A new lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) of racketeering violations and fraud after the bank admitted to charging several hundred thousand borrowers for auto insurance they did not ask for or need, causing many delinquencies.
High winds from Tropical Storm Emily blew part of the roof off a Fort Myers Beach resort on Monday. It happened at about 4:30 a.m. at the Outrigger Beach Resort on Estero Boulevard.
California remains the nation’s hotspot for cargo theft with Texas in second place — but overall, incidents of hijacked loads are down, compared to the same period last year.
Wells Fargo and Co has announced that it will refund approximately $80 million to 570,000 customers who may have been erroneously billed thanks to issues with the bank’s auto collateral protection insurance (CPI) policies.
The pilot of a Beech Baron involved in a highly publicized ditching in the Gulf of Mexico in 2012 has been indicted for insurance fraud. Theodore Wright and two other men, Shane Gordon and Raymond Fosdick, have been charged with several counts as part of a larger investigation that also involved an old Citation, an exotic car and a boat.
A rare nor’easter-type storm that dropped torrential rains throughout the East Coast and mid-Atlantic caused major flash flooding Saturday and forced the governor of West Virginia to declare a state of emergency.
Thousands of tourists had to evacuate two islands along the hugely popular Outer Banks in North Carolina after a construction company caused a massive power outage.
A fire at a fertilizer plant in rural Alabama on Saturday spread caustic smoke and prompted an order for hundreds of residents to stay inside before it was extinguished, local media reported.
The driver of a van that plowed into a group of people dining on a Los Angeles sidewalk, striking and injuring at least eight people, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of hit-and-run, authorities said.
A small low pressure area located about 90 miles west of Tampa, Florida, has a 40 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
The driver of a car trying to escape a locked gate at Ponak’s did up to $200,000 in damages to the popular Mexican restaurant on the Boulevard. The crash happened July 1st, but Monday Kansas City Police released photos of the suspected "party" crashers.
An SUV found buried in a family’s backyard is now two tons of evidence in a crime nearly 15-years-old. The 2003 Chevy Trailblazer was discovered in the middle of a trail on a property in the 19000 block of Bethel Road.
A 20-year-old West Palm Beach man was arrested Wednesday and charged with committing more than $20,000 worth of insurance fraud for claiming that injuries he already had were the result of two car crashes he staged with another man.
Rita Deskins retired just weeks ago, but rather than spending the start of her retirement riding her bike through Franklin or relaxing, she’s spending it dealing with insurance companies and cleaning up dust from drywall.
