Owners of flood-damaged homes in East Ridge who are repairing or rebuilding are required to get city building permits, but the fees have been waived. Officials in the Chattanooga suburb said it is illegal to make repairs without obtaining a …
Recent heavy rain is helping a Tennessee Tech University study of sinkhole flooding. Earth scientists at the school say they hope to get valuable data, especially eyewitness accounts, from flooding this month. According to the Cookeville Herald-Citizen, the study is …
Sears Holdings Corp. agreed to pay a record $6.2 million to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the department store retailer illegally fired disabled workers. U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen in Chicago approved the settlement …
The biggest floods in decades threatened Vietnam’s central provinces on Wednesday following a powerful typhoon that swept into the country after wreaking havoc in the Philippines. The government said 38 people had died and 10 were missing in floods and …
A huge magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the South Pacific created a series of tsunami waves that struck the islands of Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga and Pago Pago, causing the deaths of at least 100 people, and leaving a swath of …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a dairy in Ohio nearly $295,000 and a dairy in Kansas $124,500 for alleged health and safety violations. OSHA said its inspection of Superior Dairy in Canton, Ohio, …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Accident & General Insurance Company Ltd. (AGI) of the Cayman Islands, both with stable outlooks. Best then withdrew the …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today said it assigned its ‘A+’ insurance financial strength rating on Progressive Motor Insurance Co. (PMIC); however, the outlook is negative.”The rating on PMIC is based on the support of a guarantee provided by Progressive …
A law that goes into effect Oct. 1 will prohibit Arkansas drivers from texting or sending e-mail from their handheld devices while driving. The Legislature passed the ban during the last session, calling it “Paul’s Law,” after Paul Davidson of …
Firefighters in six Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s “We’re Out to Alarm Texas” smoke alarm campaign. The program now in its fifth year has saved …