Trucks and workers started cleaning up the Keystone oil pipeline spill in rural North Dakota, though its cause and the project timing is unclear. The pipeline ruptured Tuesday morning in southeastern North Dakota and was shut down within two minutes …
A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate court says. On Thursday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New …
Florida-headquartered Brown & Brown, one of the largest insurance brokerages in the country, this week filed a federal lawsuit against a former vice president, charging him with secretly setting up a competing business and poaching clients. The lawsuit in the …
The Arizona Automobile Theft Authority reported that Arizona vehicle thefts decreased by 15% in 2024, marking a second straight year of decline. Data compiled by the AATA’s Auto Crime Tracking shows that Arizona had 17,010 vehicles reported stolen in 2024, …
Josh Yoder, a fifth-generation farmer in Ohio, has been watching gyrations in the crop markets as Donald Trump moved to dramatically escalate his trade war with China this week. Yoder is still an ardent Trump supporter, but he’s also getting …
The Hays County, Texas Sheriff’s Office said it has recovered four stolen trucks with cloned vehicle identification numbers. The Hays County Sheriff’s Auto Theft Unit worked with the Hays County Tax Assessor’s Office and partnering agencies to recover four VIN-cloned …
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America are the latest from the industry to join a call in support of a measure to abolish the Federal Insurance Office. The trade groups …
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A 9-year-old Kentucky boy who died in floodwaters while walking to catch his school bus was remembered by his classroom teacher as the “sweetest, kindest boy.” The death of Gabriel Andrews stunned residents in the Bluegrass …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from last year’s Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate, albeit by “makeshift routes,” according to an investigation from the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleging North Carolina’s new electronic courts records and case management system contributed to unlawful arrests or extended jail detainments can continue against the system’s developer and a county sheriff, a judge ruled this …