After the devastating back-to-back blows of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana’s leaders created a far-reaching state bureaucracy to manage and...
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British insurer Prudential launched its long-awaited $21 billion cash call and a delayed offensive to woo wary shareholders to back...
Veteran Costa Rican climate diplomat Christiana Figueres is set to be appointed as the new United Nations climate chief, sources...
Volcanic ash from Iceland caused widespread disruption at airports in Britain and other parts of northern Europe on Monday, grounding...
A Connecticut teenager and her mother have agreed to pay $1.1 million to the family of a toddler who drowned...
The investigation into a series of explosions at a gun and ammunition manufacturing plant in far northern New Hampshire that...
A federal jury has awarded a Jonesboro, Ark., church $43.6 million in its lawsuit against an insurance group that wasn’t...
Missouri lawmakers have approved new regulations, including fees and an insurance requirement, for people who raise wild animals such as...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has raised its 100-year flood estimate for the Red River in Fargo and neighboring...
National Australia Bank, which has seen its $13 billion takeover bid for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd blocked by the...