Articles by JANET McCONNAUGHEY

A federal appeals court says BP PLC and a minority partner in the blown-out Macondo well cannot avoid Clean Water... Read More

Former NFL star Marcellus Wiley added his name to a lawsuit accusing America’s most popular pro sports league of illegally... Read More

A Polk County judge has approved a $2.45 million settlement of a lawsuit over bedbugs at two downtown Des Moines,... Read More

Geico plans to hire 350 additional workers at its regional office in Stafford County, Va., by the end of the... Read More

Fire tore through three townhouses on New York City’s Staten Island early Thursday, injuring 34 people including two young children... Read More

State officials say the Department of Labor has been expanding efforts to uncover employer fraud within the construction industry. The... Read More

The average annual cost of natural disasters has quadrupled over the last three decades and it makes economic sense to... Read More

“More than 1 million U.S. workers and over 25,000 businesses are expected to participate in “safety stand-downs” in all 50... Read More

A settlement of $1.5 million has been reached in the case of a Rock Hill assisted-living resident who was smothered... Read More