Buttigieg Sends $5B to Cities for Safety as Road Deaths Soar May 17, 2022 By Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid...
Northeastern Minnesota Bracing for Record Flooding May 17, 2022 LUTSEN, Minn. (AP) — Communities in northeastern Minnesota are preparing to deal with more flooding and are calling for volunteers...
Low Winds May Help Crews Control Huge New Mexico Wildfire May 17, 2022 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Crews fighting the second-largest wildfire in New Mexico’s history are trying to take advantage of...
11th Circuit Reverses Verdict in Subrogation Claim by Agency’s E&O Carrier May 17, 2022 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court threw out a Florida jury verdict that would have required a Liberty Mutual unit to pay...
Grain Silo Explosion, Fire Shutters Illinois Ethanol Plant May 17, 2022 By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO –– A grain silo imploded and set the BioUrja Group’s ethanol plant in central Illinois on fire, sending two...
Firefighters Battle Large Forest Fire in White Mountains May 16, 2022 BARTLETT, N.H. (AP) –Firefighters in New Hampshire are battling a large forest fire that’s burned hundreds of acres in the...
Study: Climate Change a Major Factor in South Africa Floods May 16, 2022 By Wanjohi Kabukuru MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed...
New Mexico Governor Seeks More US Aid for Wildfire Response May 16, 2022 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is asking for additional federal assistance to respond to wildfires burning across...
$230M Settlement Reached Over 2015 California Oil Spill May 16, 2022 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern...
Menaced by Flames, Nuclear Lab Peers Into Future of Wildfire May 16, 2022 By Morgan Lee LOS ALAMOS N.M. (AP) — Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept...