Monthly Archives: <span>May 2023</span>

Japan Nuclear Watchdog Asks Fukushima Plant Operator to Assess Reactor Risk

TOKYO (AP) – A nuclear watchdog has asked the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to assess possible risks resulting from damage that was found in a key supporting structure inside one of the three melted reactors. A …

Unusual Battle of Climatic Titans Will Steer Hurricane Season

Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural weather event dramatically dampens …

After Typhoon Mawar, ‘What Used to Be a Jungle Looks Like Toothpicks’

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Many residents of Guam remained without power and utilities Thursday after Typhoon Mawar tore through the remote U.S. Pacific territory the night before and ripped roofs off homes, flipped vehicles and shredded trees. There were no …

TV Station Airs MMA Partner’s Admissions During Staff Meeting

A New Orleans television station broadcast an audio recording of a founding partner of the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm admitting that his law firm used a roofing company and a marketing firm to sign on clients. 4WWL’s Eyewitness …

US Forecasters Call for Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

HOUSTON – The Atlantic hurricane season will bring an average number of ocean storms and hurricanes this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. NOAA forecasters estimate 12 to 17 named storms of which five to …

Contractor Says it has Settled Lawsuit with Sick and Dying Coal Ash Workers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led to a slew of illnesses, including fatal cancers, have reached a settlement with the contractor who …

Murdaugh Indicted for Diverting Insurance Proceeds

Former South Carolina injury attorney Alex Murdaugh, convicted in March of murdering his wife and son, has been indicted on 22 federal counts of defrauding clients, laundering money, and diverting insurance proceeds into his personal account. Murdaugh set up a …

Super Typhoon Mawar Passes over Guam as Category 4 Storm

HONOLULU (AP) – Typhoon Mawar barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, pummeling the U.S. Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge that swamped low-lying areas as residents hunkered down in homes …

Do Not Call: States Sue Telecom Company over Billions of Robocalls

PHOENIX (AP) – Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. The 141-page lawsuit was filed Tuesday in …

DEA Failed to Punish Distributor Blamed in Opioid Crisis

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to keep shipping highly addictive painkillers for nearly four years after a judge recommended it be stripped of its license for …