A town official in Colchester, Connecticut says a fire that destroyed a building at a car recycling business Friday was caused by a 55-gallon drum of waste fuel that ignited when a car fell off a lift and knocked the …
The Washington, D.C. Metro has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of a woman who was struck and killed by a Metrobus. Martha Schoenborn and her friend Sally McGhee were killed in February 2007. …
A New Jersey packaging company sued after a Rhode Island nightclub burned down five years ago has agreed to pay $25 million to survivors and relatives of the 100 people killed, according to court papers filed Friday. The settlement with …
State police say a Waterville man was injured after crashing his car on I-95 in the latest wrong-way crash on a Maine interstate. State Trooper Jeffrey Beach says the driver, 29-year-old Richard Crowley, suffered injuries including head trauma when his …
A prominent labor official has appeared as a witness before a federal grand jury that’s been investigating influence-peddling at the Rhode Island Statehouse. George Nee, the secretary-treasurer of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and a former director of the Beacon Mutual …
Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in an insurance lawsuit involving the deaths of two workers. Premcor Refining Group and Valero Energy sought permission to appeal a ruling that Premcor’s …
A Southwest Florida man is the state’s first victim of the salmonella outbreak tied to raw tomatoes. State Health Department officials say the unidentified man got sick after eating tomatoes during a visit to New York. Health Department spokeswoman Judi …
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a warning to a mine in eastern Kentucky for safety violations. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the agency issued the warning on June 12 to Stillhouse Mine No. 1 in Harlan County. …
The U.S. Small Business Administration will open a disaster outreach loan center in Mississippi for Yazoo County flood victims. The SBA announced a disaster declaration for the county June 12. It’s in response to flooding that occurred May 28. The …
High wind on Saturday, June 13, 2008, continued to stoke fires across Northern California that had destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee. At least 66 homes had been destroyed with 17 others damaged in the …
