French Caribbean Fights To Keep Pesticide Case Alive February 18, 2021 By Danica Coto SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in...
Suspected Russian Hackers Used U.S. Networks, Official Says February 18, 2021 By Alyza Sebenius and Jenny Leonard A sprawling cyber-attack that compromised popular software created by Texas-based SolarWinds Corp. was executed from within the U.S., a top...
Insurer Wins Case Filed by New Orleans Restaurant that Filed Early COVID Claim February 17, 2021 By Jim Sams A New Orleans judge denied a motion for declaratory judgment that insurance coverage is owed to a restaurant for business...
In Texas’s Black-Swan Blackout, Everything Went Wrong at Once February 17, 2021 By Rachel Adams-Heard, Naureen S. Malik and Brian Eckhouse The finger-pointing began immediately: It was the frozen wind turbines that foolishly replaced traditional sources. No, fossil fuels were at...
Japan’s Stressed Power Grid Faces New Test With Arctic Blast on Way February 17, 2021 By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO — Japan’s overstretched electricity grid is likely to receive another Arctic blast in the coming days, which is already...
150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Highlights Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels February 17, 2021 By Laila Kearney and Valerie Volcovici PHILADELPHIA — Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a...
Florida Consumers ‘Flabbergasted’ as Property Insurers Push for Double-Digit Rate Hikes February 17, 2021 By Suzanne Barlyn Florida property insurers are jacking up rates by double-digit percentages, blaming the hikes on lingering damage from past hurricanes, a...
Big Tech’s Democratic Critics Discuss Ways to Strike Back With White House February 17, 2021 By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, Feb 17 — Congressional Democrats have begun discussions with the White House on ways to crack down on Big...
Winter’s Wrath: Bitter Cold, No Power And a Deadly Tornado February 17, 2021 By Bryan Anderson RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — At least three people were found dead early Tuesday after a tornado tore through a seaside...
‘This Is Extremely Dangerous’: No Safe Place in Frigid Texas February 17, 2021 By Rachel Adams-Heard and Joe Carroll The dangerously cold temperatures gripping auto-reliant Texas present a terrible dilemma for millions of residents: Stay put in heat-less homes,...