Wall Street Embraces Weather Risk in New Era of Storms, Drought April 1, 2019 Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. Eilts, senior... Read More
Texas / South Central News Firefighters at Houston Chemical Disaster Scrambled for Foam April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Firefighters confronted with the worst Gulf Coast industrial disaster in 14 years had to call on outside sources to augment... Read More
Southeast News 9-1-1 System to Increase State and Local Fees in Maryland April 1, 2019 By Jared Beinart ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Legislation that would increase state and local 9-1-1 fees in Maryland — part of the Next Generation... Read More
More than 1 Million Acres of U.S. Cropland Ravaged by Floods April 1, 2019 By P.J. Huffstutter, Humeyra Pamuk 6 MIN READ CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Neb. — At least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm left wide... Read More
West News Busy Week Brings 3 Guilty Pleas, 2 Arrests for Insurance Fraud April 1, 2019 Three Washington state residents pleaded guilty to charges after investigations by state fraud investigators last week, while two other people... Read More
New Insurer Patents Optimize Commute Routes and Sniff out Road Rage April 1, 2019 By Jim Sams As the world awaits the fifth generation of cellular technology, U.S. insurers are investing in telematics to track their policyholders... Read More
International News Teva Wins Patent Case Related to Orexo Opioid-Treatment Drug April 1, 2019 By Christopher Yasiejko A U.S. jury on Friday rejected a claim by Sweden’s Orexo AB that two generic opioid-addiction treatments created by Teva... Read More
2nd Circuit Uphold’s Defeat of Harassment Suit Against Gay Dating App March 29, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court refused to hold Grindr liable to a New York man who said his former boyfriend... Read More
N.Y. Accuses Opioid Maker Purdue of Illegal Fund Transfers to Sacklers March 29, 2019 By Nate Raymond Purdue Pharma LP fraudulently transferred funds to members of the wealthy Sackler family who control the OxyContin maker despite knowing... Read More
International News Boeing Crash Probe Points to Faulty Anti-Stall System, WSJ Says March 29, 2019 By Angus Whitley and Tara Patel The stall-prevention system on a Boeing Co. 737 Max jet automatically switched on before the plane crashed in Ethiopia this... Read More