Refusal to Settle for $2M Costs Ace Nearly $8M in Suit by Excess Insurer December 23, 2020 By Jim Sams The defense team for Chubb Group’s Ace American Insurance Co. was confident that no jury would award more than $2...
U.S. Sues Walmart Saying Pharmacies Fueled Opioid Crisis December 23, 2020 By David Shepardson and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department sued Walmart Inc on Tuesday, accusing the world’s biggest retailer of fueling the opioid...
East Africa’s Electric Motorbikes Are Fueling a Carbon-Free Future December 22, 2020 By Todd Gillespie When Rwanda’s president said last August that he wanted all of the country’s motorbikes to be electric as soon as...
SolarWinds Adviser Warned of Lax Security Years Before Hack December 22, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher A former security adviser at the IT monitoring and network management company SolarWinds Corp. said he warned management of cybersecurity...
Google and Others Back Facebook Lawsuit Over Surveillance Tool December 22, 2020 By Robert Burnson Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other tech giants asked for permission to join Facebook Inc.’s legal fight against an Israeli...
Confusion Reigns as Companies Try To Navigate COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout December 22, 2020 By Tina Bellon NEW YORK — U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for...
Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders December 22, 2020 By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Hannah Recht, Michelle R. Smith, and Lauren Weber Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. As the public...
Volcano Erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island, Produces Steam Cloud December 22, 2020 HONOLULU, Hawaii — The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted and shot a steam cloud into the atmosphere that...
Congress Set to Boost FAA Oversight of New Planes After Boeing 737 MAX Crashes December 22, 2020 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are expected to vote Monday to approve landmark reforms on how the government certifies new airplanes...
Meatpacking Workers Get Priority for Vaccine Under CDC Guideline December 22, 2020 By Mike Dorning Meatpacking and poultry processing workers should be among front-line workers next in line for coronavirus vaccines under guidelines approved by...