Nebraska cities along the Missouri River are still waiting for nearly $7.2 million to be reimbursed from state and federal agencies, more than 3 years after a 2011 flood. The Omaha World-Herald reports five cities haven’t yet received payments between …
It was called “Operation SANTA,” but state police weren’t giving out presents on Connecticut roadways during the holiday week. A stepped up highway safety enforcement program that began Dec. 19 and ran through Friday has resulted in at least 15 …
The hacked are itching to hack back. So say a dozen security specialists and former law-enforcement officials, who described an intensifying and largely unspoken sense of unease inside many companies after the recent breach of Sony Corp.’s networks. U.S. officials …
Organizers of a new Louisiana coastal restoration project hope to show how these kind of projects can be done swiftly and somewhat cheaply through private investment, rather than solely depending on government to lead the way. A demonstration project to …
Tennessee Valley Authority inspectors claim that one of its biggest nuclear contractors overbilled the federal utility by more than $2.4 million for work at unfinished plants. Bechtel Power Corp. submitted bills to TVA for ineligible labor, travel and housing expenses …
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has appealed an order that it pay legal fees and damages of $3 million in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a jury found the insurer defrauded the government in a policyholder claim after Hurricane …
A Las Vegas man has been charged with crashing into Jennifer Lopez’s Rolls Royce in Malibu, California, while drunk. Los Angeles County prosecutors said in a statement Monday that 53-year-old Robert John Reitz was charged with misdemeanor counts of driving …
A new app could help reduce the number of fatal grain bin entrapments that occur in Illinois. The Illinois Corn Marketing Board and the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois teamed up to create an app that will locate the …
New Hampshire hospitals are making progress in reducing both errors and unnecessary readmissions, according to new federal data. The federal Department of Health and Human Services released a report this month estimating that the 3,700 hospitals across the country participating …
A decade of restrictions on chemicals used in flame retardants have paid off for wildlife and humans living in and around the San Francisco Bay, according to a study published Sunday. In 2003, California started regulating certain chemicals used to …