Chemical Disaster Zone Remains No-Go Zone Two Weeks After Blaze April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Two weeks after a chemical storage complex near Houston erupted in flames and menaced tens of thousands of people with...
Wall Street Embraces Weather Risk in New Era of Storms, Drought April 1, 2019 Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. Eilts, senior...
Firefighters at Houston Chemical Disaster Scrambled for Foam April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Firefighters confronted with the worst Gulf Coast industrial disaster in 14 years had to call on outside sources to augment...
9-1-1 System to Increase State and Local Fees in Maryland April 1, 2019 By Jared Beinart ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Legislation that would increase state and local 9-1-1 fees in Maryland — part of the Next Generation...
More than 1 Million Acres of U.S. Cropland Ravaged by Floods April 1, 2019 By P.J. Huffstutter, Humeyra Pamuk 6 MIN READ CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Neb. — At least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm left wide...
Busy Week Brings 3 Guilty Pleas, 2 Arrests for Insurance Fraud April 1, 2019 Three Washington state residents pleaded guilty to charges after investigations by state fraud investigators last week, while two other people...
New Insurer Patents Optimize Commute Routes and Sniff out Road Rage April 1, 2019 By Jim Sams As the world awaits the fifth generation of cellular technology, U.S. insurers are investing in telematics to track their policyholders...
Teva Wins Patent Case Related to Orexo Opioid-Treatment Drug April 1, 2019 By Christopher Yasiejko A U.S. jury on Friday rejected a claim by Sweden’s Orexo AB that two generic opioid-addiction treatments created by Teva...