West News Edison’s Trial Over Liability for Woolsey Wildfire to Start in April August 20, 2019 By Erik Larson The first trial to determine if Edison International’s Southern California utility is liable for damages from the Woolsey wildfire that... Read More
Editor's Picks Centers for Disease Control Probing Lung Diseases Linked to e-Cigarettes August 20, 2019 By April Joyner The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a “cluster” of lung illnesses that it believes may be... Read More
West News Airbnb, Oregon Women Settle Racial Discrimination Claim August 20, 2019 Airbnb has settled a lawsuit brought by several Oregon women who said the site allowed vacation rental owners to discriminate... Read More
Southeast News City Paid for Neglect After Leaving Water System Vulnerable August 19, 2019 By Larry Barszewski FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Eight years after shrinking its staff, Fort Lauderdale still doesn’t have the workers it needs to... Read More
Roy Moore Defamation Lawsuit Against Accusers is Paused August 19, 2019 By Kim Chandler MONTGOMERY, Ala. –_ A judge has paused a defamation suit filed by Roy Moore against women who accused him during... Read More
Fraud Plagues Disaster Relief Efforts August 19, 2019 By Natalie Anderson, Jake Goodrick, and Peter Nicieja PANAMA CITY, Fla. — As the scale and frequency of major disasters escalate, millions of dollars in federal, state and... Read More
Southeast News He Died Fleeing a Hurricane, Nobody Has Claimed his Body August 19, 2019 By Richard Stradling WHITEVILLE, N.C. — Shannon Godwin was putting plywood on the windows of his home the day before Hurricane Florence was... Read More
Oil Companies Persuade States to Make Pipeline Protests a Felony August 19, 2019 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents... Read More
West News PG&E Tumbles on Risk of Up to $18 Billion in Fire-Lawsuit Costs August 19, 2019 By Joe Ryan PG&E Corp. shares plunged Monday after a judge ruled that a jury can determine whether it should pay as much... Read More
InsurTechs Push for Front Row Seat in New World of Autonomous Technology August 19, 2019 By Jim Sams Before manufacturers let autonomous vehicles loose on public roadways, they’ll have to show that their driverless cars are a lot... Read More