New Mexico Residents Fear the Worst of Wildfires Still to Come May 9, 2022 By CEDAR ATTANASIO and BRIAN MELLEY LAS VEGAS, N.M. — With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of this...
Tractor Maker Hit by Ransomware Attack During Planting Season May 9, 2022 By Bianca Flowers and Nathan Gomes U.S. agricultural equipment maker AGCO Corp. said on Friday a ransomware attack was affecting operations at some of its production...
Walgreens Settles Florida Opioid Lawsuit for $683 Million May 9, 2022 By William Rabb The Walgreens pharmacy company has reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida, halting a trial over state...
Identifying Condition of Dams Complicated by Security Concerns, Missing Data May 9, 2022 By DAVID A. LIEB Americans wondering whether a nearby dam could be dangerous can look up the condition and hazard ratings of tens of...
Man Pardoned After 7 Years Reaches $7.5M Settlement With Indiana City, Says Attorney May 9, 2022 By RICK CALLAHAN A Chicago man who was pardoned after spending more than seven years in prison for an armed robbery he didn’t...
Husband of Wife Who Died in Childbirth Cites Racism in Malpractice Suit Against Hospital May 9, 2022 By BRIAN MELLEY The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical hospital last Wednesday, saying...
Report: Michigan 2020 Dam Failures Were ‘Preventable’ May 6, 2022 By John Flesher The failure of two Michigan dams that forced evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes was “foreseeable and preventable,”...
Intuit to Pay $141M Settlement Over ‘Free’ TurboTax Ads May 6, 2022 The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived...
Weight-Loss Surgery Covered by Workers’ Comp, Carolina Appeals Court Finds May 6, 2022 By William Rabb Workers’ compensation insurer Erie Insurance Group must pay for weight-loss surgery for an obese woman who was injured at her...
Space Mirrors, Ocean Fertilization, Cloud Thinning: Weighing Geoengineering Risks May 6, 2022 To slow down the accelerating pace of climate change, scientists are working on radical geoengineering technologies like space mirrors, ocean...