An earthquake in Nepal on Tuesday killed at least 36 people and injured more than 1,000, a little over two weeks after thousands died in an even more powerful temblor.

Google Inc. said its self-driving vehicles have been involved in 11 minor accidents in the six years they've been in testing, and the automobiles were never to blame for the incidents.

The lawyer hired by General Motors Co. reported 100 deaths classified as having been caused by defective ignition switches on recalled small cars and aims to complete the process this summer.

U.S. property values for residential, commercial and industrial properties continue to increase faster than GDP growth and the general rate of inflation, says a new report from catastrophic risk management consulting and modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. The report, Increasing Concentrations of Property Values and Catastrophe Risk in the...