Hurricane Isaac drove water over the top of a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans on Wednesday, but the...
Articles by Kathy Finn and Scott Malone
For New Orleans, Tuesday morning brought an all-too-familiar dilemma: to flee or not to flee. With Hurricane Isaac bearing down...
Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was...

Random inspections of U.S. industrial workplaces lower the risk of workers being injured on the job and have no measurable...

As Americans grow more aware of the risk of brain injury tied to football – the country’s most popular sport...
Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the U.S. northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still...

New Jersey and Vermont struggled with their worst flooding in decades Monday, a day after Hurricane Irene slammed an already...
Vermont residents surveyed washed out roads, swept-away bridges and destroyed homes and businesses Monday after a weakened Hurricane Irene brought...
In the wake of the BP oil disaster, more than 50 U.S. and other environmentally-active global investors have sent letters...
A former executive of reinsurer General Re Corp. was sentenced to two years probation and fined $10,000 after pleading guilty...