Marion County investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Domonique McBride, 26, from Ocala, who is wanted for armed robbery and burglary.
Earlier this month, a night watchman said a man, Auto Sales later identified as McBride, threw a cinder block into a window at an Ocala auto shop, and pointed a gun at his head.
McBride then [...]

A former manufacturing plant in Fremont, California has been asked to provide employees with information about asbestos. Public health officials have said that former and current employees must be informed about the potential impact of asbestos exposure they may have experienced while working at the plant.
According to a recent report from the Federal Agency for [...]

Two women have recently filed asbestos-related lawsuits in Madison County Circuit Court in Illinois. One was filed on the behalf of a deceased husband, and the other was filed due to asbestos exposure.
The first lawsuit concerns Illinois resident Lorena Gilmore, who filed the suit on September 22 stating her husband passed away from lung cancer. [...]

A federal court recently ruled against the city of St. Louis and the city-owned Lambert-St. Louis International Airport for endangering the public by improperly removing asbestos to demolish buildings and construct a new runway.
The court ruling affirmed that the city of St. Louis and its airport violated federal asbestos safety standards in destroying asbestos-contaminated buildings [...]

Parents of children attending Norman Elementary School in Austin, Texas have become concerned about asbestos in the school, but according to the school district, there’s no cause for alarm.
Norman Elementary was built around 40 years ago during the decades of widespread asbestos use, and parents are finally demanding that all traces of the toxin be [...]

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has shown its appreciation of the new “Ban Asbestos” bill introduced to the United States House of Representatives. The bill is known as H.R. 6903, the “Bruce Vento Ban Asbestos and Prevent Act of 2008.”
In ADAO’s latest press release, the organization applauded the U.S. House of Representatives and [...]

A California widow, Regina Rohrer, has filed an asbestos-related lawsuit on behalf of her deceased husband. The lawsuit alleges that John Crane was responsible for her husband being exposed to asbestos and developing .
often have little effect on curing the disease.
According to the lawsuit filed on September 22 in Madison County Circuit Court, James [...]

The city of Winslow was recently fined $240,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency as a penalty for asbestos violations committed last year. The violations included illegal removal of asbestos, illegal disposal of asbestos, and failure to notify the proper authorities of the presence of asbestos.
The suit filed by the EPA named the city and John [...]

Removal of contaminants such as asbestos and lead are scheduled to begin at the Ithaca Gun Factory very soon, but locals still have concerns about the safety of the project, including the fact that demolition debris may be left at the site after the work is completed. Local action group The Ithaca Gun Community Advisory [...]

Today, September 26, is National Awareness Day. Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that most commonly develops from exposure to asbestos. Asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral, was widely used in a variety of building components for its fire-resistant and insulating properties.
Most patients who are diagnosed with mesothelioma often worked at jobsites that exposed [...]