As Recovery Begins, Industry Tallies Irma’s Mounting Costs September 21, 2017 With two Florida landfalls in the same day, Hurricane Irma‘s destructive wind and flood damage could cost up to $65...
Opioid Crisis Spills Into Workplaces September 21, 2017 By Catarina Saraiva, Patricia Laya and Jeanna Smialek At Philip Tulkoff’s food-processing plant in Baltimore, machines grind tough horseradish roots into puree. “If you put your arm in...
Predators Target NFL Concussion Victims Awaiting Settlement Money September 21, 2017 By KRISTEN DE GROOT Lawyers for former NFL players now eligible for payments under the league’s $1 billion concussion settlement said Tuesday they’ve found...
Massachusetts High Court Rules That Drunk Driving Tests Not Valid for Pot September 21, 2017 Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Tuesday that field sobriety tests typically used in drunken-driving cases cannot be treated as conclusive evidence...
Many Factors Affect Whether Hurricanes Linger or Fade Quickly September 21, 2017 By SETH BORENSTEIN This hurricane season is showing how wild and varied storms’ life cycles can be. Most storms seem to be tracked...
Prosecutor Says Pharmacist Placed Speed Over Safety Before Outbreak September 21, 2017 By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER A pharmacist accused of making the drugs that caused a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak showed a “shocking disregard” for human...
Southwest Florida Residents Clear Flooded Homes in Scorching Heat September 21, 2017 By TERRY SPENCER and JENNIFER KAY Dealing with wrecked belongings and reports of toxic muck, residents of a tiny town where Florida’s Everglades meet the Gulf...
FEMA Can’t Rely on Trailers for Hurricane Victim Housing September 20, 2017 By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MICHAEL BIESECKER The hurricanes that battered Texas and Florida have likely spawned the worst disaster-created housing crisis since Hurricane Katrina left hundreds...
Iowa Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction Revives Debate September 20, 2017 Iowa’s governor and the organization that sets workers’ compensation rates are disputing whether a new law influenced a recent rate...
Category 4 Hurricane Maria Hits Puerto Rico Hard September 20, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Maria slammed into southeastern Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm with the potential to inflict $30 billion in...