West News After Years of Fiery Hell, California Gets Less of a Scorching in 2019 October 18, 2019 Mother Nature has given a bit of a break to California during the 2019 wildfire season, but firefighters say the... Read More
Vaping-Lung Deaths Rise Again as Culprit Remains Elusive October 18, 2019 The number of people killed or sickened by lung injuries linked to vaping increased again in the past week, with... Read More
J&J to Pay $117 Million in Nationwide Pact Over Vaginal Mesh October 18, 2019 Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $117 million to settle 41 states’ claims that it misrepresented the risks of vaginal-mesh... Read More
Intel Says It Will Share Pay Data Most Companies Keep Secret October 18, 2019 Intel Corp. says it will publicly release employee pay data, broken down by race and gender later this year. For... Read More
West News SmileDirect Claims California Dentist Conspiracy Harmed Business October 18, 2019 SmileDirectClub Inc., which sells clear orthodontic aligners, alleges dentists who serve on a regulatory board in California conspired to hurt... Read More
J&J Recalls Lot of Baby Powder After Asbestos Trace Found October 18, 2019 Johnson & Johnson is recalling one lot of its Johnson’s Baby Powder after tiny amounts of asbestos contamination were found... Read More
WCRI Report Shows Wide Variety in How States Control Work Comp Medical Costs October 18, 2019 Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used.... Read More
West News Western Governors Want Nuclear Testing Compensation Expanded October 17, 2019 BOISE, Idaho — Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and... Read More
West News Earthquake Probed As Possible Cause of California Fuel Fire October 17, 2019 CROCKETT, Calif. — Officials were trying to determine Wednesday if a 4.5 magnitude earthquake triggered an explosion at a fuel... Read More
Boeing 737 Max Victims’ Lawyers to Subpoena Southwest, American Airlines October 17, 2019 CHICAGO — Lawyers representing families of passengers killed in a Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia in March are set... Read More