A KFC exploded in Eden during the night. At about 12:40 a.m. Thursday morning, police responded to the site at 125 N.C. 14. "We’ve actually searched the building and no one is inside the building which is great," said Eden Police Chief Greg Light.

Tropical Storm Barry presents New Orleans with an unprecedented problem, according to the National Weather Service.

For the second time, a federal appellate court reversed a trial judge’s finding that a policy issued by a unit of American International Group did not limit coverage for a 2011 flood that forced the company to shut down an auto parts plant in Thailand.

Insured commercial property losses from Missouri tornadoes in May reached $16.4 million as of June 30, with total insured losses expected to reach at least $139 million, the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration reported Thursday.

Three people have been charged with stealing more than $300,000 from homeowners in an alleged insurance scam. The owner of Ace Public Adjusters in Philadelphia, 56-year-old Anthony J. Hoffman, and his two employees, 35-year-old Deborah L. Felix and 35-year-old Hartman J. Wismer, are accused of defrauding more than 30 people, many of which were elderly.

Millions of job seekers attend career fairs to learn about opportunities each year. Now many will have a similar experience at home from a computer or smartphone. State Farm is hosting its first-ever virtual career fair for applicants to learn about jobs the company hopes to fill this year.

Lightning strikes are the suspected cause of several house fires across North Texas Wednesday night, some area fire departments say.

Tropical Storm Barry took form in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday and headed toward an already water-logged New Orleans, where it was forecast to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2019 season by late Friday or early Saturday.

Oil and natural gas producers in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico began evacuating workers and shutting in output as a storm gathers strength off the coast of Florida.

The clean up continues in western Mass. after a wet microburst touched down in Longmeadow causing trees to fall down damaging homes and cars.

If your client ships goods to someone who turns out to be a fraudster and never gets paid as a result, is this covered by all-risks commercial insurance?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in two counties hit by the earthquakes that struck the state Thursday and Friday and has asked the federal government to step in, while initial reports of damages and losses are still being conducted.

Residents of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area were greeted with ominous dark clouds early this morning that opened up with torrential downpours. Morning commuters were stalled by washed out roads, limited visibility, and flooded Metro stations across the District, northern Virginia, and western Maryland.

Police and fire crews are looking for answers after an explosion at a shopping center in Florida, officials said Saturday.

Twenty-three people were injured, including two seriously, in the blast in Plantation, just outside of Fort Lauderdale, said Joel Gordon, Battalion Chief for Plantation Fire.

The Mojave Desert shuddered and rumbled for a fourth day Sunday, but experts tried to ease fears that another massive aftershock or quake would soon slam the battered communities in south-central California.