Though it never became the big-city nightmare forecasters and public officials had warned about, Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction.

Though it never became the big-city nightmare forecasters and public officials had warned about, Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction.

Lost amidst news of yesterday's Virginia quake was the fact that the strongest earthquake to hit Colorado in decades toppled chimneys, cracked walls, and triggered minor rockslides.

Allstate Insurance Co. said Tuesday that it's now offering identity theft insurance in California.

Allstate Insurance Co. said Tuesday that it's now offering identity theft insurance in California.

The fund set up to compensate victims of last year's BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has paid more than $5 billion in claims, the fund administrator said Tuesday.

Indiana's $5 million cap on liability in accidents is far too low for the number of deaths and injuries involved in last Saturday's deadly stage collapse at the state fair, personal-injury lawyers say.

Young people screamed and fled in panic as a fierce thunderstorm shredded huge canvas tents and brought down metal scaffolding at an open-air festival in Belgium, killing five people.