Just days after Samsung recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, a St. Petersburg man says he found out the hard way why the recall was issued in the first place.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Oklahoma Saturday was not only one of the strongest in state history, it was one of the first that insurance companies linked directly with hydrofracking and wastewater injection — an association that could lead to complications for quake coverage for homeowners and liability policies for oil and gas companies.
Hurricane Hermine is likely to generate insured losses no greater than $500 million, a relatively low and certainly manageable figure, yet property/casualty carriers are by no means at ease, an industry analyst says.
A South Carolina man is looking for answers after his garage caught fire over the weekend. Horry County Fire Rescue investigators said the fire originated near a wall outlet where the man’s phone was charging. The phone was a Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
Delivering a bigger blow than expected, Tropical Storm Hermine damaged at least 657 properties in Dare County and destroyed a house in Southern Shores, a preliminary assessment shows.
A downtown Bend office building built 30 years ago on the site of famed Klondike Kate’s house was heavily damaged in a fire Wednesday morning that sent up a tall smoke plume visible across the city.
Channel 2 Action News has confirmed three people are dead after two planes crashed in Carroll County on Wednesday.<br />The crash happened near West Georgia Regional Airport on Regional Road, according to Carroll County Fire PIO Bud Benefield.
To some, they’re toys; to others, weapons. We’re still figuring out how drones fit into our lives as tools for observing, transporting, communicating… and who knows what else.
Michigan would no longer require that someone be inside a self-driving car while testing it on public roads under bills up for a vote in the Legislature.
Yet another Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has spontaneously exploded, this time reportedly racking up more than $1,800 AUD ($1,383 USD) worth of damages in a man’s hotel room.
Tropical Storm Newton made landfall again early Wednesday morning in mainland Mexico on its path toward the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm could bring potentially dangerous rains to parts of the country.
Three people were killed Tuesday in a helicopter crash in Palm Bay near Osmosis Drive, police said. Brevard County Fire Rescue hazmat personnel were at the scene near Bayside High School, along with the Palm Bay Fire Department.
A Waterbury woman was arrested today and charged with illegally collecting $22,000 in Workers’ Compensation benefits.<br />ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ, age 51, of 161 Prospect Street, Waterbury, was arrested by Inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney on an arrest warrant charging her with one count of Fraudulent Claim or Receipt of Benefits.
A driver survived a high-speed crash into the Union River in Ellsworth, Maine, last Thursday when his car careened out of control. He was rescued by a good Samaritan who sprinted into action.
