A farm worker overcome by fumes while loading pig manure onto a truck in Ohio; a convenience store clerk shot during an attempted robbery in New Jersey. Both men are among the 150 job-related fatalities in the U.S. every day, many of which federal regulators say are preventable.
Overnight storms moved out of the area Wednesday allowing light to be shed on the damage left behind at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Livingston. “I was scared, yes. I was very much afraid,” said Father Clifton Labbe, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
There was scant warning for a "tropical-style storm system" that spawned heavy rain and strong winds Thursday, resulting in flooded homes and waterways across much of South Mississippi.
Workers’ compensation reforms are paying off in Texas, where costs per claim are falling, even as wages are rising.<br />The per-capita average of $30,313 for combined medical, indemnity and benefit expenses is 23 percent lower than the $39,273 median cost in the 17 other states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
At least four people were hospitalized with serious injuries Wednesday evening after a car plowed through a Planet Fitness gym in Torrance, police said. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. at the gym located in the 20000 block of Hawthorne Boulevard.
Speeding is the second leading cause of car crashes in America, but it’s especially dangerous in some California cities.<br />Auto Insurance Center studied the average speed of more than 12,000 fatal car crashes across the country to find out which cities’ drivers are putting the pedal to the metal before colliding with other cars or smashing into roadside objects.
A decorated veteran Metro officer is facing several felonies after authorities said he set fire to a trailer and four-wheeler in order to collect insurance money, according to the Nevada attorney general’s office.
Four University of Georgia students were killed following a two-vehicle crash in Oconee County Wednesday night. The crash happened at about 9 p.m. on Highway 15, near Watkinsville. The accident scene is about 14 miles south of Athens.
Pilgrim’s Pride is recalling over 4.5 million pounds of fully cooked chicken products. The chicken -- in boxes of whole-grain breaded nuggets, patties, breakfast patties, tenderloins and popcorn-style varieties -- may be contaminated with "extraneous materials," the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
Ford is recalling nearly 202,000 pickup trucks, SUVs and cars in North America because the automatic transmissions can suddenly downshift to first gear. The company also said Wednesday that it’s recalling more than 81,000 Explorer SUVs to fix a rear suspension problem.
At least one tornado touched down Tuesday night in Grayson County, injuring five people and damaging businesses and homes, officials said Wednesday. Communities in Oklahoma also suffered storm damage. No deaths have been reported.
Insurance isn’t necessarily an inviting word, especially for millennials. Not only do young people have fewer items to insure, but the process of getting insurance for those items is entirely foreign to folks who order their cars, food, cleaning services and more from an iPhone app.
A lightning strike sparked a fire at a house in New Jersey Tuesday morning, and a neighbor is being hailed as a hero for his quick response to prevent a bad situation from ending up much worse. The incident happened just after 3 a.m. at a home on Gaynor Place in Glen Rock.
A car accident victim is blaming Snapchat’s speed filter for a crash that left him with traumatic brain injuries, according to a new lawsuit. The plaintiff, Wentworth Maynard, was merging onto a four lane highway outside of Atlanta, Georgia when his car was struck "so violently it shot across the left lane into the left embankment," his lawyers contend.
The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s Office has determined that Sunday night’s explosion and fire at Winfrey Plumbing and Heating here resulted from the manufacturing of homemade explosives by the man who died in the fire.
