The Hartford Fire Index: Top 100 Cities With Highest Fire Risk March 10, 2017 A new report released by The Hartford highlights the 100 U.S. cities with the highest home fire risk. According to... Read More
Southeast News Deadly Mississippi Tour Bus, Train Crash Spurs Call for Safer Railroad Crossings March 10, 2017 By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY and SARAH SMITH The mayor of the Mississippi city where a train slammed into a bus, killing four Texas tourists, says he will... Read More
West News Washington House Votes to Ban Handheld Cellphones While Driving March 10, 2017 By ALEXIS MYERS A Washington state measure to ban holding a phone while driving passed in the House a day after a similar... Read More
AIG’s Hancock to Resign Once Successor is Found March 9, 2017 By Denise Johnson Peter D. Hancock, president and chief executive officer, has informed AIG’s Board of Directors of his intention to resign. As... Read More
High Resolution Atmospheric Models Key to Storm Surge Predictions March 9, 2017 For millions of people living and working in coastal zones, hurricanes and their storm surges are costly and deadly. Simulating... Read More
East News Dummies Take Drone Hits to Evaluate Potential Damage, Injuries March 9, 2017 By Alan Levin Hank sat impassively on a Virginia Tech athletic field, ready to take it on the chin for the future of... Read More
Wildfires in 4 States Force Thousands From Homes, Kill 6 March 9, 2017 By ROXANA HEGEMAN and JIM SUHR Crews grappling with vexing wildfires that have charred hundreds of square miles of land in four states and killed six... Read More
Southeast News Unknown Cause for Deadly Mississippi Tour Bus Collision With Train March 9, 2017 By KEVIN MCGILL and JEFF AMY A freight train crashed into a bus full of Texas tourists visiting Gulf Coast casinos, killing four in Biloxi, Mississippi.... Read More
West News Los Angeles Sheriff Expects More Auto Crashes, Overdoses When Recreational Pot is Legalized March 9, 2017 By MICHAEL BALSAMO The leader of the nation’s largest sheriff’s department expects federal drug agents will attempt to step up marijuana enforcement as... Read More
West News Researchers Say California Fault Could Cause 7.4M Quake March 9, 2017 An earthquake fault running from San Diego Bay to Los Angeles is capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 earthquake that could... Read More