The Pittsburgh City Council has approved paying $155,000 to a man who said he was wrongly Tasered for criticizing a city officer after getting a ticket for not using his turn signal. Fifty-three-year-old Daniel Hackett III, of Mount Lebanon, sued …
Delaware authorities say 26,000 birds were lost after an electrical malfunction caused a fire that destroyed a poultry house west of Bridgeville. The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire started shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials say the chicks …
Police say a woman training to operate a helicopter after cutting its engines could not get the engines to restart and crashed in Massachusetts, killing the instructor and injuring the student pilot. Boxborough Police Sgt. Warren O’Brien says officers and …
Verizon is offering a $50,000 reward to help catch thieves who are stealing copper wire from its telephone poles in southwestern Pennsylvania. Stealing scrap metal is nothing new, but Verizon says these thieves aren’t stealing scrap — they’re stealing copper …
A corner of a Staten Island recreation center caved in Wednesday and sank into the water. The New York Fire Department said the building was vacant and no injuries were reported. It said the investigation was ongoing. The George Cromwell …
For the fourth time in the past year, the nation’s flood insurance program will lapse because Congress has not voted to reauthorize it. That’s the latest on Capitol Hill, according to property/casualty lobbyists and other sources. As a result, the …
One of just two major makers of emergency air packs for U.S. coal mines has stopped selling the devices because they often don’t automatically start and the industry fears it will lead to a shortage, officials said. Underground mines must …
Thirteen firefighters in the South Carolina city that battled the worst wildfire in state history have now been certified in fighting woodland blazes. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports the North Myrtle Beach firefighters were certified Wednesday. The training …
Hurricanes could rupture underwater oil and natural gas pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, which is already struggling with the worst oil spill in U.S. history, according to a new study by researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Infinity Property & Casualty Group and its operating members. Best also affirmed the ICR of “bbb” and debt rating …