Officials say an early-morning fire at a Detroit Department of Transportation bus yard destroyed six buses costing a total of more than $2 million. The fire Wednesday sent thick, black smoke into the air on the city’s west side. Officials …
New Mexico’s Insurance Division has issued a catastrophe declaration for insurers and adjusters after receiving thousands of claims stemming from last week’s damaging winds. New Mexico’s administrative codes say the division can issue a catastrophe declaration when it receives at …
Ohio is trying to reach an agreement with drilling companies so they’ll pay for any damage or upgrades to roads taking on the heavy equipment needed to extract oil and gas from shale rock beneath the state. The governor’s office …
A fire inspector says a blaze that damaged a Pocatello home over the weekend was caused by an overloaded circuit in an updated breaker panel. Kim Parks told the Idaho State Journal that the Friday night fire caused significant damage …
An upcoming cycle of stormy solar activity risks causing damage to electrical transformers and threatening vulnerable energy infrastructure around the globe, a report by an insurance group says. The sun follows a predictable 11 year activity cycle, with the next …
The White House has denied a request from the state of Oklahoma for individual assistance for those affected by a series of earthquakes earlier this month. Gov. Mary Fallin said Wednesday she’s disappointed and will consider other options, including a …
Nebraska says this year’s flooding along the Missouri and Platte rivers caused about $20 million damage to roads, and the state is asking the federal government to pick up most of the tab. The Nebraska Department of Roads has submitted …
A West Texas man has been sentenced to more than 37 years in prison for torching a church in a hate crimes case. A federal judge in Midland on Wednesday sentenced Steven Scott Cantrell of Crane. Cantrell in September pleaded …
Two environmental groups have settled a lawsuit with Fola Coal Co. over runoff from a mountaintop removal mining operation. The agreement filed Wednesday in Charleston, W.V., must be reviewed by U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver. The Sierra Club and West …
A government official says a landslide in western Indonesia has killed four villagers and left 30 others missing. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the Disaster Management Agency says the landslide Wednesday buried 37 houses in the district of Nias Selatan in …