August 7, 2023
Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics, …
July 5, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The fierce derecho that tore through Springfield late last week snapped massive utility poles and trees, causing widespread power outages that are expected to leave many homes in the dark for several more days, officials said …
May 30, 2023
A pair of Louisiana parishes lead CoreLogic’s ranking of riskiest U.S. housing markets based on natural-disaster probability. CoreLogic’s Climate Risk Analytics: Composite Risk Score (CRA Composite Risk Score) identified Plaquemines Parish as the place most at risk for property damage …
May 3, 2023
A measure to put up $30 million in state and city funds won initial backing from Nevada state lawmakers to help homeowners move from a once-segregated North Las Vegas neighborhood where geologic features made homes crack, sink and sometimes become …
April 28, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon started Tuesday in Portland. The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than …
April 14, 2023
Production at a large north Mississippi tire plant has ground to a halt in the wake of a damaging tornado, pausing operations at one of Goodyear’s largest production facilities in North America. Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes tore …
October 6, 2022
A man was charged Tuesday with breaking into the historic home of ragtime composer Scott Joplin and causing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage. Thirty-eight-year-old Kevin Daley-Bey faces one count each of second-degree burglary and first-degree property damage. …
August 24, 2022
A 1,000-year rain event that brought 10 or more inches of rainfall to parts of North Texas early this week has led to roughly 3,500 property claims, 1,300 auto claims and less than 20 flood claims through the National Flood …
August 22, 2022
A huge fire at a Massachusetts marina turned several boats, buildings and vehicles into burned-out shells Friday, producing a plume of black smoke so thick it was picked up by weather radar. Aerial video taken by WCVB-TV showed much of …
November 17, 2021
An insurer does not have to provide coverage for a couple accused of misleading the buyers of their former home because of an uninsured premises exclusion in the couple’s homeowners policy. The lawsuit came about after Christopher and Dorothy Norton …