West News Hawaii Town Blocked by Landslide Launches Makeshift Ferry HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers on Kauai’s north shore have launched a makeshift ferry service across a river after a landslide... Read More
Southeast News ‘Nothing But Problems’: Shipwreck Tear-Down Enters 5th Month SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — When salvage crews began cutting apart the capsized Golden Ray, a shipwreck the size of a... Read More
News Pimco Advances a Blanket Denial in Sexual Harrasment Lawsuit Pacific Investment Management Co. advanced an aggressive, categorical denial to recent claims that female employees were sexually harassed and retaliated... Read More
News Judge Narrows Zoom Lawsuit Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ A U.S. judge dismissed large parts of a lawsuit accusing Zoom Video Communications Inc of violating users’ privacy rights by... Read More
West News Sacklers Boost Opioid Settlement Offer to $4.3 Billion – Sources NEW YORK — Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP have offered roughly $4.3 billion to resolve... Read More
Texas / South Central News Houston Area Flood Control Effort Facing $1.4B Shortfall HOUSTON (AP) — Flood control projects approved by Houston area voters in 2018 in response to Hurricane Harvey are facing... Read More
News Security Camera Hack Exposes Hospitals, Workplaces, Schools Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools,... Read More
West News Hawaii’s Rains, Floods Cited As Examples of Climate Change HONOLULU (AP) — Heavy rains are part of the winter wet season in Hawaiian Islands. But the downpours triggering flooding... Read More
News Adaptive Cruise Control Raises Crash Risks, U.S. Study Finds Adaptive cruise control systems on cars, which control braking and speed, raise the risk of traffic crashes because the technology... Read More
International News Insurers, Reinsurers Prepare for Battle Over UK COVID-19 Business Payments LONDON — Top insurance companies, ordered by Britain’s highest court to pay thousands of small businesses millions of pounds in... Read More