U.S. federal aviation officials have known for years that cockpit window heaters in some Boeing planes catch fire. But they haven’t required airlines to fix the problem, even after dozens of incidents that unnerved pilots and, in some cases, forced …
A Georgia man pleaded guilty this week to charges that he bilked the government out of more than $30,000 by claiming he suffered through three devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes, a tornado in Indiana and flooding in New Hampshire — all …
Hurricane Alex strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday and was expected to make landfall later in the day but skirt Mexican oil rigs and U.S. oil fields, alleviating concerns in crude markets. The first named storm of the …
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 64 Perry County, Ala. residents against the companies operating a landfill receiving coal ash from a spill in Tennessee. The lawsuit filed in Perry County Circuit Court is against the owners and …
Two West Virginia women who won a class-action lawsuit against DuPont over long-term exposure to toxins from a former zinc-smelting plant are suing again, this time seeking damages for dozens of ailments they say were caused by the chemicals. Spelter …
Attorneys for a man convicted of setting Lowell’s deadliest fire in decades plan to ask a judge to order a retrial after a report called into question some key aspects of the police investigation. A report by the New England …
The Black Pearl will sail again. The 62-year-old restored tall ship will offer daily cruises from its Lake Ontario berth in western New York later this week, more than two weeks after an arson fire caused an estimated $10,000 in …
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is asking state residents who sustained damage from recent storms and flooding to report it online. The agency wants everyone with damage since June 13 to report it at its Web site, www.in.gov/dhs. Individuals …
A woman who was hurt last year in a motorcycle crash in Nebraska wants to sue Lancaster County for at least $1 million because she believes an unmarked roundabout contributed to the wreck. Attorney Douglas Peterson filed a claim on …
During the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Roadcheck 2010, which ran from June 8 through June 10, DPS troopers inspected 6,906 commercial vehicles. During the three-day campaign, 25 percent of the vehicles inspected in Texas (1,738) were placed out of …