Editor's Picks California to Get Drenched From Fast-Moving Atmospheric River A fast-moving atmospheric river coming off the Pacific Ocean will drench northern and central California on Wednesday and then head... Read More
Editor's Picks Bayer Jury’s $2.2 Billion Roundup Verdict is Biggest Yet Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit was ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay more than $2.2 billion to a former Roundup... Read More
Avian Flu is Devastating Farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as Outbreaks Roil Poultry Industry Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government... Read More
Editor's Picks Alabama High Court Says COVID Liability Immunity Includes Slips and Falls at Hospital When the COVID-19 virus spread across the country three years ago, dozens of state legislatures approved statutes that granted health... Read More
Seattle Will Pay $10M to Protesters Who Said Police Used Excessive Force During 2020 Protests Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial... Read More
Small Farmers Hit by Extreme Weather Could Get Assistance From Proposed Insurance Program Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get... Read More
Editor's Picks Reforms to US Disaster Aid Expose Growing Home Insurance Gap When disaster hits in the US, the federal government gives aid to states and counties, but also to individuals. In... Read More
Vale, BHP Ordered to Pay $9.7 Billion for 2015 Brazilian Dam Disaster Vale SA, BHP Group and their Samarco iron ore venture must pay 47.6 billion reais ($9.7 billion) in compensation for... Read More
Editor's Picks Houston ‘Hire A Dick’ Attorney Faces Another Six Figure Sanctions Order For the second time in three months, Houston plaintiffs’ attorney Eric B. Dick has been ordered to reimburse an insurer... Read More
Oregon Jury Awards $85M to 9 Victims of Deadly 2020 Wildfires An Oregon jury awarded $85 million to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict... Read More