June 2, 2023
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Three residents of an Iowa apartment building that partially collapsed on Sunday are still unaccounted for, police said Thursday, as city officials responded to questions about who might be responsible. Earlier this week, authorities said …
February 3, 2022
MIAMI (AP) — Peacocks could be on the outs in some South Florida neighborhoods after the Miami-Dade commission agreed to loosen a law protecting the birds. While the 20-year-old law still protects peacocks from harm, commissioners agreed Tuesday to allow …
September 4, 2020
Seattle scoffed at the $650 million Bayer AG agreed to pay to settle class-action claims by about 2,500 cities, counties and ports over pollution from polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, saying it plans to opt out of the deal. According to …
May 9, 2017
Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Friday that would have limited monetary damages in civil lawsuits filed by neighbors of hog and poultry farm operations when judges determine the stench from animal waste is a nuisance. Cooper said the measure, which …
March 28, 2011
A Maine couple has lost its lawsuit against Dragon Cement claiming the company’s cement plant made their nearby home unsellable. In their lawsuit, Stephen and Kathy Darney of Thomaston claimed Dragon caused a nuisance and was negligent for the dust …