NTSB to Vote on Probable Cause of Fatal California Boat Fire October 21, 2020 By Stefanie Dazio and Tom Krisher LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are expected to vote Tuesday on what likely sparked a fire aboard a scuba dive...
Federal Arrests Show Most Arrested in Protests Aren’t Organized Extremists October 21, 2020 By Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long and Michael Balsamo WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump portrays the hundreds of people arrested nationwide in protests against racial injustice as violent urban...
Mitchell Warns Insurers to Mind Surging Drug Use During Pandemic October 21, 2020 By Jim Sams Even though the number of opioid prescriptions in the United States had dropped by more than a third, the number...
PG&E Prioritized Targets Over Reducing Fire Risk, Monitor Says October 21, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. prioritized meeting inspection targets over meaningful reduction of wildfire risk, according to a monitor overseeing the utility’s program...
Japan to Release Treated Fukushima Water in Sea, Kyodo Says October 20, 2020 By Aya Takada and Stephen Stapczynski Japan is planning to release millions of gallons of treated radioactive water from its wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant...
More False Data Emerges From Firm That Took Over Takata October 20, 2020 By Masatsugu Horie Joyson Safety Systems Japan, a unit of the company that took over failed airbag maker Takata Corp., discovered that falsified...
Offices Resort to Sensors in Futile Attempts to Keep Workers Apart October 20, 2020 By Jeff Green Millions of workers in recent months have returned to offices outfitted with new pandemic protocols meant to keep them healthy...
Norway’s Oil Workers Fear for Future as Rigs Go Remote October 20, 2020 By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO — A shift to operating oil rigs remotely from land, which has been accelerated by lower crude prices, has...
Travelers Profit Rises With Higher Premiums, Lower Costs October 20, 2020 Oct 20 — Property and casualty insurer Travelers Companies Inc beat third-quarter profit expectations on Tuesday, helped by higher premiums,...
4 Charged in Allegedly Staged Crash Settled for $4.7M October 20, 2020 NEW ORLEANS — Four people have been charged in what prosecutors say was a staged wreck that was settled for...