New York AG Urges U.S. FDA to Take Action on Baby Food Safety Standards February 9, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take...
Michigan Man Killed by Baby Shower Cannon Was Near Explosion February 9, 2021 GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man who was fatally injured when a cannon exploded in a backyard during...
Rescuers in India Digging For 37 Trapped in Glacier Flood February 9, 2021 By Biswajeet Banerjee and Rishabh R. Jain RUDRAPRAYAG, India (AP) — Rescuers in northern India worked Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped...
Swedes Acquitted of Desecrating Sunken Ferry With Robot Dive February 9, 2021 STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Swedish nationals were acquitted Monday of desecrating a sunken ferry by sending down a robot in...
Claims People: CNC, Crawford & Co., Alacrity Solutions February 9, 2021 CNC Hires Senior VP for Strategy Catastrophe & National Claims, an insurance adjusting firm based in Mobile, Ala., has appointed...
Claims Business: Alacrity, Colonial Claims and EigenRisk February 9, 2021 Alacrity Buys Fourseventy Claim Management Alacrity Solutions Group, a claims management provider based in Fishers, Ind., has acquired Fourseventy Claim...
California Utilities to Spend Billions to Cut Wildfire Risk February 8, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s largest utilities said Friday that they will spend about $13 billion to reduce the risk...
Glacier Breaks in India’s North; Flood Kills 9, 140 Missing February 8, 2021 By Biswajeet Banerjee and Rishabh R. Jain RISHIKESH, India (AP) — Indian authorities launched a search operation Sunday after part of a Himalayan glacier broke, sending a...
Wildfire Smoke’s Economic Damage Lingers After the Flames February 8, 2021 By Brian P. D. Hannon The damage caused by wildfires can be devastating, gutting structures and driving out people who live and work nearby. And...
Efforts in Cedar Rapids Prompt Drop in Flood Insurance Rates February 8, 2021 By Marissa Payne CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — When the Cedar River flooded over 10 square miles of the city in 2008, few...