Three men were seriously burned Friday morning when an explosion rocked a northern New Jersey business. The blast at the Clifton conveyor business occurred just after 10 a.m. when a leaky tank on a truck in the business’ loading dock …
Maryland drivers will have to use handsfree devices to talk on cell phones while driving under legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly on Friday. The House of Delegates voted 125-14 to pass a measure already approved by the Senate, …
Time stopped five days ago for the families of 29 coal miners killed in the devastating explosion at Upper Big Branch mine. As thousands waited, hoping for any word someone might have survived Monday’s blast, life in coal country chugged …
A woman who says she was beaten at 50 Cent’s Connecticut mansion has been awarded more than $30,000 in her lawsuit against a member of the rapper’s entourage. A Waterbury Superior Court judge ruled Thursday in favor of 24-year-old Shana …
Firefighters in Hampton Beach put out a fire at a multifamily home only to be called back for a second fire 30 minutes later. Authorities say the first blaze broke out about 4:30 a.m. Thursday. The second one occurred within …
The Michigan Supreme Court has reinstated a $317,000 award to a woman who says she was hurt when no one caught her fall after she was “overcome by the spirit of the Lord” in church. The Lansing woman says she …
Another young Florida property insurance company is in trouble with state regulators and could lose its license if it does not cut back on business, boost its reinsurance and explain some if its accounting. Olympus Insurance Co. reported a surplus …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty sent a letter to the state’s media outlets on April 9 regarding the current property insurance system and what should be done to improve it. In it, he says the exodus of national carriers from …
Kenyan student Shadrack Silipo had a heart operation five years ago, the sort of surgery that often bankrupts families in Africa. Silipo’s parents normally would have paid by selling off land, the same green acres that form the inheritance for …
A panel of federal judges Friday consolidated dozens of lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. over cars that have raced out of control, assigning them to a single federal judge in Los Angeles. The decision is another step in the U.S. …
