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Two Arrested After Fire in Vermont Hotel Room That Injured Woman
Mar 22 2021 // Two people have been arrested after police responded to what they called a suspicious fire at a hotel in Berlin that critically injured a woman. A fire ignited in the 56-year-old woman’s room at the Hilltop Inn,...
One Month Later, Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Jackson, Mississippi Residents
Mar 22 2021 // After 30 days of boiling their water to get rid of contaminants and sometimes no water at all, Jackson residents are finally able to drink the water from the tap after officials lifted a boil water advisory put in place in...
Two Dead After Getting Struck at Boston Construction Site
Mar 4 2021 // Two people died when they were struck by a truck at a construction site in Boston on Wednesday, officials said. The workers were struck on High Street in the city’s Financial District just after 8 a.m., interim...
Two Massachusetts Men Charged Following Fatal Motorcycle Crash in New Hampshire
Mar 2 2021 // Two Massachusetts men were charged in federal court in Springfield in connection with falsifying driving logs, instructing others to do so and making a false statement to investigators. The charges are the result of a...
Nine Injured, Two Seriously, in Explosion at New York City Residence
Feb 23 2021 // Authorities said nine people were injured, two seriously, after an explosion Thursday at a three-story New York City residence that blew out windows and sent a door flying into power lines. The report of an explosion on...
Three Injured in Gas Line Explosion in Northern Virginia
Feb 5 2021 // Three people were injured in a gas line explosion on Wednesday which also set three vehicles on fire and caused damage to a house in a northern Virginia city. News outlets report Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said on its...
Two Women Found Dead After Row Home Fire Causing Estimated $250K in Damage
Jan 26 2021 // Authorities say two women were found dead after a fire in a central Pennsylvania row home over the weekend that caused an estimated more than $250,000 in damage to all three homes. Fire crews were dispatched shortly after...
One Catastrophic Failure to Manage Risks
Jan 8 2021 // Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was a historic day in the US. It could have been historic because the US Congress was voting to certify an election. That happens every four years. Most of the time, it’s with little...
Seven Charged with Felonies in Vandalism to Federal Buildings in Philadelphia
Jan 6 2021 // Seven people are facing felony charges after at least two federal buildings in Philadelphia were vandalized on New Year’s Eve and the discovery of what police said were Molotov cocktails and other suspicious...
Two Businesses, Owners Charged with Fraud Against New York State Insurance Fund
Jan 5 2021 // Two businesses and their owners have been charged with fraud against the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF). Manuel Sanchez and his business Lagos Construction have been charged with grand larceny and other crimes for...
Three Hospitalized After Gas Explosion at Virginia Restaurant
Dec 9 2020 // Three people were hospitalized Thursday following a gas explosion in the kitchen of a Virginia restaurant, leaving one of the victims with life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. Crossroads Restaurant in...
Three Arrested for Dresden Museum Theft – But Jewelry Is Still Missing
Nov 18 2020 // BERLIN – More than 1,500 police carried out a series of searches in Berlin and arrested three people in a massive operation connected to the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a unique collection in Dresden...
Two Dead, One Missing in Blast at Veterans Hospital Outbuilding in Connecticut
Nov 17 2020 // An apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed two people Friday, and a third person is missing, officials said. “We received a report this morning that an...
Ten Largest Insurance Markets Likely to See 4.5% Drop in GDP During 2020
Nov 17 2020 // The world’s 10 largest insurance markets are cumulatively expected to see their gross domestic product (GDP) decrease by 4.5% in 2020 compared to 2019 because of COVID-19, according to a new Insurance Information...
Three Generations of Doing the Right Thing
Nov 16 2020 // Words like “fair,” “ethical, and “accommodating,” may not top a list of words you’d think would energize workers, but there was no shortage of enthusiasm found in comments from employees...
Two Recruiting Tools Every Insurance Agency Needs
Nov 16 2020 // “Our agency just hired two junior recruiters. I need a lot of resources to overcome their inexperience. LinkedIn has been our ‘go to’ but they want to charge $10,000 for one seat. I can’t afford...
Two Conservative Supreme Court Justices Appear to Side with Obamacare Supporters
Nov 10 2020 // U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republican-governed states and joined by President Donald...
Three Quakes Confirmed in Alaska’s Largest City, No Damage Reports
Nov 10 2020 // Three earthquakes early Saturday morning struck Alaska’s largest city, The Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed. There were no immediate reports of damage. The strongest of the three, at magnitude 5.0, was recorded...
One Dead, Two Firefighters Injured in New Jersey Blaze
Nov 10 2020 // Authorities say one person was killed and several dozen people displaced following a fire in New Jersey in which two firefighters were also injured. NorthJersey.com reports that fire crews called to a Paterson street at...
Three Charged in Break-In at Science Museum of Virginia
Nov 10 2020 // Three men have been charged with felonies, and authorities are seeking a fourth man following an investigation of a break-in at the Science Museum of Virginia during a night of riots and looting, Virginia Capitol Police...
