Canadian Wildfires Hit Indigenous Communities Hard, Threatening their Land and Culture July 20, 2023 By Tammy Webber and Noah Berger EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where...
Officials Worry About Confusion with Alaska’s Tsunami-Warning Alert System July 20, 2023 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Confusion around an emergency alert received by Alaska residents in areas not at risk of a...
Industrial Fire at Washington Paper Mill Worsens Air Quality in Portland July 20, 2023 LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A commercial fire fueled by wood chip piles at a paper mill in southwest Washington is...
European Union Rushes Firefighters to Greece as Grueling Mediterranean Heat Wave Takes Toll July 20, 2023 By Derek Gatopoulos, Nicole Winfield and David Brunat ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighting aircraft and ground crews from other countries headed to Greece on Thursday to help battle...
Del. High Court: Insurer Can’t Recover for Water Damage Caused by Tenant’s Errant Drone July 20, 2023 By Jim Sams Sathiyaselvam Thangavel’s hijinks with a drone caused more than $77,000 in damage to the apartment building where he lived, but...
South Korea Searches for Missing People as Death Toll from Downpours Reaches 41 July 19, 2023 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescuers searched Tuesday for nine people still missing in landslides and other incidents caused by...
Gas Leaked from Bad Fitting at Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Where 7 Died in Blast, Report Says July 19, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily...
Cybersecurity Labeling for Smart Devices Aims to Help People Choose Those Less Vulnerable to Hacking July 19, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and major consumer technology players on Tuesday launched an effort to put a nationwide...
Employee with Overactive Bladder Sues State Farm for Discrimination, Retaliation July 19, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A Georgia woman who was employed by State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. for 20 years is suing the insurer alleging...
A.M. Best: Workers’ Comp Outpacing Rest of Property/Casualty Commercial Sector July 19, 2023 Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as...