Cleanup from a chemical spill and fire near Interstate 24 in Tennessee will take several days, after the interstate was shut down and nearby homes evacuated overnight on Thursday. Emergency responders were called to the scene just after 9 p.m. …
A beloved bookstore in Vermont`s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A nearby office supply and gift store …
Carlyle Group Inc. is engaged in a “critical strategic effort” to manage costs and boost profit margins, Chief Executive Officer Harvey Schwartz said Wednesday after the firm posted a 26% drop in second-quarter earnings. Some of the volatility was attributed …
A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying about problems building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that were abandoned without generating a watt of power. The judge tossed the charges Wednesday because ratepayers …
Stakeholders near and far are hailing a near-record number of takeouts from Citizens’ Property Insurance Corp. as a sign that the troubled Florida insurance market is improving, even if it will likely mean higher premiums for homeowners. “This is what …
Dollar Tree company is facing $132,000 in state fines for reported work safety violations including locked emergency exit routes, improper stacking of boxes, and debris scattered on the The fine is in connection with violations at the Tacoma Central Plaza …
WCF Insurance appointed Jan Frank to the company’s board of directors for a four-year term. Frank’s experience in the trade spans almost three decades. Most recently, she was chair, CEO, and president of Pacific Compensation Insurance Company, a California specialty …
The footprint of President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is growing fast after a weekend in which sea drones crippled a Russian naval vessel and an oil tanker. For the first time, the attacks put at risk Russia’s commodity exports …
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that expands what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, arguing it is …
A dump truck driver last year may have never seen an oncoming Amtrak train before it was too late, federal investigators concluded in a report, finding that a steep, poorly designed railroad crossing in rural Missouri contributed to last year’s …
