Texas / South Central News Texas Prosecutors Accuse Arkema, Executives of Failures Over Chemical Fire Opening statements began on Thursday in criminal charges against the U.S. arm of a French company and three executives over... Read More
International News Catastrophe Bonds Signal Coronavirus Nearing Pandemic Status The World Health Organization says the coronavirus isn’t yet a global pandemic. Bonds that insure against just such a catastrophe... Read More
News Bayer’s Roundup Woes May Force It to Sell Assets or Borrow Bayer AG acknowledged for the first time that lawsuits related to the controversial weed killer Roundup could force it to... Read More
News California Releases Autonomous Mileage Reports Car Makers Love to Hate Alphabet’s Waymo and General Motors-backed Cruise saw their autonomous vehicles require less help from human drivers on California’s public roads... Read More
News Sedgwick Founder Robert Young Dead at 83 Robert Lerton “Bob” Young, founder of a company that grew to become claims-management giant Sedgwick, died on Feb. 20, the... Read More
East News Hoboken Gets Boost for Park that Will Also Hold Floodwaters HOBOKEN, N.J. — Hoboken, one of the areas in New Jersey hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, is making progress toward... Read More
East News Forest Fire Near I-80, Appalachian Trail Mostly Contained HARDWICK TOWNSHIP — A forest fire burning through a popular hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and... Read More
East News Nisource Unit to Plead Guilty After U.S. Probe into Mass. Gas Explosions BOSTON — A subsidiary of utility operator NiSource Inc has agreed to pay $53 million and plead guilty to breaking... Read More
International News Bayer’s Chairman to Leave as Company Fights Roundup Suits Bayer AG Chairman Werner Wenning will step down as the German drug and chemicals company wrestles with the growing fallout... Read More
News Drugmaker’s Opioid Settlement Offer Gains Ground With States Opioid makers and distributors who proposed paying almost $50 billion to resolve U.S. lawsuits over the addictive drugs are drawing... Read More