Weather Whiplash: Summer Lurches From Drought to Flood August 25, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a...
Baldwin Risk Partners Donates $5M to USF for Insurance Program August 25, 2022 Tampa-based Baldwin Risk Partners Group and the family behind it this week announced a $5 million gift to the University...
Gas Vapors Caused Cape Cod Marina Fire That Ruined 6 Buildings, 47 Vehicles, 14 Boats August 25, 2022 Gasoline vapors ignited by spark during a gas tank replacement project on a boat was the likely cause of a...
Walmart Ordered to Pay Oregon Man $4.4M for Racial Profiling August 25, 2022 A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the...
Firefighter Sues Rochester Over Party Couple Defends as ‘Anti-Liberal’ Not Racist August 25, 2022 ROCHESTER, N.Y. —A Rochester couple who a Black firefighter accused of throwing a racist pool party this summer mocking the...
OSHA Cites Maryland Contractor for 136 ‘Willful, Repeat, Serious’ Safety Violations August 25, 2022 A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections...
Lawsuit Says Electrical Equipment Sparked Deadly California Wildfire August 25, 2022 The daughter of a 76-year-old man killed last month when California’s deadliest wildfire so far this year swept through a...
Dallas Storm Causes ‘Nominal’ Claims Despite Near-Historic Rainfall August 24, 2022 By Ezra Amacher A 1,000-year rain event that brought 10 or more inches of rainfall to parts of North Texas early this week...
Uvalde School District, Texas Law Enforcement Could Face $27 Billion Lawsuit August 24, 2022 By William Melhado Uvalde school district and a litany of law enforcement agencies could face $27 billion class-action lawsuit over shooting which was...
St. Louis Police Face Closer Scrutiny Under New Oversight Plan August 24, 2022 By Jim Salter Eight years after Michael Brown’s death pushed the St. Louis region front and center into the national debate over police...