East News Md. Court Cites ‘Fundamental Fairness’ in Award of Insurance Payout to Mortgage Lender August 3, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The estate of a Maryland man who, along with one of his children, was killed in a fire in his... Read More
Allstate Records $2.7B Net Catastrophe Hit on Way to Q2 Loss of $1.4B August 3, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Allstate Corp. reported net catastrophe losses of $2.7 billion in the second quarter, resulting in a net loss for the... Read More
West News Progress Made Against Massive California-Nevada Wildfire but Flames Threaten Iconic Joshua Trees August 3, 2023 By Ty O'neil, Stefanie Dazio and Rio Yamat 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 August 3, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi 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 August 3, 2023 By Andy Wong and Huizhong Wu ZHUOZHOU, Hebei (AP) — China`s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few... Read More
Southeast News Maritime Law Doesn’t Allow Negligent Contractor to Limit Liability August 3, 2023 By Jim Sams A construction company whose barges came loose from their moorings during Hurricane Sally and damaged the Pensacola Bay Bridge will... Read More
Pipeline Operators to Pay $12.5M After Crude Oil Spills in Montana, North Dakota August 2, 2023 By Jack Dura BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two pipeline operators have agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty related to crude oil... Read More
AP Reveals Problematic Dams in US, but Not New Jersey August 2, 2023 By Bilal Suleiman TRENTON, N.J. (AP) __ A more than two-year investigation by The Associated Press identified scores of problematic dams nationwide, but... Read More
Norfolk Southern Changes Policy on Overheated Bearings, Months After Ohio Derailment August 2, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the... Read More
Thermo Fisher Scientific Settles with Family for Taking Cervical Cells August 2, 2023 BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her... Read More