Emergency officials in an Alabama county plan to sound tornado sirens in specific areas where storms are, and will no longer activate all sirens in the county with every tornado warning. Madison County’s system is designed to alert only those …
A 51-year-old Vermont woman has been awarded a $43.1 million jury verdict against the manufacturer of a car seat that allegedly collapsed during a 2007 car accident, leaving her a paraplegic. The award is believed to be the largest civil …
Wyoming hasn’t had any big wildfires so far this year but several weeks of warm, dry weather have led to the state’s first widespread fire restrictions. Partial fire restrictions will take effect Tuesday for Medicine Bow National Forest in southeast …
Data breaches put the personal information of 2.5 million people in the California at risk, according to a report released Monday. State Attorney General Kamala Harris released the report showing 131 breaches of consumer information were reported in 2012. The …
A 43-year-old house painter so badly brain damaged that he cannot speak has been awarded $58 million for a beating in a bar that left him with half his skull permanently bashed in. Antonio Lopez Chaj (CHAI) appeared at a …
Federal prosecutors say a former claims manager for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority stole more than $120,000 from the agency through various schemes. Gerardo Blasi of Clifton was arrested Monday by special FBI agents. He’s charged with mail fraud and …
Prudential Financial Inc., the No. 2 U.S. life insurer, is contesting a U.S. finding that it poses a potential risk to the financial system, becoming the first company to challenge the label that brings additional oversight. Prudential requested a hearing …
Gov. Rick Scott and the Gulf Consortium – a group comprising 23 Gulf Coast counties – have reached a deal for using recovery funds related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the governor’s office announced. The governor’s office reports that …
MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. have been joined by state regulators challenging the Federal Reserve on how to oversee the biggest insurers under the Dodd-Frank law. The insurers and watchdogs are pressuring the Fed to avoid bank-like capital rules …
A secretary who says she was fired over a Facebook posting made on her own time and at her home computer wants her wrongful discharge lawsuit sent back to Ohio County (West Virginia) Circuit Court. Sonya Olako filed a motion …
