South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has dismissed as “fiction” a recent study published by San Diego State University that ties the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August to a massive surge in COVID-19 cases and approximately $12.2 billion in public health …
Insurance policyholders in Louisiana who have been impacted by Hurricane Laura will have more time to pay their premiums under an emergency rule issued by the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said Emergency Rule 45 allows greater …
No damage was reported after a weak earthquake occurred along the Alabama-Florida line Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 3.8 quake happened just after 10 a.m. north of Mount Carmel, Florida. The location is a mostly …
State securities officials say cybercrime including email attacks are on the rise during the pandemic, and they’re warning people to be careful online. A statement from the Alabama Securities Commission says social engineering attacks have been increasing with more people …
South Carolina sued the owner of a site where a massive pile of trash burned and smoldered for months, demanding $5 million to pay back what the state spent to put out the fire and clean up the site. Able …
A structural failure led to a 2018 air ambulance crash in North Dakota that killed all three people on board, a new report says. The Bismarck Tribune reports the National Transportation Safety Board last month published its factual report, which …
The California Department of Insurance fined self-storage company, c, $250,000 for offering and selling more than $2.1 million in insurance products to its renters without an insurance license. SmartStop Asset Management, LLC and its affiliates, collectively “SmartStop”, control, manage, or …
The personal information of some Oregon State University students and faculty members may have been compromised during a computer security breach, officials said. A hacker accessed a computer server for the university’s Ecampus online education program this summer, gaining access …
New wildfires ravaged California during a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200 people trapped by flames and ended with the state’s largest utility turning off power to 172,000 customers to try to prevent …
Gold Medal International is sitting on millions of dollars worth of socks at its North Carolina warehouse that it can’t ship to stores. The reason? The 66-year-old family-owned sock maker can’t get enough credit insurance to cover potential losses if …
