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Two Workers Die After Being Trapped in Ohio Grain Silo
Jul 23 2019 // A shipping business in Ohio says two workers died after they were trapped in a silo filled with grain. The workers became trapped Friday morning inside the silo operated by The Andersons in Toledo. A Toledo fire department...
3M Investigating Potential Contamination at North Alabama Plant
Jul 10 2019 // 3M says it is expanding an investigation of possible chemical contamination around its north Alabama plant in Decatur. WAAY-TV reports the company issued a statement Monday saying it’s looking at old landfill sites...
Four California Men Involved Alleged Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
Jun 25 2019 // Detectives from the California Department of Insurance have arrested Ameer Almassou, Bariq Aleyada, and Ziad Jaber Jaber for allegedly stealing more than $22,000 from auto insurers by filing fraudulent insurance claims....
Two Killed When Small Plane Crashes on Long Island
Jun 11 2019 // A small plane crashed on New York’s Long Island on Saturday, killing the man and woman on board, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Authority said in a statement that the single-engine Beechcraft A36 plane...
Nine Hospitalized When Subway Car Derails in Boston
Jun 10 2019 // A subway car has derailed in Boston, sending nine people to the hospital. Local emergency officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening. Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said the...
Five Delaware Residents Sue Firms Over Water Contamination
Jun 7 2019 // Five Delaware residents whose water supply was contaminated by chemicals linked to health issues ranging from cancer to infertility are suing companies that manufactured the chemicals. The News Journal of Wilmington...
Two New London Market Model Cyber Exclusion Clauses Published by IUA
Jun 6 2019 // Two new London Market model clauses to help underwriters manage cyber losses have been published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). The wordings have been developed in order to address issues of...
Three Convicted in New York City Fake Accident Fraud Scheme
May 30 2019 // Three men have been convicted in a trip-and-fall scheme that recruited low-income people and the homeless to defraud New York City-area businesses and their insurance companies. Prosecutors say a federal jury in Manhattan...
Eight Days After Cyberattack, Baltimore’s Network Still Hobbled
May 17 2019 // More than a week after a cyberattack hobbled Baltimore’s computer network, city officials said Wednesday they can’t predict when its overall system will be up and running and continued to give only the broadest...
Two Texas Companies Charged in Separate Workers’ Comp Fraud Cases
Apr 11 2019 // Two Texas companies have been indicted by Travis County grand juries in separate cases involving alleged workers’ compensation premium fraud. The Texas Department of Insurance reported that Amer Haurani of Ambassador...
One Dead, 2 Critically Injured in Another Houston-Area Chemical Fire
Apr 3 2019 // An explosion and fire at a chemical plant northeast of Houston left one person dead and two battling for their lives, just two weeks after a blaze at an oil storage facility caused thousands of gallons of petrochemicals to...
One of Florida’s Worst Red Tides Finally Clears
Mar 6 2019 // Experts say the red tide that plagued Florida’s coastline for 15 months is one of the five worst toxic algae events in the state’s recorded history. State lawmakers from southwest Florida met with scientists on...
One Dead, Two Injured After Beams Fall at MIT Construction Site in Massachusetts
Mar 4 2019 // The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says one of three workers injured at an MIT building construction site has died. The Cambridge Fire Department tweeted Thursday that temporary support beams fell on the...
Three People Killed in Train-Vehicle Collision on Long Island
Feb 28 2019 // Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury in Long Island, N.Y., killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed and tore into a...
One of Lawsuits by Kids Against Trump Climate Policies Dismissed
Feb 21 2019 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two Pennsylvania boys and an environmental group seeking to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from rolling back regulations addressing climate change, saying the court does not...
One-Third of Himalayan Glaciers at Risk from Climate Change: Study
Feb 11 2019 // One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed, an assessment warns. If...
Four Wounded During New Jersey Candlelight Vigil Shooting
Jan 29 2019 // Police say four girls and women were wounded, one critically, in a shooting during a candlelight vigil in New Jersey for two males killed in the crash of a stolen vehicle. Police in Newark say the victims, who range in age...
Three Boats Go Up in Flames at Boston Marina
Jan 15 2019 // A fire at a Boston marina likely strengthened by diesel fuel heavily damaged three boats, sinking two of them. Fire department officials say a woman was on one of the boats, but escaped unharmed. There were no reports of...
2M Patients Impacted by Data Breach at North Carolina-Based Health Care Group
Nov 29 2018 // A North Carolina-based health provider says more than 2 million of its patients may have had personal information compromised in a data breach of billing information. News outlets report Atrium, headquartered in Charlotte,...
One Killed, Six Injured When Car Drives into NYC Pedestrians
Nov 28 2018 // A 70-year-old driver trying to parallel park on a New York City street Monday lost control of his minivan and struck several pedestrians standing next to a fruit stand, killing one person and injuring six others, police...
