Rail cars carrying gas and sulfur on a CSX Corp freight train skidded off the tracks and burst into flames on Wednesday in a small Pennsylvania town, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes as firefighters fought the blaze.
NBC2 has obtained video showing the moment a lightning strike at Southwest Florida International Airport sent a ground worker to the hospital. The bolt hit a Sun Country plane and traveled through 21-year-old Austin Dunn’s body on Saturday July 22nd.
Honolulu fire officials say the damage from the high-rise fire at the Marco Polo last month has been estimated to exceed $100 million and is considered to be one of the most destructive fires in Honolulu’s recent history.
A natural gas explosion at Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis on Wednesday collapsed part of the building, killing two people and hospitalizing nine others, officials said. The explosion was caused by contractors doing work on the building, Minneapolis Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner said.
The cleanup continued Wednesday morning on Miami Beach after heavy downpours Tuesday night left high water on the roads and people stranded. Most of the physical work when it comes to cleaning up has been handled and the streets are cleared, thanks to restoration workers.
The rapper and producer Kanye West has sued insurance company Lloyd’s of London and its affiliated syndicates for $10 million, alleging it is delaying a claim stemming from 21 canceled dates on last year’s Saint Pablo Tour.
Slapping a glittery, shiny case on your smartphone might give the device a bit more pizzazz — and possibly protection — but it could also burn you. At least that’s the case for 263,000 iPhone cases being recalled by MixBin Electronics.
The tornado that tore through Kent Island last week damaged 155 buildings, destroying 11 of them, information released by Queen Anne’s County said. David Rivett, assistant chief of Queen Anne’s County Emergency Services, said the numbers are early estimates and could rise as county officials and insurance representatives continued to survey the area.
The state of Utah has sued mine owners and contractors for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a spill of mine waste that fouled rivers in three Western states with a massive plume of bright-yellow wastewater tainted with arsenic, lead and other heavy metals.
The Wallace and Graham law firm in Salisbury, N.C. has announced a lawsuit against PCL Civil Constructors, Inc. in the wake of the power outages that crippled Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands on North Carolina’s Outer Banks on July 27.
"The alarm went off. I opened the door to check and found there was smoke.” Nearly 200 people were forced to evacuate an eight story high rise after a fire erupted in a top floor apartment. Now all wondering when they will be able to go back home.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office recently announced that a Redondo Beach woman accused of participating in a $150 million workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme recently pleaded guilty.
Wearable devices come in all shapes and sizes with varying features. Valued at $11 billion, Fitbit is the leader of the wearable device revolution. Fitbit currently offers eight different fitness trackers, ranging in price from $60 to nearly $200. Largely known for counting the steps you take, wearables now have all kinds of abilities.
A Spotsylvania jury has recommended a 28-month prison for a county man who defrauded an insurance company out of nearly $200,000 in disability payments while he was working in another state.
Biometrics, or the measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characteristics as a means of verifying personal identity, is being explored across financial services. The insurance industry is no exception, as carriers work to familiarize themselves with the latest emerging technology that encompasses everything from fingerprints to voice to facial structure.
