International News Mexico’s Oil Company’s Math Claims Better Worker Safety In late May, Pemex, the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, announced that it had succeeded in bringing its worker fatality and... Read More
Southeast News South Carolina Officials Target Heavy Equipment Theft Ring One man has been jailed and another is being sought as county officials in Florence and Clarendon, South Carolina say... Read More
News New ‘Craze’ of Refracking Wells Shows Much Promise, Many Risks The technique itself is nothing new. Oil crews across the world have been schooled on its simple principles for generations:... Read More
East News New Hampshire Is 15th State with ‘Hands-Free’ Driving Law New Hampshire is now the 15th state to bar drivers from using hand-held cellphones while driving. The new “hands-free” law,... Read More
News SpaceX Still Uncertain Why Falcon 9 Rocket Exploded SpaceX is still homing in on why its Falcon 9 rocket exploded after liftoff last week, unable to resolve conflicting... Read More
East News Massachusetts Trims Workers’ Compensation Assessment Massachusetts businesses are getting a break on workers’ compensation costs for the new fiscal year. Gov. Charlie Baker has announced... Read More
News BP Oil Spill Deal Doesn’t Cover Claims by Insurers, Banks, Others BP Plc’s record $18.7 billion settlement ended government claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, leaving numerous smaller... Read More
International News Germanwings Offers Crash Victims’ Families Emotional Damage Payments Germanwings is offering 25,000 euros ($27,958) compensation payments to close relatives of those killed in the March 24 plane crash... Read More
West News NASA’s Flying Observatory Tracks California’s Disappearing Snowpack A team of scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking California’s snowpack levels aboard a flying laboratory. It’s called... Read More
East News New York Passes Bill Requiring 10-Year Smoke Alarms New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would require new smoke detectors contain 10-year non-removable batteries. The bill, which... Read More