The number of commercial ziplines in the U.S. rose from 10 in 2001 to more than 200 in 2012, according to a study released last year by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy part of The Research …
North American property/casualty insurers’ operating earnings decreased in the first half of 2016, as results were challenged by modest underwriting deterioration and low investment yields, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. For a group of 44 (re)insurers, aggregate …
Man-made global warming may have started a few decades earlier than scientists previously figured, a new study suggests. Instead of the late 1800s, a slight almost imperceptible warming can now be tracked to around the 1850 in North America, Europe …
A woman who fell 35 feet to her death from a zip line platform had disconnected herself from the safety system, the attraction’s operator said Thursday. Delaware State Police investigators are investigating how Tina Werner tumbled off the platform at …
Emergency responders in communities along oil train routes in Washington state will start receiving advance notice of the shipments this fall. The Spokesman-Review reports that terminals, refineries and other facilities that receive crude oil by rail must begin notifying the …
A new court decision will keep the public’s eyes from records of an auto insurance fund. The Michigan appeals court says the state Catastrophic Claims Association is a public body, but lawmakers legally carved out an exemption from public records …
A car driven by a woman high on drugs sparked several wildfires that have burned at least 450 acres in Northern California, authorities say. The woman was driving on the right rear rim of her subcompact car, emitting sparks that …
Wyoming authorities say an improperly used safety cable may have contributed to the June death of an oil rig worker. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that 28-year-old Dennis McCulloch, of Casper, died after falling about 76 feet at the oil well …
With Labor Day ahead and back-to-school traffic adding to road congestion, Allstate’s 2016 America’s Best Drivers Report reveals motorists in certain cities are safer drivers when navigating the gridlock, and their suburban counterparts frequently perform better. The report finds that …
Bulldozers with huge claws pulled down dangerously overhanging ledges Sunday in Italy’s quake-devastated town of Amatrice as investigators worked to figure out if negligence or fraud in building codes had added to the quake’s high death toll. The quake that …