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Two Firefighters Die in Pennsylvania House Fire
Dec 13 2022 // WEST PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police say two firefighters died responding to a house fire where a body was found, while two people who lived in the home got out safely. The slain firefighters were...
Three Months After Liquidation, FedNat Holding Co. Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Dec 13 2022 // The holding company for the insolvent FedNat Insurance Co. has filed for bankruptcy after an increase in severe weather events in the state weighed on its balance sheet, Bloomberg News reported. The company filed for...
Fifteen Auto Manufacturers Reach Automatic Braking Goals This Year
Dec 9 2022 // Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, fulfilling a voluntary commitment made six years ago. That leaves five...
One Year Later: Kentucky Agency, Community Recovering from Powerful Tornado
Dec 9 2022 // A year ago Saturday, one of the most powerful tornadoes to hit the United States ripped through western Kentucky with 190-mph winds, destroying multiple homes, businesses, a candle factory, churches, a county courthouse...
Two Killed in Explosion at Virginia Welding Business
Dec 7 2022 // VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Two people were killed Monday when a storage tank exploded at a Virginia welding business, a fire official said. Firefighters responded to Neptune Welding on Virginia Beach Boulevard just after...
Two Children Killed in House Fire in North Carolina
Dec 6 2022 // Two children died and two adults were injured last weekend in a house fire in Salisbury, North Carolina. The Salisbury Post reported Saturday that the Salisbury Fire Department and Rowan County Emergency Services were...
Two Rescued After Plane Crashes Into Power Lines, Causes Outages in Maryland
Nov 29 2022 // GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) —Two people were rescued early Monday more than six hours after their small plane crashed into live power lines, causing widespread outages in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County Fire...
Four Florida Cities in Top 10 Most Dangerous for Pedestrians, Affecting Insurance Costs
Nov 29 2022 // Six of the top 10 most dangerous cities for pedestrians are in the Southeast and four of those are in Florida, according to a report from an advocacy group that works for better planning and safer transportation...
Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes in North Carolina
Nov 22 2022 // A small plane crashed in Winston-Salem on Saturday, killing two people, authorities said. Winston-Salem Police Department spokeswoman Kira Boyd told the Winston-Salem Journal that two people died in the crash of the small...
Four Die in Washington After Alaska Company’s Plane Crashes
Nov 21 2022 // Four people were killed in a fiery plane crash Friday morning northeast of Seattle, authorities said. The single-engine Cessna 208B crashed in a field, the Federal Aviation Administration said, not too far from a small...
Two Farmers Indicted in Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraud
Nov 16 2022 // Two Kentucky farmers and a relative have been indicted for falsifying crop damage and exaggerating the size of their fields in order to reap crop insurance benefits. A federal grand jury last week charged Randall Taulbee...
One County in Florida Took the Brunt of Hurricane Nicole with $522M in Damage
Nov 16 2022 // Damages are estimated at more than $522 million in a central Florida coastal county where homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean following Hurricane Nicole last week. The damages from the category 1 storm in Volusia...
Five Iran-Connected Oil Tankers Lose Their Flags Following U.S. Sanctions
Nov 15 2022 // The international ship registries of Djibouti and the Cook Islands suspended the flags on five oil tankers, following sanctions by the United States this month for having facilitated oil trade for Hezbollah and...
Two Families Settle with PacifiCorp in Oregon Over Fire
Nov 7 2022 // Electric company PacifiCorp has entered a settlement with two families who were victims of the catastrophic Labor Day fires in southern Oregon in 2020, according to attorneys representing the families, the Oregonian...
Nine Injured in Connecticut When Train Hits Tractor-Trailer Stopped in Crossing
Oct 19 2022 // A commuter train hit a tractor-trailer Monday whose operator had driven to a rail crossing after leaving the scene of an earlier crash, transit authorities said. Nine train passengers suffered minor injuries. The...
One Killed, Two Injured After Falling into Grain Storage Bin in Mississippi
Oct 18 2022 // One man died and two were injured Thursday after they all fell into a grain storage bin at a farm in the Mississippi Delta. Multiple law enforcement and rescue personnel responded to the scene near U.S. Highway 82 in Itta...
Four in Five of World’s Cities at Risk From Heat Waves, Floods, Droughts: Study
Oct 14 2022 // Four in five cities across the world are facing significant climate hazards such as heat waves, floods and droughts, data from environmental disclosure non-profit CDP showed on Thursday. CDP’s report...
Two New York Hospitals to Pay $165M to Victims of Abuse by Gynecologist
Oct 10 2022 // Two New York hospitals have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients who have accused a former gynecologist of sexual abuse and misconduct. Columbia University Irving Medical Center and...
3M Belgian Settlement Signals Increased Risk of ‘Toxic Torts’ in Europe
Sep 16 2022 // “Toxic torts,” which are lawsuits alleging damage to human health or the environment caused by specific substances, are increasingly common in the United States. They can cost defendants hundreds of millions,...
Four Workers Hurt in Steam Release at North Carolina Paper Mill
Aug 29 2022 // Four workers were hurt at a North Carolina paper mill on Thursday, officials said. Four employees at WestRock’s mill in Roanoke Rapids were injured in an incident involving a steam release from a valve, WestRock...
