New York City is using poetry to try to boost traffic safety. City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced a new safety campaign Tuesday called Curbside Haiku. Colorful 8-inch square signs featuring haiku are being installed at high-crash locations near cultural …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Houston-based oil and gas contractor for two safety violations after a worker was electrocuted at a job site in Williston in May. Tom Deutscher with OSHA in …
It’s the time of year when New Jersey’s deer population is looking for love, and sometimes in all the wrong places – like on the roads. The state Department of Transportation says more than 4,700 deer have been killed by …
Two Vermont State Police troopers who went to the wrong house when asked the check on the welfare of an elderly woman can be sued over her death from hypothermia, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Troopers Travis Valcourt and …
Liquid Claims LLC, a claims settlement services provider for investors involved in securities class action suits, has launched Forecast Plus, a software tool designed to provide clients with a detailed analysis of the their losses and possible recoveries. Forecast Plus …
An Ashdown, Ark., resident is suing the city for installing a sewer lift station in his backyard without permission. Dale Ford said he returned to his Walker Street house, which had been rented during his six-year absence from Ashdown, to …
St Jude Medical Inc has sent a letter to doctors advising them that its Riata leads that connect implanted defibrillators to the heart have a higher rate of insulation failures than previously reported. St Jude said in the letter that …
Facebook has settled complaints that it disregarded its users’ privacy, agreeing to establish a raft of measures to better protect its 800 million members’ data. The settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday will require Facebook to obtain …
A 61-year-old Long Beach man has been fined $1,000 and ordered to repay the Navy nearly $5,000 for tools stolen while he worked as a civilian subcontractor at the Seabee Base in Gulfport, Miss. The Sun Herald reports Joseph Daniel …
The U.S. government has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the widow and family of a Florida tabloid photo editor killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks. A court filing obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press shows that Maureen Stevens will …