAsia Flight 8501‘s black boxes, which are believed to still be in the recently discovered tail of the crashed plane. The flight data and cockpit voice …
Officials say a volunteer with the American Red Cross allegedly defrauded the agency out of $20,000 by filing false claims. Attorney General Jim Hood says 43-year-old Wanda Perkins, of Gulfport, Miss., was charged with mail and wire fraud, false pretense …
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear said Kentucky is putting children at risk by not requiring them to ride in booster seats until they are at least 9 years old or 57 inches tall. Kentucky law requires booster seats for children under …