International News ‘Hyper-Local’ Forecaster, Instant Flood Claims Payer Selected for Lloyd’s Incubator A company that delivers “hyper-local” weather forecasts and a firm that predicts emerging risks by mining research data were among... Read More
Southeast News Kentucky Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Spurs Probe A deadly explosion on an Enbridge Inc. natural gas pipeline killed one woman and burned several structures in central Kentucky,... Read More
News Businesses Learn Hard Lessons When not Prepared for Disaster NEW YORK — When Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico in September 2017, Carlos Melendez couldn’t contact the staffers or customers... Read More
News As Sea Levels Rise, Homes Continue to Sprout in U.S. Flood Zones NEW YORK — New homes are going up fastest in high-flood risk areas in many U.S. coastal states, scientists said... Read More
West News San Diego Duo Takes on Electric Scooter Industry SAN DIEGO — Two men in San Diego have impounded thousands of electric scooters they say have been left littered... Read More
Texas / South Central News Oklahoma Makes Final Bid to Hold J&J Responsible for Opioid Epidemic Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its... Read More
East News Change in N.Y. State Law to Usher in ‘Tidal Wave’ of Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits Thousands of child sexual abuse lawsuits are expected to flow into New York State courts in the coming weeks exposing... Read More
Texas / South Central News Exxon Faces Lawsuit Over Air Pollution from Petrochemical Fire HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday over pollution from a fire at the company’s... Read More
West News PG&E Disagrees With WSJ Story Over Power Line Upgrades PG&E Corp. told a judge it “strongly disagrees” with a Wall Street Journal storysuggesting that the utility knew its equipment... Read More
News Dodge Tops Most-Stolen List while Teslas Stay in the Garage Car thieves don’t like to be cramped. If they don’t steal a large vehicle, they at least want to ride... Read More