Uber Reports 3,000 Sexual Assault Claims Last Year in Its Safety Review December 6, 2019 Uber Technologies Inc. found more than 3,000 allegations of sexual assaults involving drivers or passengers on its platform in the... Read More
Waymo’s Autonomous Taxi Service Tops 100,000 Rides December 6, 2019 More than 100,000 trips have been taken in robotaxis operated by Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc. Now... Read More
West News $12.7M Dam Project Aimed at Protecting New Mexico Village December 5, 2019 In one southern New Mexico village, it’s like clockwork — the summer rains come and the floodwaters follow. Federal officials... Read More
Thought Leadership Beyond the Flood Zone: Managing Urban Flooding in the Northeast Presented by Cotality Areas like New York City can cause a massive headache for insurers during hurricane season — often surpassing the challenges...
Feds Sue Arkansas Insurer Over Fired Employee Who Had A Baby December 5, 2019 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The federal government is suing a Little Rock-based insurance company over the firing of a worker... Read More
Buffalo Bishop Resigns Under Fire for Handling of Misconduct December 5, 2019 NEW YORK — Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo resigned Wednesday, forced to step aside amid mounting calls for his ouster... Read More
Texas / South Central News TPC to Rebuild Texas Chemical Plant Shut by Explosions, Fire December 5, 2019 Petrochemical maker TPC Group Inc will rebuild the Texas plant shut last week by devastating explosions that ignited fires that... Read More
West News Growing Group Seeks Local Takeover of PG&E December 5, 2019 More than 110 Northern California city and county officials representing the majority of bankrupt PG&E Corp.’s customers are proposing to... Read More
International News U.S. Sanctions Russian Group ‘Evil Corp’ Over $100 Million Hack December 5, 2019 The U.S. Treasury Department said it would sanction a Russian group known as “Evil Corp” and its leaders for cyber-thefts... Read More
The Struggle to Sell a $225,000 Pile of Junk at Art Basel Miami December 5, 2019 The artist Portia Munson is known for her very bright, very chaotic, more-is-more artworks filled with “ephemera,” which is often... Read More
West News 9th Circuit Finds Carrier Not Liable to Defend in Sexual Abuse Case December 5, 2019 A federal appellate court reversed a ruling that would have forced a homeowner’s insurer to pay up to $300,000 in... Read More