October 31, 2024
Federal investigators say an electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane shortly before the pilots made a fiery but safe emergency landing in Las Vegas earlier this month. No one …
October 31, 2024
Allstate Corp. said its net income attributable to common shareholders for the third quarter was about $1.2 billion compared to a loss of $41 million during the same time a year ago. The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer recorded an improvement in …
October 30, 2024
The Louisiana Department of Insurance said that the 400 Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) registrants who were placed on the waitlist after registering for the fifth round of grants last month have been moved to active participant status and may …
October 30, 2024
A Missouri grain cooperative could have prevented an employee’s fatal engulfment in a storage bin in May 2024 had it followed federal workplace safety requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor determined. Responding to the employer’s report of a worker fatality, …
October 30, 2024
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign’s closing days, after first saying in a debate that he is “not an expert” …
October 30, 2024
AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company (PMIC) and its wholly owned reinsured subsidiary, …
October 30, 2024
VAN ALSTYNE, Texas (AP) — Investigators suspect a propane leak caused an explosion that leveled a home and killed its two occupants in a community just north of Dallas early Monday morning. First responders received the call at 1:19 a.m. …
October 30, 2024
More than 60 people died as eastern Spain was hit by one of the worst storms in decades on Tuesday night. The storm is “one of the three strongest in the last century in the region of Valencia,” the Spanish …
October 30, 2024
A former volunteer fire chief in North Carolina has been charged with embezzling almost $155,300 from his department by falsifying time sheets. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said in a statement that Brian Jason Edwards, 49, of Granite Falls, was …
October 30, 2024
Finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday she would raise employers’ social security contributions to 15% from April, a major revenue raiser for a budget the government hopes will kick-start moves to turn around a flagging economy. Britain’s Labour government …