Doing Business in California Costs One Blackout a Week October 28, 2019 By Mark Chediak It was only expected to happen a couple times a year — and just as a last resort. That’s what...
Safety Board Says Corroded Pipe Led to Philadelphia Refinery Fire October 16, 2019 By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, Oct 16 — An old, degraded piece of metal pipe that had not been tested for corrosion led...
Purdue Judge Halts Government Opioid Suits Against Drugmaker October 14, 2019 By Steven Church and Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners won a temporary reprieve from nearly 2,700 opioid lawsuits, giving the bankrupt drugmaker...
One Massive Blackout Is Over, Now California Braces for the Next October 14, 2019 By Lynn Doan, Mark Chediak and Hailey Waller An unprecedented blackout that plunged millions of Californians into the darkness for days is over. And nobody can say when...
Judge Strips PG&E of Exclusive Control Over Recovery Plan October 10, 2019 By Steven Church and Mark Chediak California power giant PG&E Corp. was stripped of its right to exclusively pitch a reorganization plan in court, escalating an...
Cost of Opioid Crisis ‘Dwarfs’ Drugmakers’ Resources, N.Y. Says October 8, 2019 By Erik Larson The public cost of coping with the opioid crisis in the U.S. “dwarfs” the combined resources of the companies sued...
Purdue, Sacklers Seek to Use Bankruptcy as Shield From Suits October 4, 2019 By Erik Larson and Steven Church The first big fight in Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy case is taking shape as states and cities across the U.S....
PG&E Attacks Rival Plan for Paying Fire Victims Before Insurers September 23, 2019 By Steven Church PG&E Corp. and a group of insurers urged a judge to reject a competing reorganization plan for the bankrupt utility...
U.K. Launches Massive Tourist Airlift After Thomas Cook Collapse September 23, 2019 By Richard Weiss, Luca Casiraghi and James Ludden The U.K. government deployed the “largest repatriation in peacetime history” to bring home more than 150,000 tourists stranded on overseas...
Purdue Opioid Deal May Be Worth Less Than Drugmaker Promised September 20, 2019 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP’s deal to escape thousands of lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis may provide less...