Oregon Grieves For Natural Places Wiped Out By Wildfires September 23, 2020 By Gillian Flaccus DETROIT LAKE, Ore. — Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places after wildfires wiped...
Study: Electronics Could Stop 40% of Big Truck Rear Crashes September 4, 2020 By Tom Krisher DETROIT — Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes...
Drones Help Insurance Companies Check Damage in Cedar Rapids September 1, 2020 By Erin Jordan CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Insurance adjusters who descended on Cedar Rapids after the Aug. 10 derecho storm are using drones...
Georgia Mayor Charged With Theft After He Damages Excavator September 1, 2020 NASHVILLE, Ga. — A south Georgia mayor has been arrested after a contractor alleged the mayor used an excavator without...
Home Smashed: For One Family, Hurricane Laura the Third Strike August 31, 2020 By Nomaan Merchant HACKBERRY, La. — Bradley Beard calls Hurricane Laura his third strike. In 2005, Rita pushed a foot of floodwaters into...
Forklift Damages Fort McHenry Walkway Ahead of Pence Speech August 26, 2020 By Ellen Knickmeyer A forklift has damaged a brick walkway at the iconic national monument Fort McHenry, where Republicans were building a stage...
One Dead, Seven Rescued After Gas Explosion Levels Baltimore Homes August 12, 2020 By Julio Cortez and Nathan Ellgren BALTIMORE — A natural gas explosion destroyed three row houses in Baltimore on Monday morning, killing a woman and trapping...
Tropical Storm Isaias Grazes Florida, Heads Up East Coast August 3, 2020 MIAMI, Aug 2 — The Florida coast looked set to avoid major damage late on Sunday with Tropical Storm Isaias...
Court Says Experts Not Needed to Prove Hurricane Damage, Revives Church’s Claim July 17, 2020 By Jim Sams A ruling Wednesday by the federal appellate court in Atlanta resolves new twists in a type of dispute that invariably...
Russian Watchdog Seeks $2B in Damages From Nornickel Over Arctic Fuel Spill July 6, 2020 Russia’s environmental watchdog has asked a power subsidiary of Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel to pay almost 148 billion roubles...