A congressman said Tuesday he’ll renew efforts to strip military hospitals of their protection against lawsuits over mistakes made in treating service members, now that the U. S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that could have done …
A Wisconsin polka musician is accusing his ex-wife and her new husband of stealing one of his most popular tunes. Ray Rubenzer of Chippewa Falls filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit this week, alleging that his former wife and her …
Owners of more than 400 homes and businesses in South Texas will be notified that their windstorm insurance reviews were done by a bogus inspector. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association says coverage for the Corpus Christi properties is valid unless …
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains swept away dozens of houses in the southern Philippines and killed at least 25 people, mostly children, officials said Wednesday. At least 15 other people were missing. About 20,000 families were affected by floodwaters …
Pasadena firefighters are taking precautions in anticipation of Southern California’s largest Fourth of July fireworks show. Some four tons of fire retardant was being sprayed Wednesday on brushy areas of the Arroyo Seco and San Rafael hills around the Rose …
The financial toll from tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller Massachusetts communities has risen to an estimated $175 million. The state’s Division of Insurance estimated Wednesday that residents and businesses have filed 9,500 insurance claims for damage caused by …
Dodge County officials have issued a disaster declaration for a storm that hit Fremont last week. Region 5/6 emergency manager Bill Pook told the Fremont Tribune that preliminary assessments put damage to public property from the June 20 storm at …
A serious illness that sickened four people was caused by drinking raw, unpasteurized milk from a south central Alaska dairy farm, according to state health officials. The four, including a young child, developed a gastrointestinal sickness after drinking raw milk …
The school bus crash on Interstate 81 that sent two dozen people to the hospital Sunday raises that nagging question about why school buses lack seat belts. It’s an emotional and complicated subject, but this is probably true: It has …
Police say a western Indiana fire chief is being held on a preliminary drunken driving charge after his car crashed into a house, killing a man and critically injuring his wife. Parke County Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Todd tells the …