An insurance company says it didn’t sell policies to the Helena-based Catholic Diocese of Montana and is not responsible for covering costs involved in defending former nuns and priests accused of child abuse ranging from the 1930s through the 1970s. …
Last month’s heavy flooding in northeastern Minnesota caused an estimated $20 million in damage to Duluth’s parks and left the city’s creeks too dangerous to swim in, city officials said. All 14 Duluth park trails were damaged, and restoring the …
A jury has ruled that St. James Healthcare in Butte, Mont., is liable for $187,500 in damages for negligence in the 2006 death of a 36-year-old Butte woman from a rare blood disorder. The Montana Standard reports the jury reached …
The National Transportation Safety Board says Kentucky had received a warning about downed lights on the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge a month before a barge struck it and caused a 322-foot span to collapse into the Tennessee River. The NTSB sent …
Several dozen people in eastern Pennsylvania have been forced to find new homes at least temporarily after a sinkhole opened under their street. Officials in Allentown said the hole spotted by a resident at about 1 p.m. Saturday prompted evacuation …
About 80 malpractice claims that forced an Alamogordo, N.M., hospital to seek bankruptcy court protection last summer have been settled for more than $33 million. The Albuquerque Journal reports that that settlement lets the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, the …
A new study is casting doubt on the conventional wisdom that recent forest fires in the West are bigger and more destructive than those in the distant past. Two researchers from the University of Wyoming at Laramie concluded that many …
Authorities in east-central Illinois are investigating the death of a 51-year-old worker in a five-story fall at a plant in Danville. The (Danville) Commercial-News reports that Brett Hauk of Danville died in the Thursday evening accident. In a news release, …
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Nebraska company to protect its “Smart Chicken” and other trademarks. The Lincoln Journal Star says Tecumseh Poultry, also known as MBA Poultry, sued a Salisbury, Md., company earlier …
Arizona Cardinals defensive end Ronald Talley is accused of smashing a champagne bottle on the head of a man at a suburban Detroit, Mich., bar. Robert Ford, 30, of Detroit was attacked near the restroom of the South Bar in …