Lyft Inc. is making research data on self-driving technology available to the public in a bid to accelerate the development of robotic cars, which is seen as critical to the ride-hailing giant’s future viability. Billing it as the largest such …
Bills that would legalize and tax marijuana at the national level, and provide opportunities for people convicted of federal pot crimes to clear their records, were introduced Tuesday in Congress. The companion legislation in the House and Senate were introduced …
Slip and falls, flying tools, poor posture. The workplace can be dangerous, and now you can add pets to the risks that Oregon workers face. Dogs and cats have accounted for more than 1,900 claims since 2014 received by SAIF, …
Johnson & Johnson, seeking to head off claims by thousands of women that its iconic Baby Powder caused their cancer, took aim at some of the science cited in lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based products were tainted in the past …
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler disciplined and issued fines in July totaling $724,000 against insurance companies, agents and brokers and others who violated state insurance regulations. Following are the names and fines provided by Kreidler’s office: Insurance companies Molina Healthcare …
Alabama has already had its deadliest year in two decades for boaters – and the summer isn’t nearly over yet. Boating accidents in the first 6 1/2 months of 2019 have killed 25 people, Al.com reported . Already, that makes …
German blue-chip companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel along with a host of others said on Wednesday they had been victims of cyber attacks, confirming a German media report which said the likely culprit was a state-backed Chinese group. Public broadcaster ARD …
Some employees were evacuated from the Idaho National Laboratory in southeastern Idaho while crews fight a wildfire burning near the nuclear energy research site. INL officials say non-essential employees were evacuated Tuesday, mainly because of wind changes and smoke from …
The University of Wisconsin System will pay a former student $325,000 to settle claims that a professor sexually harassed her. The former student, identified as A.R. in court documents, sued in October saying UW-Oshkosh violated her rights and acted “with …
The cleanup of millions of gallons of waste and polluted water is far from over four months after a large fire burned for days at a Houston-area petrochemical storage site. Intercontinental Terminals Company, the facility’s owner, must abide by a …
