My home state of New Jersey has been the scene of a number of historic events over the years, both famous and infamous: the invention of the incandescent light bulb, the first recorded baseball game, the Hindenberg disaster, the discovery …
Residents along the Red River in Fargo, N.D., and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., should prepare for one of the top five floods in their history, the National Weather Service said. Its latest flood outlook included a 50 percent chance that the …
A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims against a BP contractor and the company that made a key safety device on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf …
An Oklahoma House committee has approved a proposal that its sponsor said would help protect Oklahomans from what he called subpar roofing “vultures” that swoop into the state after severe weather to take advantage of the desperate. Rep. Mark McBride, …
A Florida circuit court judge has issued a temporary injunction against certain provisions of the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) law, ruling that it is no longer a “reasonable alternative” to a tort system because of recent changes to …
Officials unveiled a public health campaign on March 20 aimed at helping get aging Missouri men and women off the roads when it’s no longer safe for them to drive and at preparing them for life without a license. The …
A marijuana proposal aimed at training people who work in medical marijuana businesses awaits the governor’s pen in Colorado. The Senate voted 23-12 Tuesday to create a “responsible medical marijuana vendor” designation. The optional designation would allow pot shops to …
Three of the most damaging and costliest hailstorms in the history of Austin, Texas, have all occurred on March 25. While Texas usually waits for the months of April and May to experience its worst thunderstorm activity, March 25 stands …
An Arkansas House committee has advanced a proposal to establish a new economic development program in the state aimed at driving private investment to small businesses. The House Economic Development Committee unanimously gave its approval to the bill that would …
A state hearings officer has upheld a ruling that Blaine and Hill counties showed discriminatory indifference toward an 18-year-old inmate in the Hill County Detention Center who died in 2009 of acute alcohol withdrawal. The order by Department of Labor …
