The Austin, Texas, City Council has approved a law banning the use of hand-held cellphones and many other portable electronic...
Yearly Archives: <span>2014</span>
McDonald’s Corp. appointed a China food safety chief and is stepping up unannounced audits of suppliers after an expired meat...
The widow and son of a Bartlesville, Okla., man who died during firefighting training have been awarded more than $503,000...
Little Rock, Ark., authorities say three sculptures worth $30,000 have been stolen from Riverfront Park. The city’s Parks and Recreation...
Halliburton Co. agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a majority of lawsuits brought over its role in the largest...
When it comes to Atlantic hurricanes, brief and ugly is beautiful, at least to Phil Klotzbach, lead author of Colorado...
Johnson & Johnson, which set aside $2.5 billion last year to resolve claims that 8,000 of its artificial hips were...
Freedom Industries is considering trying to enter a state program to help ease cleanup at the site where a chemical...
A fire swept through a mobile home in eastern North Carolina early last Saturday, killing six people, authorities said. Five...
A western Pennsylvania couple is suing their township, claiming that supervisors improperly approved natural gas drilling in a residential area....