No Guarantee of Workers’ Comp Benefits For Essential Workers July 13, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — Lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes, essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job...
Tree Falls on Garage, 19 Sent to Hospitals July 7, 2020 PASADENA, Md. — A large tree toppled onto a detached garage in a Maryland neighborhood where people attending a child’s...
Health Workers Dealing with Shock of Virus Fight, Uneasiness in Current Quiet June 17, 2020 By Jennifer Peltz Outside a back door to a hospital where the coronavirus hit like a hurricane, a half-dozen staffers gathered recently to...
More States Push COVID-19 Claims to Work Comp; Potential Cost Anyone’s Guess May 19, 2020 By Jim Sams Regulators and lawmakers in more states are demanding that workers who claim they were sickened by COVID-19 get a fair...
California Prepares for More Wildfires as Coronavirus Challenges Budget May 14, 2020 By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has had 60% more wildfires so far in 2020 than last year because of drier weather,...
CDC: Masks Given to First Responders Might Be Counterfeit May 7, 2020 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told West Virginia officials that respirator masks distributed to 50,000...
Fire Sweeps Illinois Recycling Center, Forces Evacuations March 12, 2020 MADISON, Ill. — A fire swept through a recycling business in southwestern Illinois early Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of nearby...
Arrest Made After Fire Guts California Apartment Building February 14, 2020 TUSTIN, Calif. — Authorities Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of setting a fire that tore through a Southern California...
Scientists Warn Oregon is Lagging in Disaster Preparedness July 29, 2019 By Sarah Zimmerman SALEM, Ore. — Oregon state lawmakers abandoned a multimillion-dollar project to develop early warning systems for earthquakes and wildfires, and...
9-1-1 System to Increase State and Local Fees in Maryland April 1, 2019 By Jared Beinart ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Legislation that would increase state and local 9-1-1 fees in Maryland — part of the Next Generation...