Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, who served as governor longer than any Democrat in the state’s history and along the way expanded health insurance access to nearly every state resident, didn’t always play well in the political sandbox to get what …
A tobacco company that had tried to hook black children on cigarettes was ordered to pay $81 million in punitive damages to the estate and son of a Boston woman who started smoking at age 13, in what an attorney …
A western Pennsylvania town has banned sledding in a popular park and voted to lay out a sledding course in another. Beaver’s borough council unanimously approved the restrictions because of liability concerns raised by its insurance carrier. Under the new …
Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London’s Heathrow, the world’s busiest international airport, which was forced …
Police say a suspect is in custody after a third fire in one week damaged a Super 8 motel in Virginia. Hanover fire Battalion Chief William Jones tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the third fire was reported just after 1 …
The state says a New York City suburb endangered two employees who suffocated in a manhole by not providing proper training or equipment. The village of Tarrytown was issued four violations of safety laws. Two were classified as willful, meaning …
A federal judge has ordered members of the family that owned a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa to pay more than $2 million after defaulting on financial agreements with one of their former banks, which has since collapsed. U.S. District Judge …
A federal appeals court has rejected a $21 million settlement of Hurricane Katrina damage claims that some residents had complained was unfair, and that one group said would have entitled residents and businesses to as little as $40 each. U.S. …
State officials say for the first time in eight years Ohio’s unemployment rate is not higher than the national one. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said the state’s jobless rate slipped from 9.9 percent in October to …
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is ordering state agencies to help clean up the debris left by a rare tornado that tore through Aumsville. Kulongoski has signed an executive order directing emergency management, the Oregon State Police and transportation officials to …
