Indiana businesses and others now have broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 under a new state law. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb on Feb. 18 signed the bill that he and GOP lawmakers had made a …
The City of Sioux Falls has agreed to pay $500,000 to the mother of the 5-year-old girl who drowned in the river at Falls Park three years ago. Courtney Jayne claimed the city was negligent in the death of Maggie …
A former Iowa insurance agent has been charged money laundering and fraud, among other charges, the Iowa Insurance Division reported. Michael J. Heiberger, age 52, of Epworth, has been charged with one count of money laundering (C Felony), six counts …
The Missouri State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a barn fire that killed 10 horses in southeast Missouri. The fire broke out at night on Feb. 18 at Fox Run Riding Academy in Cape Girardeau. The Southeast Missourian …
If the nearly 4.3 million residential homes (1-4 units) across the country with substantial flood risk were to be insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the NFIP rates would need to increase 4.5 times to cover the risk …
David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way to a long-awaited vacation when a huge explosion and flash of light interrupted an in-flight announcement and put him in survival mode. The Boeing …
Meteorologists in Wyoming have warned that low levels of precipitation across the state could increase the threat of wildfires over the summer. Tim Troutman, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Riverton, told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on …
A pandemic-besieged hospital on the edge of the Navajo Nation says it has been the focus of a cyberattack. The nonprofit operator of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup issued a brief statement acknowledging “unauthorized activity” on its computer network. …
Three people have filed a personal injury lawsuit against a Port of Skagit commissioner over alleged injuries sustained in a helicopter crash near Cypress Island. Helicopter passengers Christopher Neibauer and Ashley Walker, and Hannah Neibauer, who is married to Christopher …
QBE officially announced a $1.5 billion bottom-line net loss for 2020 late last week, confirming a figure the Australia-based insurance group pre-announced in late mid-December. The result represents nearly $1 billion downward swing from a $522 million net profit reported …
