Before Hack Tore Through Twitter, Online Forum Offered Accounts for Sale July 17, 2020 By Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn Before a hacking campaign tore through Twitter and compromised some of its most high-profile users, an ad went up on...
Red Alerts in China as Floods Maroon Equipment to Fight Coronavirus July 17, 2020 By David Stanway SHANGHAI — Large parts of China were reeling on Friday from the worst floods in decades, as disruption mounted for...
Lawsuit Seeks to Designate Uber, Lyft Drivers as Employees July 17, 2020 By Steve LeBlanc BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is asking for a court ruling recognizing Uber and Lyft drivers as employees...
Firefighters Combat Blazes in Central and Northern California July 17, 2020 COALINGA, Calif. — More than 900 firefighters aided by helicopters and air tankers battled a wildfire in a rural area...
UN Official: Catastrophe Looming From Oil Tanker Off Yemen July 17, 2020 By Samy Maggdy CAIRO — The U.N. environment chief said Wednesday that “time is running out” to avert an environmental, economic and humanitarian...
Court Says Experts Not Needed to Prove Hurricane Damage, Revives Church’s Claim July 17, 2020 By Jim Sams A ruling Wednesday by the federal appellate court in Atlanta resolves new twists in a type of dispute that invariably...
PG&E’s Power Lines Caused Biggest California Fire of 2019 July 17, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Joel Rosenblatt Less than a month after emerging from bankruptcy triggered by a string of devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, PG&E...
Washington NFL Team Hires Law Firm to Review Harassment Claims July 17, 2020 By Nick Turner The Washington Redskins hired a law firm to review allegations of misconduct after 15 female ex-employees told the Washington Post...
Masks, Gowns in Short Supply Leave Hospital Workers Exposed July 16, 2020 By John Tozzi American health-care workers still face dangerous shortages of personal protective equipment as the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 fills hospitals across...
Retailers Pile on to Mask Mandates After Months on Sidelines July 16, 2020 By Matt Townsend and Matthew Boyle The chief executives of major U.S. retailers have been quick to voice concern about the safety of employees since the...