A Syracuse family was displaced Monday morning after a fire apparently started by discarded fireworks caused $100,000 damage to their residence. There were no injuries, Syracuse firefighters said.
While many people are taking trips and enjoying the summer, criminals are plotting to get into your home and take your things. That’s the warning from insurance agencies and police in Sacramento.
Fireworks spark flames at a Pierce County, Washington home that have now left a family homeless. Investigators say it all started when a teen unintentionally shot fireworks into their neighbor’s home in Graham Saturday night, first starting on the side and the spreading into the attic.
One person is dead following a crash in Wayne County on Saturday. According to Macedon Police Chief John Colella, a dislodged barbecue grill came loose from a recreational vehicle, struck a car traveling in the opposite direction, and killed the passenger in the vehicle.
Investigators Tuesday morning are hoping daylight can help them get a better idea of what caused a massive fire on two barges used to set off Plymouth’s Fourth of July fireworks display Monday night.
The fatal crash of a Tesla Motors Inc Model S in Autopilot mode has turned up pressure on auto industry executives and regulators to ensure that automated driving technology is deployed safely.
Hundreds of people were briefly evacuated from their homes in the Michigan town of Melvindale on Saturday morning after a car hit a natural gas main at a DTE Energy (DTE.N) facility and caused an explosion and fire, police said.
Firefighters on Sunday battled a wildfire burning in steep, inaccessible terrain in central California, threatening at least 300 homes in or near a gated community, one day after a fast-moving brush fire in San Bernardino burned five homes and injured at least three people.
Authorities are trying to figure out who broke into the Smith Valley fire hall on Foys Lake Road late Saturday night or early Sunday morning and set a fire that caused massive damage. The fallout is expected to slow response to emergency calls in the area.
First responders are unable to return to work, because they cannot get their worker’s comp claims approved. Now, lawmakers are trying to change the law they say is responsible.
Almost three-quarters of U.S. drivers are eager to replace the daily commute’s drudgery with a self-driving car and 80 percent say they would pay extra to have a robot take the wheel, according to a survey that contradicts other recent studies.
Ford issued three separate recalls Wednesday affecting over 8,500 vehicles, including 7,000 of its most important models.<br />The 2015 and 2016 Explorer and F-150 represent the bulk of the recalled vehicles.
The Trailhead Fire in the El Dorado National Forest has grown to 1,264 acres and is 12 percent contained, firefighters said Thursday morning. Smoke from the fire can be seen over the Truckee Meadows. The fire that started Tuesday in the middle fork of the American River near Todd Valley is threatening 2,600 structures.
Insurance agents could be selling individual professional liability policies to police officers if proposals in certain cities are adopted. Allegations of police brutality and abuse are on the rise across the country, with a related spike in lawsuits against police departments.
Big Data is changing the way the world does business, and this is nowhere more true than in the financial realm. According to Dax Craig, CEO of Valen Analytics, more than half of all property and casualty insurers are now using predictive analytics to determine pricing and simply to decide which risks are more or less attractive to insure.
