Officials in a Tulsa, Okla., suburb and the estate of a mentally ill man have settled a federal lawsuit over his August 2002 fatal shooting by police, officials said. Insurance coverage for the city of Owasso will cover the $300,000 …
Flooding across the Midwest has devastated communities across several states. Among those hardest hit are farmers, who have lost homes, livestock and thousands of acres of farmland, said the president of the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS). “We haven’t seen …
A Virginia judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year’s Virginia Tech slayings that will avoid a court battle over whether anyone but the gunman was to blame. Families …
Delware lawmakers on Tuesday blasted Gov. Ruth Ann Minner’s administration for withholding cancer data from the public, unanimously passing a bill directing state officials to provide more information. Cancer information would be made available to health professionals and to the …
A former North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance executive says he walked in on an illegal meeting of agency board members in a restaurant, and he has asked Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to investigate. “They are breaking the sunshine laws. …
Police in Bergen County, New Jersey issued 317 tickets to teen drivers for violating terms of their graduated driver licenses. Officers conducted patrols and checkpoints during an 18-day period in April as part of a pilot program designed to reinforce …
The owners of a Florida chemical plant where a December explosion killed four workers were cited June 18, accused of violating federal safety standards. A report from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that T2 Laboratories Inc. lacked a …
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its largest private health insurer have announced policies that prohibit hospitals and doctors from billing for costs relating to fixing medical errors. Health policy analysts say the directives outlined separately on Wednesday by the state …
Acuity Mutual Insurance is liable for nearly $1 million in damages a federal court ordered a Wisconsin business to pay Internet software company Symantec Corp. That is the ruling Wednesday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec sued Wauwatosa-based …
Florida’s state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp., says it has secured pre-event financing of $1.75 billion for its high risk account. This amount is in addition to the $1.6 billion bank credit line obtained for the personal lines account and the …
