It’s now illegal to text while driving in Vermont. Gov. Jim Douglas signed the ban into law Tuesday at the Montpelier High School, joining at least 25 states that have banned the practice. The measure also bans the use of …
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has a new proposal aimed at boosting the amount of venture capital for businesses like bioscience companies. The governor rolled out the proposal on Tuesday during a speech to academic, business and government officials in Rockville. …
One worker is dead and another injured after two separate incidents at New York City construction sites last week. In Brooklyn, a construction worker at a building going up died after he lost his balance and fell about 50 feet. …
A prominent organ-transplant hospital in New York wasn’t to blame for the death of a Singapore-born man who became riddled with cancer after getting a kidney from a donor who unknowingly had uterine cancer, jurors found Friday. The Queens jury …
Hub International has acquired a New England-based retail agency that specializes in property/casualty insurance and related risk management services for the health care industry. Risk Transfer Insurance Alliance (RTIA) is based in Southborough, Massachusetts — with additional offices in Shelton, …
Delaware authorities say 26,000 birds were lost after an electrical malfunction caused a fire that destroyed a poultry house west of Bridgeville. The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire started shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials say the chicks …
The woman whose chimpanzee mauled and blinded her friend last year, leading to lawsuits and a national debate over the regulation of exotic pets, has died, her attorney said. Sandy Herold died Monday night of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, lawyer …
Vincent Liew waited five years for the kidney that was supposed to change his life. Instead, the organ ended it. The kidney came from a woman who had uterine cancer, but she and doctors didn’t know it. Once her disease …
An aviation firm that parks planes at an airport in New Jersey is not liable for damages to an aircraft struck by the car of sleeping driver, a state appeals court has ruled. The suit stemmed from a 2006 incident …
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is proposing new regulations that she says will rein in sales and underwriting practices for auto insurers and agents in the state. The regulations come in response to a report issued by her office last …
