Articles by Tom Hals

Almost 163,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported among New York private industry employers in 2011, according to data... Read More

Up and down the Atlantic coast, people are telling horror stories about how long it has taken to get an... Read More

Chilean police have arrested a man they say is responsible for the worst forest fire in decades in the hills... Read More

Fire has destroyed a shop near Paris where specialty Kentucky auto license plates were manufactured. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader,... Read More

A Lake Stevens, Wash., man was sentenced to 60 days in jail converted to electronic home monitoring after a state... Read More

Colorado Democrats rejected a Republican proposal for a sales-tax holiday on disaster preparedness items like first aid kits, flashlights and... Read More

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is sending $62 million to 55 communities around the state for use... Read More

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared two more Mississippi counties as disaster areas due... Read More

Florida investigators contacted more than 770 employers and issued 70 citations to construction companies and other businesses that put their... Read More