May 29, 2018
Oregon produced enough recreational cannabis last year to supply every adult resident with more than 5 ounces of legal marijuana. The Bend Bulletin reports there were more than 1 million pounds in the state’s supply chain. Data provided by the …
May 29, 2018
A California jury delivered a $25.7 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed she developed cancer by using the company’s talc-based baby powder. Jurors in Los Angeles recommended $4 million in punitive …
May 29, 2018
A 40-year-old Army officer assigned to Alaska has been charged with making false insurance claims and pocketing nearly $400,000. Lt. Col. Christopher James DeMure is charged with mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. He was arrested Thursday and held …
May 29, 2018
RightSure Insurance Group has acquired Tucson, Ariz.-based ETNA Insurance Agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The purchase is RightSure’s 11th book of business acquisition. Current ETNA executives and employees will be retained by RightSure and will continue to …
May 29, 2018
U.S. Senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal are pressing automakers and technology companies that are developing self-driving cars about their safety protocols for test-driving the vehicles. Federal investigators said this week that the system used to automatically apply brakes had …
May 29, 2018
Insurance and reinsurance broker Ed has been granted a license to carry out general insurance mediation business by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. This follows on from last year’s announcement by the broker of the expansion of its professional and …
May 29, 2018
New York City has issued a stop work order at the construction site of one of Manhattan’s tallest skyscrapers after a large glass panel fell, killing a security guard and injuring a construction worker. The city’s Department of Buildings said …
May 29, 2018
A proposed class action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job-seekers has been expanded to identify additional companies, further widening the latest front in claims that candidates are being filtered out by gender, geography, race and …
May 29, 2018
Roaring flash floods struck a Maryland city Sunday that had been wracked by similar devastation two years ago, its main street turned into a raging river that reached the first floor of some buildings and swept away parked cars, authorities …
May 29, 2018
The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and could collect user information or shut down network traffic. The U.S. law enforcement agency urged the owners of many brands …