NFL at 100: Helmets Go High Tech in Quest for Player Safety December 24, 2019 By Tim Booth Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask. Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using... Read More
Purdue’s Sacklers Ask to Publish Defense to Clear Their Name December 23, 2019 By Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP’s billionaire owners went on the offensive against what they call unfair press treatment that’s based on the... Read More
Safety Agency Probes 4 Automakers In New Takata Air Bag Recall December 20, 2019 By Tom Krisher DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has launched an investigation into four automakers that have a potentially deadly... Read More
Virginia Attorney Charged in Extortion Plot Over Roundup December 20, 2019 By Denise Lavoie RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia attorney involved in litigation against Monsanto Co. over health risks associated with Roundup weed killer... Read More
Why Big Business Can Count on Courts to Keep its Deadly Secrets December 20, 2019 By Michelle Conlin, Dan Levine and Lisa Girion NEWARK, New Jersey — In the dreary archives of a Newark, New Jersey, courthouse, Ronald Motley found a treasure map.... Read More
Southwest Can Be Sued For Bumping Passenger Who Spoke Arabic – U.S. Judge December 20, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Thursday rejected Southwest Airlines Co’s bid to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit by an American of Iraqi... Read More
Chrysler Discounts Are Biggest in a Decade December 20, 2019 By Gabrielle Coppola Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is making an all-out push to clear away tens of thousands of vehicles that its dealers... Read More
Pilot in Fatal Atlas Crash Had Repeated Flight-Test Failures December 20, 2019 By Alan Levin A pilot on a jet carrying Amazon.com Inc. packages that crashed near Houston in February had a record of repeatedly... Read More
Teen Tesla Driver’s 100 MPH-Plus Speed Cited in Deadly Crash December 20, 2019 By Alan Levin A speeding teenage driver caused the fatal crash of a Tesla Inc. vehicle in Florida in 2018 and the subsequent... Read More
Owner’s Latest Claim for Damaged Yacht Hits Shoal in Federal Appellate Court December 20, 2019 By Jim Sams James Shackleford paid $120,000 for a 65-foot sailboat in 2009, hoping to fix up the vessel and one day sail... Read More