Busy Hurricane Season Does Less Damage, but Leaves Ominous Signs November 25, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic Ocean has spawned lots of storms this season while doing much less damage than prior years. But warming...
California’s Housing Crunch is Pushing Developers Deeper into Dangerous Fire Zones November 25, 2019 By Prashant Gopal and Noah Buhayar The Santa Ana winds were blowing as Greg Medeiros ducked behind his Chevy Tahoe on a remote hillside 25 miles...
Viewpoint: Highlighting Actionable Insights in the Claims Process November 25, 2019 By Shahin Hatamian Analytics has been a hot topic for a few years now, and for good reason. More than half of analytics...
Jailhouse Romance, Flammable Artwork and Stolen Gun Lead to Fraud Charges November 25, 2019 By Jim Sams A former San Francisco deputy sheriff who hooked up with one of the inmates at her jail and plotted with...
Road-Safety Regulator Rapped Over Regulating Autonomous Cars November 22, 2019 By David Koenig The nation’s road-safety regulator is under fire again for what critics call lax oversight of tests involving autonomous vehicles. The...
Fire Contained at Texas Oilfield Site, One Critically Injured November 22, 2019 One person was seriously injured in a Midland, Texas, explosion and fire on Thursday involving several storage tanks and a...
California Faces Decade of ‘Unique’ Wildfire Blackouts November 22, 2019 By Andrew Hay California utility PG&E Corp has imposed 10 intentional blackouts this year to reduce risks its power infrastructure could spark wildfires...
Uber’s Introduction of Dashboard Cameras Raises Privacy Worries November 22, 2019 By Lizette Chapman Uber Technologies Inc. is adding video and audio recording for more trips — a move designed to make the service...
Disaster-Born Safety Rules Topple With Others in Trump Rollback November 22, 2019 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer...
Boeing Settles More Than Half of Lion Air Crash Lawsuits – Lawyer November 22, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO — Boeing Co has settled more than half of some 118 claims related to the fatal crash of a...