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Viewpoint: Vehicle Need Not Be in Motion for Accident to Occur, Miss. Supreme Ct. Rules

The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in April, on first impression, that an automobile did not need to be in motion for an “auto accident” to occur. In Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. v. Powell, the court ruled that an …

Meticulous Restoration Underway at Air Force Academy Chapel

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Air Force Academy chapel is one of the most distinctive pieces of architecture in Colorado. But few people have caught a glimpse of it for more than a year. That’s because the entire building …

High Winds Leave Tens Out Thousands Without Power

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 130,000 homes and businesses were without power across New England and New York on Tuesday as winds reaching 70 mph or more knocked down power lines across the region. The wind gusted to 71 …

Notre Dame Cathedral Worksite Refitted For Virus Safety

PARIS — Workers are refitting the construction site at fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral to protect staff from the virus and allow cleanup efforts at the Paris landmark to resume. More than a year after the blaze, workers still haven’t finished …

Drones Do Deadly Work So You Don’t Have To

Here’s a job any worker would be happy to pass off to a drone: Imagine crawling down a ladder into the vast darkness of a 20-story-high storage tank filled with toxic chemical fumes to spend hours searching for corrosion. More …

Scaffolding Firm Says Workers Smoked at Notre Dame, Despite Ban

PARIS — A scaffolding firm that has worked on the roof of Notre Dame said some of its workers had smoked on the site, but ruled out that a cigarette butt might have started the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s …

Insurers Expect France to Bear Notre-Dame Rebuilding Cost

Major European insurers expect France to bear the bulk of the cost of rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral after a fire tore through the eight-centuries-old Paris landmark on Monday. The cost of a likely multi-year restoration project could itself take a …

Worker Electrocuted at California High School

Officials say a man was electrocuted and another badly shocked during a construction accident at an Orange County, Calif., high school. County Fire Authority officials said Thursday that a construction crew was working on Mission Viejo High School’s athletic field …

Kristin Chenoweth Injured on Set of ‘The Good Wife’

Kristin Chenoweth has been taken to the hospital after suffering an injury on the set of the CBS drama “The Good Wife.” The actress’ publicist, Jill Fritzo, said Chenoweth was hit in the head by scaffolding and taken to the …

2 Workers Seriously Injured in Fall at Connecticut Campus

State police say two construction workers were seriously injured after falling 30 to 40 feet off scaffolding in Storrs near the University of Connecticut campus. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident, which happened shortly after …