Michigan’s fire-related deaths rose significantly in January as the state began 2022 with 144% more deadly fires than it saw during the same month last year, officials said. Michigan’s Bureau of Fire Services recorded 18 fires and 22 associated deaths …
CNA Financial Corp. said fourth quarter 2021 net income decreased more than 30% to $266 million compared to the same period the prior year. There was a drop in net investment income during the last three months of 2021 to …
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has clarified that a retirement board should not consider sick leave or vacation benefits that an injured employee received as a supplement to workers’ compensation payments when determining the employee’s retirement date. The court said …
The South Carolina House has approved a bill that increases the penalties for passing a stopped school bus and requires all buses to have longer stop sign arms to extend across a lane of traffic. The bill approved on a …
A jury in South Carolina awarded $50 million in damages to a mayor in a defamation case against a longtime critic. The Beaufort County jury decided Thursday that Skip Hoagland has to pay Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka $40 million in …
North Carolina’s insurance commissioner said he plans to distribute more than $145,000 in grants this week to volunteer fire departments in seven counties. The grants are part of the $500,000 that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina recently donated …
A Georgia judge has issued an arrest warrant for an Alabama woman who may have forged documents to receive more than three months of insurance benefits after a 2019 car crash. Tessa Blakely, 40, of Fort Mitchell, Alabama, is wanted …
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell told teams Saturday that the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches, and he pledged an investigation into tanking allegations raised by Brian Flores in …
Britain’s finance ministry said on Friday that Richard Lloyd had been appointed interim chair of the Financial Conduct Authority from June at a “pivotal” time for the watchdog as it faces internal and external challenges. Lloyd, a former head of …
A group of major cryptocurrency firms including Coinbase, Circle, Anchorage Digital and Huobi Global are forming a new coalition aimed at cracking down on market manipulation in an effort to instill trust in the burgeoning digital asset industry. The Crypto …
