After Horrific Fair Ride Accident, Ohio Beefs Up Inspections July 21, 2021 By John Seewer Four years after a carnival ride’s corroded steel arm snapped and flung a high school student to his death at...
US Announces New Cybersecurity Requirements for Critical Pipeline Owners July 21, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday required owners and operators of critical pipelines that transport hazardous liquids...
Searchers Rescued After Helicopter Crash; Hiker Also Found July 21, 2021 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Navy helicopter crew looking for a hiker missing in some California mountains east of Yosemite...
Insurers Are Rethinking How They Cover Hacks With Cyberattacks on the Rise July 21, 2021 By Max Reyes and Katherine Chiglinsky The hacks came one right after another, sowing chaos at hospitals, idling America’s biggest gasoline pipeline, crippling a huge meat...
Final Settlement for Brazil’s Samarco Dam Disaster Could Reach $19 B, Governor Says July 20, 2021 By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO — A definitive settlement with miner Samarco and owners, BHP Group and Vale SA, for the damage...
Drug Distributors Settle New York Opioid Claims for Up to $1.18 Billion July 20, 2021 By Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) – The three largest U.S. drug distributors agreed mid-trial to pay up to $1.18 billion...
Dangerous Conditions Complicate Wildfire Fight in Western US July 20, 2021 BLY, Ore. (AP) — Erratic winds and dry lightning added to the dangers for crews battling the nation’s largest wildfire...
California Utility Says its Equipment May Be Linked to Fire July 20, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie...
Germany Defends Preparation for Floods, Considers Lessons July 20, 2021 By Geir Moulson BERLIN (AP) — German officials are defending their preparations for flooding in the face of the raging torrents that caught...
Witness: Commissioner Used Arson Money to Buy Campaign Signs July 20, 2021 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck improperly took money from the private insurer he led and used...