VIRGINIA BEACH — When the General Assembly pulled the plug on the city’s experimental photo-red system in 2005, Virginia Beach police Sgt. John Lourenco said he and other officers were perplexed.”We couldn’t believe it was happening,” Lourenco recalled. “We were standing there with our mouths open.”In 10 months, cameras at four of the resort city’s…
A South Carolina judge approved a settlement Monday that would pay thousands of dollars to people injured when a train derailed two years and released a toxic cloud over the town of Graniteville.The preliminary settlement was reached by railroad owner Norfolk Southern and plaintiffs’ attorneys. On January sixth, 2005, a Norfolk Southern train veered off…
Strong evidence has been uncovered that big insurers manufactured a medical liability “crisis” but it was really a hoax
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WASHINGTON — A subway train derailed Sunday near downtown Washington, sending 20 people to the hospital and prompting the rescue of 60 people from a tunnel, officials said.The accident happened at about 3:45 p.m. near the underground Mount Vernon Square station, which serves two lines beneath the Washington Convention Center, Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said….