After hours were wasted on a manhunt for a nonexistent criminal, one Los Angeles police officer has a lot of explaining to do.

A plan to overhaul Oklahoma's workers' compensation laws has been given final approval in the state legislature.

Natural disasters have impacted the bottom line of reinsurers globally, with combined losses from the Japanese and New Zealand earthquakes, and cyclone and flooding losses in Australia, totaling $15.7 billion for 23 property and casualty reinsurers, leading to an aggregate loss of $3.5 billion, according to a report from Fitch.