Nearly 8 of every 10 U.S. drivers admit expressing anger, aggression or road rage at least once in the previous year, according to a survey released Thursday by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The behavior could include following too …
Homeowners whose property sits atop former industrial cesspools that leach chemicals into the ground and water and give off harmful vapors could have their houses purchased by the state. New Jersey would be required to buy homes built on contaminated …
Connecticut Man Admits to Role in Staging Car Crashes A Connecticut man who authorities say conspired to stage about 50 car crashes in an insurance scheme has pleaded guilty to a federal charge. Carlins Calixte of Norwich entered the plea …
A state judge has refused to dismiss the city-parish from a lawsuit by the mother of a 4-year-old Baton Rouge, La., boy who drowned in an abandoned sewer hole near his home in 2014. The East Baton Rouge City-Parish government …
U.S. safety officials said Tuesday they’ve seen slow progress in efforts to upgrade or replace tens of thousands of rupture-prone rail cars used to transport oil and ethanol, despite numerous fiery derailments that prompted new rules for the industry. Figures …
After two confirmed U.S. cases of a superbug that thwarts a last-resort antibiotic, infectious disease experts say they expect more cases in coming months because the bacterial gene behind it is likely far more widespread than previously believed. Army scientists …
For purposes of an intentional injury exclusion, the intent to cause injury may be established by proof of actual intent to injure or when the character of the act is such that an intention to inflict the injury can be …
Federal safety investigators are asking electric car maker Tesla Motors for details on how its Autopilot system works and why it failed to detect a tractor trailer that crossed its path in a Florida crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety …
In 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act to advance the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. The new law directs agencies to adjust their penalties for inflation each year …
Eight acrobats who plunged to the ground during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus act in 2014 are suing the company that manages the Rhode Island arena where it happened. The Providence Journal reports the women sued Wednesday …