Midwest News After Horrific Fair Ride Accident, Ohio Beefs Up Inspections Four years after a carnival ride’s corroded steel arm snapped and flung a high school student to his death at... Read More
News US Announces New Cybersecurity Requirements for Critical Pipeline Owners WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday required owners and operators of critical pipelines that transport hazardous liquids... Read More
West News Searchers Rescued After Helicopter Crash; Hiker Also Found RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Navy helicopter crew looking for a hiker missing in some California mountains east of Yosemite... Read More
News Insurers Are Rethinking How They Cover Hacks With Cyberattacks on the Rise The hacks came one right after another, sowing chaos at hospitals, idling America’s biggest gasoline pipeline, crippling a huge meat... Read More
International News Final Settlement for Brazil’s Samarco Dam Disaster Could Reach $19 B, Governor Says RIO DE JANEIRO — A definitive settlement with miner Samarco and owners, BHP Group and Vale SA, for the damage... Read More
News Drug Distributors Settle New York Opioid Claims for Up to $1.18 Billion NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) – The three largest U.S. drug distributors agreed mid-trial to pay up to $1.18 billion... Read More
West News Dangerous Conditions Complicate Wildfire Fight in Western US BLY, Ore. (AP) — Erratic winds and dry lightning added to the dangers for crews battling the nation’s largest wildfire... Read More
West News California Utility Says its Equipment May Be Linked to Fire SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie... Read More
International News Germany Defends Preparation for Floods, Considers Lessons BERLIN (AP) — German officials are defending their preparations for flooding in the face of the raging torrents that caught... Read More
Southeast News Witness: Commissioner Used Arson Money to Buy Campaign Signs ATLANTA (AP) — Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck improperly took money from the private insurer he led and used... Read More