Death Toll Climbs to 11 in Florida Condo Collapse, 150 Missing June 30, 2021 By Gabriella Borter SURFSIDE, Fla. — Search-and-rescue teams pulled two more bodies from the concrete and steel rubble of a partially collapsed Florida...
NYT Points to Foreign Minister and Carlos Slim for Collapse of Mexico City Metro June 15, 2021 The collapse last month of a section of a Mexico City metro line that killed 26 people was likely due...
Malibu Investigating After 9 Hurt in Balcony Collapse May 12, 2021 MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — The city of Malibu is investigating whether any rental codes were violated at a home where...
Strong Earthquake Shakes Central Greece, Felt in Balkans March 4, 2021 By Elena Becatoros and Costas Kantouris ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was...
More Than 20 Workers Hurt in Crane Accident In Austin, Texas September 18, 2020 By Paul J. Weber AUSTIN, Texas — Two cranes collided Wednesday at a construction site in Austin, Texas, causing one of them to partially...
Environmental Groups Propose Tailings Dam Safety Standards June 30, 2020 Mining companies should be required to buy private insurance for tailings dams and their board of directors should be held...
Court Finds Collapsed Cave Not a Covered ‘Building’ Under Policy January 6, 2020 By Jim Sams Interstate Underground Warehouse & Storage operates more than 3 million square feet of storage space inside a cave that was...
Conn. Supreme Court Finds Insurers Not Liable for Crumbling Foundations November 14, 2019 By Jim Sams Insurers are not liable for crumbling foundations caused by defective concrete unless the home is on the verge of collapse,...
Thousands Face Life-Threatening Floods From Aging Dams November 12, 2019 By Ira Boudway On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility...
Massive Mining Waste Dams Could Pose Deadly Risks, Say Investors October 31, 2019 By Barbara Lewis and Ernest Scheyder LONDON — A global inquiry into how mining companies store billions of tons of waste in huge dams, launched after...