Labor Secretary Says Most Gig Workers Should Be Classified as Employees May 5, 2021 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s top labor official said most gig workers in the United States should be classified as... Read More
Opioid Distributors Sold ‘Mountain of Pills,’ Lawyer Tells Judge May 4, 2021 The biggest drug distributors in the U.S. were accused of swamping a West Virginia county with millions of doses of... Read More
Stiffed Vendors Get Tough With U.S. Retailers After Big Losses May 4, 2021 As U.S. retailers celebrate a boom lifting one of the pandemic’s hardest-hit sectors, scars left by a year of bankruptcies... Read More
International News Mexico City Rail Overpass Collapses Onto Road, Killing at Least 23 May 4, 2021 MEXICO CITY — At least 23 people were killed and 65 were hospitalized when a railway overpass and train collapsed... Read More
Midwest News Munitions Being Detonated as Evidence in Pipeline Lawsuit May 4, 2021 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Munitions were expected to be detonated Monday as attorneys attempt to gather evidence in a federal... Read More
Southeast News Tornadoes Cause Damage in Mississippi; Tupelo Hit at Night May 4, 2021 YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — Multiple tornadoes were reported across Mississippi on Sunday, destroying homes and uprooting trees before the... Read More
West News Alaska Court System Briefly Forced Offline Amid Cyber Threat May 4, 2021 JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Court System has temporarily disconnected most of its operations from the internet after a... Read More
Pork Processor Seeks To Delay Court Decision Limiting Slaughter Speeds May 4, 2021 CHICAGO — U.S. pork processor Seaboard Foods wants to pursue a 10-1/2-month delay to a federal court decision that would... Read More
Claims People: Ascot, Sapiens and Goldberg Segalla May 4, 2021 Ascot Names Chief Claims Officer Ascot, an international reinsurer and specialty insurer based in London, has appointed Marina S. Barg... Read More
Texas / South Central News Hidden Super Polluters Revealed in Wake of Texas Energy Crisis May 3, 2021 The polar blast in Texas earlier this year revealed a dirty secret in the most prolific U.S. oil field: Two... Read More