East News

The federal government has sued to recover $7 million in mercury cleanup costs from eight companies that used a New... Read More

The New England Patriots could find themselves defending a lawsuit by NFL fans miffed about their secret videotaping of signals... Read More

An Erie County judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the guardian of a 12-year-old girl who claimed the... Read More

The families of two western Maryland coal miners killed in the 2007 collapse of a surface mine wall have filed... Read More

Police in Connecticut say an unmanned, runaway excavator demolished a shed, knocked over trees, flattened a pop-up camper and smashed... Read More

One of Maine’s largest employers is asking Superior Court to appoint a receiver for the state Workers’ Compensation Board, saying... Read More

A Massachusetts insurance agent has been arraigned in connection with allegedly stealing information from Massachusetts driver’s licenses and using that... Read More

Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say two people were injured, one seriously, in a fire at a pipe manufacturing plant. The... Read More

Maryland officials say a truck driver died when a granite slab fell on him while he was unloading the stone.... Read More

Maine Gov. John Baldacci has directed his chief legal counsel to look into an assault charge against a member of... Read More