West News Celebrity Chef’s Restaurants Face Trial on Pregnancy Employment Discrimination Claim A former employee of celebrated chef Thomas Keller is suing him and his three-star Michelin restaurants — Per Se in... Read More
News Insys Agrees to $225 Million, 5-Year Settlement of U.S. Opioid Sales Claims Insys Therapeutics Inc., grappling with the prospect of bankruptcy after its founder was convicted on racketeering charges, agreed to pay... Read More
Southeast News North Carolina Schools Reach $10M Insurance Claims Settlement for Tornado Damage More than a year after a tornado struck, a North Carolina school system says it’s reached a $10 million settlement... Read More
News Role of Occupational Hazards in Lung Diseases Is Under-Recognized: Researchers More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of... Read More
News Boeing 737 Should Never Fly Again, Says Consumer Watchdog Nader Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said the larger engines mounted to the Boeing 737 Max represented a design flaw and called... Read More
Southeast News Disney World Denies Union’s Claim That Fire Department Is Understaffed Firefighters for Walt Disney World’s private government say they’re understaffed and that poses a safety risk as the Florida theme... Read More
International News Thanks to Drones, French Wine Tastes Better The sun is shining over a vineyard in the Fronton region of southwestern France, where wine-growing began in Roman times.... Read More
News Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a policy exclusion for invasion of privacy claims relieved an insurer of... Read More
West News University Study Backs More Controlled Burns in West for Managing Wildfire Risks Land management agencies are underutilizing controlled burns to reduce wildfire threats in the western U.S., according to a wildfire study.... Read More
News Mounting Climate Change Fears Push Investors to Assess Geographical Risks NEW YORK — With an above-average percentage of its power generated from renewable sources and one of the largest battery... Read More