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Two Arrested in Homemade Bombing of Georgia Woman’s Home

Feb 13 2023 // Georgia authorities have arrested two men, a month after a homemade bomb destroyed part of a home near Savannah.Caleb Kinsey, 33, and Stephen Glosser, 36, were apprehended last week after an investigation into the bombing...

Three College Students Killed in West Virginia Auto Accident

Feb 9 2023 // Three Virginia college students were killed when their vehicle left a road and struck a tree in West Virginia, authorities said Friday.The single-vehicle accident occurred Thursday night along West Virginia Route 259 near...

Four Countries Urge EU to Set Date for New CO2-Emitting Trucks

Jan 20 2023 // The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero carbon dioxide emissions.The European Commission is set to propose...

Three Hurt as SUV Hit Small Plane After Nevada Highway Landing

Jan 10 2023 // A small plane clipped an SUV as it made an emergency landing on a highway north of Las Vegas, sending three people to a hospital as a precaution. Nevada State Police said the two-seater plane was having mechanical issues...

Five Non-Insurance Jobs for Millennials in the Insurance Industry

Jan 10 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. When you think of jobs in the insurance industry, what comes to mind? For most people, the first image is probably that of a licensed insurance agent (or broker,...

One Dead, Three Injured in Plane Crash At Utah Airport

Jan 4 2023 // A small plane with four passengers crashed at a Utah airport, killing one and injuring the other three, according to city officials in Provo.The plane crashed immediately after takeoff on Monday and one of the three...

One Storm Departs California as Another Lines up to Enter

Dec 29 2022 // SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Dense fog plagued California’s Central Valley early Wednesday as one winter storm left the state and another lined up to enter.The new storm was expected to move through Northern...

One Dead, Another Injured During Ammonia Leak at Massachusetts Food Plant

Dec 22 2022 // A 68-year-old man died and another man was taken to the hospital for treatment after an ammonia leak at a food processing facility in Massachusetts, authorities said.Police officers and firefighters went to the plant in...

3M Will Stop Producing ‘Forever Chemical’ PFAS by End of 2025

Dec 20 2022 // 3M Co., confronting regulatory pressure and lawsuits that threaten billions of dollars in damages, will stop making so-called forever chemicals and aim to discontinue their use in products by the end of 2025.The...

3M Faces Claim in Netherlands Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollution

Dec 14 2022 // The Netherlands’s government is exploring its legal options against chemical giant 3M over pollution in the Dutch part of the Scheldt River.For years, the company’s Antwerp, Belgium-based factory seeped...

Three Children Killed in North Carolina House Fire

Dec 14 2022 // Three children under the age of 5 are dead and their mother was taken to a hospital after a house fire in North Carolina on Monday morning, authorities said.Greensboro Deputy Fire Chief Dwayne Church says firefighters...

Two Firefighters Die in Pennsylvania House Fire

Dec 13 2022 // WEST PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police say two firefighters died responding to a house fire where a body was found, while two people who lived in the home got out safely.The slain firefighters were...

Three Months After Liquidation, FedNat Holding Co. Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Dec 13 2022 // The holding company for the insolvent FedNat Insurance Co. has filed for bankruptcy after an increase in severe weather events in the state weighed on its balance sheet, Bloomberg News reported.The company filed for...

Fifteen Auto Manufacturers Reach Automatic Braking Goals This Year

Dec 9 2022 // Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, fulfilling a voluntary commitment made six years ago.That leaves five...

One Year Later: Kentucky Agency, Community Recovering from Powerful Tornado

Dec 9 2022 // A year ago Saturday, one of the most powerful tornadoes to hit the United States ripped through western Kentucky with 190-mph winds, destroying multiple homes, businesses, a candle factory, churches, a county courthouse...

Two Killed in Explosion at Virginia Welding Business

Dec 7 2022 // VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Two people were killed Monday when a storage tank exploded at a Virginia welding business, a fire official said.Firefighters responded to Neptune Welding on Virginia Beach Boulevard just after...

Two Children Killed in House Fire in North Carolina

Dec 6 2022 // Two children died and two adults were injured last weekend in a house fire in Salisbury, North Carolina.The Salisbury Post reported Saturday that the Salisbury Fire Department and Rowan County Emergency Services were...

Two Rescued After Plane Crashes Into Power Lines, Causes Outages in Maryland

Nov 29 2022 // GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) —Two people were rescued early Monday more than six hours after their small plane crashed into live power lines, causing widespread outages in Montgomery County, Maryland.Montgomery County Fire...

Four Florida Cities in Top 10 Most Dangerous for Pedestrians, Affecting Insurance Costs

Nov 29 2022 // Six of the top 10 most dangerous cities for pedestrians are in the Southeast and four of those are in Florida, according to a report from an advocacy group that works for better planning and safer transportation...

Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes in North Carolina

Nov 22 2022 // A small plane crashed in Winston-Salem on Saturday, killing two people, authorities said.Winston-Salem Police Department spokeswoman Kira Boyd told the Winston-Salem Journal that two people died in the crash of the small...