Property owners in southwestern Illinois who worry that new government floodplain maps will force them to buy expensive flood insurance...
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Hurricane Karl formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico Thursday and gained strength as it headed across Mexico’s offshore oil...
Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit over strip searches for nonviolent offenders. County...
The tragic gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities...
The European Union agreed on Thursday to sign a free-trade pact with South Korea and grant Pakistan trade concessions after...
American International Group Inc.’s talks with the U.S. Treasury Department over repayment of bailout funds have advanced past initial discussions,...
A Florida judge said Tuesday he would hear arguments Dec. 16 on a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to...
A steel beam collapsed at a Yale University construction site, killing one person and injuring three others. New Haven, Connecticut...
New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill that would impose heftier fines for talking or texting while driving. The bill...
The United States will host a meeting of the world’s biggest economies in New York to discuss climate change on...