A North Texas chiropractor has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for billing healthcare providers for services that were never rendered. Dr. Abbas Zahedi of Carrollton was sentenced Monday in federal court and ordered to pay $2.4 …
State officials who now control the bankrupt Central Coventry Fire District have ordered sweeping changes in its finances. Firefighters will work 56-hour weeks, pay more for health insurance and lose half their holidays under a receiver’s plan. The Providence Journal …
A judge is mulling whether to recuse federal prosecutors from a criminal case against former executives in a massive West Virginia chemical spill. In U.S. District Court in Charleston on Monday, attorneys for ex-Freedom Industries executives Gary Southern and Dennis …
The Riverside Fire District, staffed entirely by volunteer firefighters, is charged with protecting homes and businesses across 212 square miles of Washington County. The Mississippi fire district, in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, responded to 80 to 85 …
Two prospects from the U.S. Ski Team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing near their European training base in the Austrian Alps. The team said Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died in the incident near the …
The amount of storm damage reported in Kansas in 2014 was the lowest amount in 16 years. The Kansas Insurance Commissioner’s office says insurance companies received reports of $112.4 million in storm damage claims last year. It was the third …
One of the early users of traffic camera enforcement in Ohio announced Monday it will stop using fixed-position cameras because of a new state law. Dayton has used camera enforcement for more than a decade, but city police spokeswoman Cara …
The Kansas Department of Corrections acknowledges that its inspectors consistently found dirty kitchens and other food safety violations at several state prisons. The department does its own inspections, although it follows Kansas Department of Agriculture food safety guidelines. The Topeka …
Officials in Delaware say a fire that caused an estimated $85,000 in damage to a home in Wilmington was accidental. The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office said Sunday that the fire was caused by a faulty wood-burning fireplace. The Fire …
A former University of Oregon employee has filed a $900,000 lawsuit, claiming she was wrongly fired after taking medical leave to deal with migraine headaches. Laura A. Gerards says she was fired because of the disability. She had asked for …