Alaska Needs Broad Review of Aviation Safety, Officials Say February 23, 2020 By Dan Joling ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska needs a comprehensive review effort to improve aviation safety because its aviation fatal and non fatal...
Court Rules California FAIR Plan Can Offer Only Fire Insurance February 21, 2020 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fund that offers only fire insurance to California residents in wildfire-prone areas can’t be required to...
Judge: Army Corps Not Responsible for Harvey Flooding Damage February 21, 2020 HOUSTON — A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable to damage to thousands of...
UK’s Johnson Under Fire for Flood Response as More Rain Due February 21, 2020 By Jill Lawless LONDON — British authorities said Thursday that more rain will bring the risk of “significant flooding” in the coming days,...
Body of 2nd Firefighter in California Library Blaze Found February 21, 2020 PORTERVILLE, Calif.– Crews have found the remains of a second firefighter killed while battling a blaze at a public library...
U.S. Lawmakers to Introduce Bill that Threatens Encryption on Tech Platforms February 21, 2020 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — U.S. legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to...
Boeing Failure to Fix 737 Max Warning Light May Draw FAA Penalty February 21, 2020 By Alan Levin Boeing Co. engineers discovered in 2017 that a software glitch had rendered a warning light on the newly introduced 737...
Viewpoint: Trucking Is Deadly for Truckers, and Lots of Other People February 21, 2020 By Justin Fox Of the major industries for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported workplace fatality rates for 2018, truck transportation was...
5th Circuit: Insurer May Have Duty to Defend Lawyer Who Missed Real Estate Scam February 21, 2020 By Jim Sams A malpractice insurer should have defended a Dallas attorney in a lawsuit filed by investors who were scammed by a...
Australia Wine Faces ‘Toughest Year’ in Memory After Fires and Drought February 21, 2020 By Ainslie Chandler The choking smoke that blanketed Australia’s east and south coast during devastating wildfires is roiling some of its storied wineries....