A nurse with a prior felony conviction for forging prescriptions dilutes morphine solutions for five Halstead, Kan., nursing home patients. Another nurse convicted of stealing drugs from patients at an Emporia home gets another job in Topeka, where she adds …
A recent science demonstration that went bad in a Maple Grove, Minn., middle school has drawn attention to the fact that there’s little official oversight of experiments in classroom labs. Four students were burned, including one seriously, when a teacher …
Private industry employers in Texas reported a 5.8 percent decrease in nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work during 2010 for a total of 56,720. With the 2010 decrease, Texas has seen a decline in such workplace …
Groups concerned about the safety of Dominion’s North Anna Nuclear Power Station are asking federal regulators to reevaluate their decision to allow the plant to restart. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday heard comments from nuclear power watchdogs, consumer …
Male pedestrians are more likely to be struck and killed than females on New Jersey roads. That’s one of the findings in the 2011 Pedestrian Safety Tracking Report conducted by the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University. The study analyzed …
`Tis the season for dancing sugar plums, goodwill toward all — and sometimes emergency-room trips from holiday decorating injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says injuries involving falls from ladders while stringing lights, cuts from broken glass ornaments and other …
An insurance company says its liability for a pre-Thanksgiving asphalt spill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike should be limited to $1 million. Hundreds of vehicles were reportedly damaged when a leaking valve on a tanker spread the gooey substance over part …
A lack of proper insurance proof may force Metcalfe, Mississippi to cut ties with its long-time trash collection provider. Griffin Waste Services has serviced the town since 1998, but Mayor Corey Holmes says during that time period, Curtis Griffin Jr. …
A woman charged with killing four members of her family had $700,000 worth of life insurance policies taken out on the victims, a detective testified in court Monday. After hearing the Pickens County investigator’s testimony, a judge ruled there was …
A JPMorgan unit cannot force insurers to pay a $250 million settlement between failed investment bank Bear Stearns and government regulators, a state appeals court in New York ruled on Tuesday. Reversing a trial court, the appeals court threw out …
