A giant aircraft that can fly high above oceans on intercontinental flights instead jets in low and slow over a flaming forest, trailing a long plume that settles on the ground and creates a wildfire-stopping barrier. The operators of the … Source: Claims Journal

A Riverside Superior Court jury awarded Steven Meier $17 million after he had his right leg amputated below the knee due to being run over by a forklift in October 2013. Meier, a security guard employed by Securitas Security Services, … Source: Claims Journal

At least three people died and 12 were injured Friday in a fire at a Honolulu high-rise that was not equipped with sprinklers, authorities said, and hundreds fled the giant condominium complex as smoke billowed from the upper floors. The … Source: Claims Journal

A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow in Florida swallowed a boat, destroyed two homes and prompted officials to evacuate residents from about a dozen homes Friday. Dramatic video showed the … Source: Claims Journal

Illinois officials said Friday some 6,800 buildings have been affected by “unprecedented” flooding north of Chicago, and the damage is expected to worsen this weekend as water flows down rivers into the state from Wisconsin. “Folks think ‘Well it’s not … Source: Claims Journal

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing headsets, also known as EEG or electroencephalograph headsets, need better security after a study reveals hackers could guess a user’s passwords by monitoring their brainwaves. EEG headsets are advertised … Source: Claims Journal

A Houston attorney disbarred for his involvement in an auto insurance fraud scheme, has filed an appeal with the Texas Supreme Court in order to reinstate his license. He cited other cases where attorneys had committed far worse crimes and … Source: Claims Journal

The National Security Group, Inc., which offers property, casualty, life, accident and health insurance in ten states, released estimates of year to date catastrophe losses through June 30, 2017 incurred by property and casualty subsidiary National Security Fire & Casualty. … Source: Claims Journal

Attorneys accusing a railroad owner of negligence in the death of a movie worker during a 2014 Georgia train collision with a trespassing film crew sought Wednesday to use the railroad’s own safety policies against it. Sarah Jones, 27, was … Source: Claims Journal

A Billings, Montana, man charged with vehicular homicide while under the influence of marijuana is challenging the state standard at which a person is considered to be under the influence. Public defender Gregory Paskell says the THC blood level set … Source: Claims Journal