San Mateo County Calif., has decided to sue executives at the bankrupt investment firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., claiming they...
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Authorities believe a 69-year-old man started a fire that left a New Orleans family homeless and resulted in the injury...
The Kentucky governor said he has asked legal experts to determine whether new evidence warrants reopening an investigation into one...
The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in some 600 years, and...
Insurance holding company Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said on Thursday that its quarterly net income jumped 85 percent as investment...
A $7.5 million settlement has been proposed for Apex, N.C. residents who evacuated homes and businesses when a chemical waste...
Aon Corp., the world’s largest insurance brokerage by assets, posted better-than-expected quarterly profit Friday, helped by growth in fees and...
Levels of climate-warming methane — a greenhouse gas 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide — rose abruptly in Earth’s...
Three months after a tornado ripped a 50-mile swath through central New Hampshire, some residents still are caught in a...
The family of a 19-year-old who died in a drunken driving accident is suing the hosts of a Madison party...