In the wake of the recent salmonella outbreak related to peanuts, lawmakers are calling for a new federal agency to oversee food safety. Suggestions range from splitting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) into two agencies to creating a new agency that would combine pieces from the different age...

The promoter of a monster truck show was tragically killed by a monster truck in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend. George Eisenhart Jr.’s death came one day after he touted the show's safety, and about a week after a boy was killed at a monster truck show in Tacoma. The AP reports that Eisenhart, ...

Today prosecutors sought to have admitted Ponzi scheme artist Bernard Madoff jailed until his trial. This move came after Madoff and his wife allegedly transferred assets valued over $1 million to friends and family in violation of his bail agreement. Initially, prosecutors were fine with Madoff rem...

With Christmas and Hanukah just around the corner, the holiday shopping season is almost upon us, ready or not. Before you hit the malls or the internet to make the little ones on your holiday shopping list happy, check out the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's toy safety tips for parents an...

A health insurance provider must pay more than $9.3 million after wrongfully rescinding the policy of a Los Angeles woman who had been diagnosed with cancer. The order came as part of a binding arbitration award in a claim brought by breast cancer patient Patsy Bates against her former health insure...

A health insurance provider must pay more than $9.3 million after wrongfully rescinding the policy of a Los Angeles woman who had been diagnosed with cancer. The order came as part of a binding arbitration award in a claim brought by breast cancer patient Patsy Bates against her former health insure...