Power Line Falls on Car During Oregon Ice Storm, Killing 3 January 22, 2024 A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly befo...
The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades in the making. … New York City Lawsuit Against Exxon, BP, Shell Over...
“Ultimately, the responsibility of drunk driving falls on the people who are involved in it. People who drink should stop going out in their vehicles to avoid causing damage to themselves and others around them.Restaurants and bars should stop serving drinks after midnight and carry out a no-...
In its bulletin from May 2015, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation defined price optimization as: “a process for modifying the insurance premium — that would otherwise be charged to an insured or class of insureds — in order to maximize insurer retention, profitability, written premium,...
Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her. The Frostburg, Maryland businesses, part of Fronterra Resources, offer … ...
River Level at Amazon Rainforest Port Hits 122-Year Low Amid Drought October 7, 2024 The river port in the Amazon rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that ...
Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Not far away in the Mississippi River delta system, middle-school students can stand on islands that … ...
EPA Orders Rancher, County to Clean Up Sand-Deluged Nebraska River June 30, 2021 Federal regulators have ordered a Nebraska rancher and county officials to clean up a remote stream after it was deluged with enough sand and sediment to change the shape of the waterway. The rancher and county...
The interlinked insurance and credit contract is an emerging model of agricultural insurance in China. However, the development of interlinked insurance and credit contract and farmers’ demands for it are poorly understood. Based on the wheat farmers on the Loess Plateau in China, a field experimen...
BIA benefited from numerous public–private partnerships (e.g., religious organizations, non-profits, FEMA, city agencies, grants, foundations) assisting in various housing and rebuilding recovery efforts. BIA was able to effectively function as a central organization hub, allowing them to identify ...