Train Derailment Prompts Evacuation of Iowa Town; 2nd Crash in Minn. Under Investigation May 18, 2021 SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — Thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday after a train derailed in northwest Iowa, prompting...
Legal Malpractice Claims Frequency Reaches Plateau After Year of Record Payouts May 18, 2021 By Claims Journal staff Legal malpractice claims frequency leveled off in 2020, after two years of record payouts and total costs that approached $1...
US Gas Stations Still Shut, Prices at 7-Year High on Slow Recovery from Cyberattack May 18, 2021 By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK — The top U.S. fuel pipeline operator said its lines were fully operational on Monday, but it will...
Mississippi River Traffic Resumes Under Damaged Bridge May 17, 2021 By Adrian Sainz and Andrew Demillo MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — River traffic has reopened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, three days after it was...
US Rail Industry Defends Safety Record Amid Staffing Cuts May 17, 2021 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Even as railroads are operating longer and longer freight trains that sometimes stretch for miles, the...
North Carolina Native Honors Father With Toxic Exposure News Site May 17, 2021 By Calvin Shomaker CAPE CARTERET, N.C. (AP) — When his father passed away from acute leukemia in 2008, Carteret County native Gavin Smith...
Owner Set on Rebuilding Butte’s Historic M&M Bar After Fire May 17, 2021 By Mike Smith BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — There’s nothing left but piles of bricks and charred rubble where the M&M Cigar Store served...
Number of Damaging Fires in Los Angeles Homeless Camps Grows May 17, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Fires linked to homeless tents and camps are raising concerns in Los Angeles, where flames claimed...
Water Crisis ‘Couldn’t Be Worse’ on Oregon-California Border May 17, 2021 By Gillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal...
Damage Assessment Begins on Overturned Cargo Ship After Fire May 17, 2021 BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A salvage team on Saturday began assessing damage caused by a fire inside the remains of...