St. Louis Contractor Faces $276K in Fines Over Deadly Fall Hazards April 12, 2024 Federal workplace safety inspectors found a Missouri roofing contractor again risking the safety of its employees by failing to protect... Read More
Oregon Schools Sued for $9M After Young Girl Allegedly Raped April 12, 2024 By Audrey McAvoy A young girl and her guardian have sued an Oregon nonprofit organization, Portland Public Schools and Multnomah County for $9... Read More
Probe Underway of Fatal Crash Inolving Ford Mustang With Assisted Driver System April 12, 2024 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into a March 3 fatal... Read More
Editor's Picks Europe’s Wildfires in 2023 Were Among Worst This Century: Report April 12, 2024 By Geert De Clercq The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published... Read More
Company That Made Millions of Defective Sleep Apnea Machines Ordered to Overhaul Manufacturing April 12, 2024 By Matthew Perrone The company responsible for a global recall of sleep apnea machines will be barred from resuming production at U.S. facilities... Read More
Suncor’s Syncrude Fined $287,000 Over Oil Sands Worker Death April 12, 2024 By Robert Tuttle Suncor Energy Inc.’s majority-owned Syncrude Canada Ltd. unit was fined C$390,000 ($287,000) for an oil-sands mine worker’s death, one of... Read More
Editor's Picks US Cyber Agency Says Russian Hackers Used Microsoft Access to Steal Government Emails April 11, 2024 By Raphael Satter The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft’s email system to... Read More
US Cyber Agency Warns of Compromise at Sisense Data Firm April 11, 2024 By Katrina Manson The US lead agency for federal cybersecurity is warning that Sisense Inc., a data analytics company, has suffered a compromise... Read More
Editor's Picks Global Election Super-Cycle Raises Risk of Political Violence, Large Insurance Losses April 11, 2024 By Lisa Howard Almost half the world’s population will go to the polls before the end of 2024, which raises the threat of... Read More
US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting April 11, 2024 By Ty Oneil It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and... Read More