Mystic Seaport workers dig out historic whaling ship after snowstorm

Clearing 2 feet of snow from a driveway is backbreaking enough. Clearing it from a 113-foot-long historic whaling ship docked in the river is something else entirely. Shipyard workers at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut were limited to rubber and plastic shovels as they carefully dug out Tuesday from the record-breaking snowstorm that hit … Read more

Camp Mystic flooding victims sue Texas for allegedly failing to enforce evacuation plan requirement

Families of nine victims of last summer’s deadly flooding in Texas are suing the state for allegedly failing to enforce a requirement that a girls’ camp where 27 campers and counselors died have an evacuation plan. The civil claim, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Austin, alleges the Texas Department of State Health Services … Read more