Georgia High Court: GEICO Must Pay $2.7M After Failing to Accept $30K Offer April 21, 2021 By Jim Sams GEICO Indemnity Co.’s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under...
Tesla Drives on Autopilot Through a Regulatory Grey Zone April 21, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin, David Shepardson, Tina Bellon BERKELEY, California — The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new...
Inferno on Cape Town’s Table Mountain Rages Out of Control April 20, 2021 By Paul Vecchiatto and Mike Cohen More than 250 firefighters in Cape Town battled a massive blaze that broke out on the slopes of the city’s...
U.S. Unveils Plan to Protect Power Grid From Foreign Hackers April 20, 2021 By Michael Riley and Jamie Tarabay The White House unveiled on Tuesday a 100-day plan intended to protect the U.S. power grid from cyber-attacks, mainly by...
J&J, Other Drugmakers Go to Trial in California in $50B Case Over ‘Deadly Legacy’ of Opioids April 20, 2021 By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson Four drugmakers helped cause the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing their drugs and downplaying their addictive risks, a...
CoreCivic to Settle Shareholders Lawsuit for $56 Million April 20, 2021 By Travis Loller NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — CoreCivic says it will pay $56 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders who accused the...
Insurer to Pay $8M To Black Man Paralyzed by Iowa Officer April 20, 2021 By Ryan J. Foley IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An insurance company for the City of Cedar Rapids will pay $8 million to a...
1 Dead, 100,000 Displaced as Typhoon Blows Near Philippines April 20, 2021 By Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An approaching powerful typhoon has left at least one person dead, another missing and prompted the...
Texas Police to Demand Tesla Crash Data as Musk Denies Autopilot Use April 20, 2021 By David Shepardson and Hyunjoo Jin WASHINGTON — Texas police will serve search warrants on Tesla Inc on Tuesday to secure data from a vehicle that...
Lawsuit Alleging Fatal Restraint By Hospital Staff May Proceed, Texas Supreme Court Rules April 20, 2021 By Jim Sams A lawsuit that charges staffers at a Texas psychiatric hospital with violating a patient’s civil rights must comply with a...