West News Progress Made Against Massive California-Nevada Wildfire but Flames Threaten Iconic Joshua Trees MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters aided by rain fought to contain a massive blaze that swept through the... Read More
International News Powerful Typhoon Pounds Japan’s Okinawa, Injures More than 30 as it Moves Toward China TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more... Read More
International News Beijing Records Heaviest Rainfall in at Least 140 Years, Causing Severe Flooding and 21 Deaths ZHUOZHOU, Hebei (AP) — China`s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few... Read More
News Pipeline Operators to Pay $12.5M After Crude Oil Spills in Montana, North Dakota BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two pipeline operators have agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty related to crude oil... Read More
News AP Reveals Problematic Dams in US, but Not New Jersey TRENTON, N.J. (AP) __ A more than two-year investigation by The Associated Press identified scores of problematic dams nationwide, but... Read More
News Norfolk Southern Changes Policy on Overheated Bearings, Months After Ohio Derailment OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the... Read More
News Thermo Fisher Scientific Settles with Family for Taking Cervical Cells BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her... Read More
West News Hawaii Could See a Big Hurricane Season, but Most Homes Aren’t Ready HONOLULU (AP) — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to... Read More
News Claims Business: Tenco, Choice Solutions Services and Clara Analytics Tenco Acquires James C. Greene Tenco Services acquired James C. Greene Co., a “family-run” independent claims adjusting firm based in... Read More
News Allstate Posts Bigger Loss as Catastrophe Claims Rise Insurer Allstate Corp. posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as claims related to higher catastrophic events offset gains from... Read More