State fire marshal’s investigators are probing five separate arsons that caused heavy damage to buildings and vehicles in northern New Castle County. Authorities said the fires were set 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and targeted at two vacant dwellings, …
Enbridge Energy Partners estimates cleanup and other costs from a massive oil spill from a Michigan pipeline could be $300 million to $400 million. The company made the estimate in a filing this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange …
North Dakota’s Supreme Court says an insurance agent who was convicted of running a federal farm payment scam is entitled to some retirement money. Duane Huber of Wimbledon contended North Dakota Farmers Union insurance companies owed him a $34,000 annuity …
A Boston bar where a man was killed by a shard of glass from a beer mug has decided to switch at least temporarily to plastic cups and nonglass bottles. The Landsdowne Pub faces a licensing hearing next month. The …
At least 80 Claymont, Delaware residents have joined a damage and personal-injury lawsuit targeting a long-troubled steel recycling plant there, in a case that claims owners failed for years to control “poisonous clouds” of toxic dust. The lawsuit surfaced days …
The rains deluging Tennessee abated on Thursday but forecasters are predicting that the same storm system will bring more rain to the region over weekend. Officials in Nashville are making plans for evacuations and sandbagging in case those measures should …
A group of eastern Kentucky residents have sued two coal companies, saying improper surface mining and reclamation caused or worsened flooding that destroyed dozens of homes in Pike County last month. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the lawsuit accuses Cambrian …
Gov. Phil Bredesen says Tennessee will receive a higher percentage of federal matching funds to cover costs due to severe flooding in early May. Bredesen recently announced that the state’s federal match will be 90 percent of the total eligible …
More than $12 million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help recovery efforts in four counties in West Virginia hit by severe storms in June. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday that the assistance includes home repair …
Taiwan’s legislature has approved a landmark China trade pact, bringing the economies of the once bitter foes to their closest point in more than 60 years. The legislative vote late Tuesday came seven weeks after the signing of the Economic …
