PG&E Caps Best Day Since Going Bankrupt on a California Fire Fix April 15, 2019 Utility giant PG&E Corp. capped its best day since going bankrupt in January thanks to California’s governor. Gavin Newsom called...
Claims Examiner’s Scam Allegedly Cost California Health Care Provider $7 Million April 15, 2019 By Jim Sams A former senior claims examiner for the Kaiser Permanente health plan in California was booked into jail last week on...
Fire-Resistant Upgrades Could Be a Game-Changer in Wildfires April 15, 2019 By Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese About the photo: The sun rises through a cloud of smoke after a wildfire swept through the area in Sonoma...
Efforts to Clear Fire-prone California Forests Face Hurdles April 12, 2019 By Steve Schoonover About the photo: A firefighter works to battle the Carr Fire at a home in Redding, Calif., Thursday, July 26,...
Coffee Shop Owner was Told to Leave Before Blast April 12, 2019 By Jonathan Drew About the photo: Charred remains are piled in a heap of rubble on Thursday in Durham, N.C., the day after...
U.S. FAA probes sighting of drone over baseball game at Boston’s Fenway Park April 12, 2019 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it was investigating a report of a drone flying over...
Tainted Oil: Exxon, Others Say U.S. Government Sold Toxic Crude April 12, 2019 By Catherine Ngai About the photo: A contractor works at Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Exxon Mobil...
Judge Orders Bayer to Pursue Talks in Roundup Cancer Litigation April 12, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A U.S. judge ordered Bayer AG to pursue mediation with plaintiffs claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, asking the...
Wildfire Took Your Home? Don’t Count on Insurance: Viewpoint April 12, 2019 By Liam Denning Own a home? No doubt you’ve insured it. Very sensible of you. But if that home were, say, burned to...
Son of Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Burning 3 Louisiana Black Churches April 12, 2019 By Peter Szekely The son of a sheriff’s deputy was charged with burning down three predominately black churches in southern Louisiana over the...