A jury acquitted a man who had been charged with assault after authorities said an assistant prosecutor, police officer and courtroom bailiff got sick after shaking hands with him. John Curtis Ridgeway, 42, was seen pulling out a vial of …
California (9,110 thefts) leads the nation in motorcycle theft rates in 2005, with Florida (6,324) following in second, and Texas (5,755)coming in third, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Other states rounding out the top 10, with theft totals …
A wave of April thunderstorms that pummeled central Indiana with hail the size of golf balls, or bigger, has so far generated insurance claims totaling $560 million, making it one of the state’s costliest weather events. The Insurance Institute of …
To Louisiana’s attorney general, the doctor and two nurses arrested this past week are murderers. But many in the local medical community are outraged at the arrests, saying the three caregivers are heroes who faced unimaginable horrors as Hurricane Katrina …
ReSource Pro has named Dan Epstein chief executive officer. Epstein, formerly ReSource Pro’s vice president of business development, takes over the CEO position from David Watkins, who will become chairman of ReSource Pro. ReSource Pro, LLC, based in New York …
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Sunday, causing residents to flee coastal areas in fear of a tsunami. Indonesian officials — who have been under fire for failing to warn people ahead …
China’s premier has urged local officials to redouble efforts in caring for victims of Tropical Storm Bilis, state media reported Sunday, underscoring concerns about lapses in responding to the storm that killed more than 500 people. Premier Wen Jiabao on …
When a jury this spring concluded a smoke alarm failed in a fatal upstate New York house fire, safety experts were already questioning whether popular models meet the threat posed by fast-burning synthetic materials now common in American homes. The …
A Superior Court judge in Springfield, Mass. has for now blocked more than 100 people who say they were molested by priests from having to tell lawyers about the abuse they say they endured. Judge John Agostini ruled Thursday that …
Maine’s top insurance regulator said that last year’s savings in the state’s health care system resulting from the politically hot Dirigo universal health care program amounted to $34.3 million. Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa’s figure was several million dollars less in …
