Proposed Train Camera Rule Coming Soon A federal rail safety agency plans to propose a rule that might require the installation of video cameras aboard trains... Read More
Weather Channel Says Public Safety at Heart of Contract Dispute The Weather Channel asked its viewers Saturday to urge Congress to intervene in its business dispute with DirecTV, arguing that... Read More
Fire Risk Prompts GM to Recall 370,000 Pickups General Motors is recalling 370,000 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups from the 2014 model year to fix software that... Read More
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Adds Primary Casualty Construction Capabilities Boston-based Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it is expanding its construction casualty capabilities to include primary casualty insurance.... Read More
Target Data Breach Affected Nearly 70M Customers Target Corp said a massive payment card data breach that occurred during the first three weeks of the holiday shopping... Read More
Safety Standards for Rail Tank Cars Coming Soon U.S. officials have promised to issue within weeks new safety standards for the kind of tank cars involved in a... Read More
Moldy Washers Cases Put Class Actions in High Court’s Spotlight The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as soon as Friday whether to take up closely watched cases involving moldy odor-emitting... Read More
Funding Problems Threaten U.S. Disaster Preparedness The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City prompted large increases in government funding to help communities respond and... Read More
Commercial Plane Accident Fatalities Drop to Lowest Level in a Decade Aircraft accident fatalities fell to a 10-year low in 2013, with 224 deaths involving large commercial planes compared with 703... Read More
IRS Criminal Identity Theft Investigations Increase 66% The Internal Revenue Service started 1,492 criminal investigations into the use of tax returns to commit identity theft in the... Read More