San Diego Boat Wreck Kills 3, Shows Risks of Ocean Smuggling May 5, 2021 By Elliot Spagat SAN DIEGO (AP) — A tractor-trailer slams into an SUV at an intersection on a remote California desert highway, killing... Read More
Labor Secretary Says Most Gig Workers Should Be Classified as Employees May 5, 2021 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s top labor official said most gig workers in the United States should be classified as... Read More
Opioid Distributors Sold ‘Mountain of Pills,’ Lawyer Tells Judge May 4, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Katherine Chiglinsky The biggest drug distributors in the U.S. were accused of swamping a West Virginia county with millions of doses of... Read More
Stiffed Vendors Get Tough With U.S. Retailers After Big Losses May 4, 2021 By Lauren Coleman-Lochner and Eliza Ronalds-Hannon As U.S. retailers celebrate a boom lifting one of the pandemic’s hardest-hit sectors, scars left by a year of bankruptcies... Read More
Pork Processor Seeks To Delay Court Decision Limiting Slaughter Speeds May 4, 2021 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO — U.S. pork processor Seaboard Foods wants to pursue a 10-1/2-month delay to a federal court decision that would... Read More
Claims People: Ascot, Sapiens and Goldberg Segalla May 4, 2021 By Claims Journal Staff Ascot Names Chief Claims Officer Ascot, an international reinsurer and specialty insurer based in London, has appointed Marina S. Barg... Read More
Viewpoint: The Race to Build Self-Driving Trucks Has Four Horses and Three Jockeys May 3, 2021 By Ira Boudway Over the last five years, as it’s become clear that self-driving cars will take longer than expected to arrive on... Read More
8th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Insurance Executive’s Whistleblower Suit May 3, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit filed by an insurance executive who was fired after... Read More
New York Opens Probe Into Toxic Metals In Baby Food April 30, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general said on Thursday she has opened a probe into whether baby food contains... Read More
GM: Software, New Battery Parts Will Solve Bolt Fire Issues April 30, 2021 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Engineers at General Motors have figured out how to fix a battery problem with the Chevrolet Bolt... Read More