Monthly Archives: <span>March 2022</span>

NHTSA to Review if Pony.ai Complied With Crash Reporting Order

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it will review whether startup technology firm Pony.ai complied with government reporting requirements for driverless crashes. Pony.ai earlier this month agreed to issue a recall for some versions of its …

ExxonMobil Refinery Fire in Montana Under Investigation

The cause of an explosion and fire at an ExxonMobil refinery in southern Montana is under investigation, company officials said Sunday. The fire began at about 10 p.m. Saturday at a refinery in Lockwood, a suburb of Billings. It was …

Fears of Another Avalanche Prompt Alaska Evacuation Order

Some residents living near an Anchorage suburb were ordered to evacuate Sunday over fears of another avalanche after a slide last week cut off about 100 homes from a main road. Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson issued the evacuation order for …

Residents Return Home After Fleeing Colorado Wildfire

Nearly 20,000 people who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Colorado were back home Monday after firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fire at 190 acres. The fire that broke out Saturday in the rolling …

Johnson & Johnson to Suspend Supply of Personal Care Products to Russia

Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would halt sale of personal care products in Russia, joining other companies that have limited their business in the country in response to its invasion of Ukraine. J&J said it would continue to …

Judge Dismisses Case Over High-Frequency Trading Led by Providence, Boston Pension

A federal judge on Monday dismissed long-running litigation accusing seven U.S. stock exchanges of defrauding ordinary investors by quietly allowing high-frequency traders to trade faster and at better prices. Exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and BATS Global …

Alabama Wildfire Chars 600 Acres; No Injuries Reported

A wildfire that began over the weekend has consumed more than 600 acres of woods southeast of Birmingham, threatening homes but not causing any reported injuries. Fire officials say smoke and smoldering debris will continue for several days from the …

Georgia Commissioner Directs Insurers to Pay Full Amount of Taxes on Totaled Vehicles

Georgia’s insurance commissioner has issued a directive to auto insurers to include the full amount of sales tax when settling a total-loss vehicle claim. “When calculating taxes to be paid to an insured on a first-party auto claim, insurers should …

No Doctor’s in the House. Johns Hopkins Engineers Building Robot Surgeon.

In a high-tech lab on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore, engineers have been building a robot that may be able to stitch back together the broken vessels in your belly and at some point maybe your brain, no …

Lexington Insurance Pulling Out of Florida, Other Markets for High-End Homes

Lexington Insurance, an AIG company, is pulling out of the Florida homeowners market, leaving an estimated 8,000 affluent customers looking for coverage. And those homeowners likely won’t be able to turn to Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-backed insurer of …