Japan’s Non-Life Insurers Must Cut Cross-Shareholdings to Zero, Industry Group Says September 19, 2024 A trade group representing Japan’s biggest non-life insurers said on Thursday that its member firms should set a clear deadline...
Historic Rainfall Inflicts Chaotic Floods Across Four Continents September 19, 2024 By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K. Sullivan Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the US Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ways in...
A Second Zantac Cancer Trial Ends With Hung Jury September 19, 2024 By Brendan Pierson The latest trial over claims that the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac causes cancer ended with a hung jury on Wednesday,...
Environmental Group Sues Tyson Foods for Alleged False Climate Claims September 19, 2024 By Leah Douglas An environmental group is suing Tyson Foods for allegedly misleading consumers by saying it will reach net-zero emissions by 2050...
‘Firehose’ Storm Hits North Carolina and Scientists See Climate Change September 19, 2024 By Jeffrey Collins The Carolinas early this week braced for a storm that forecasters warned could bring heavy rain — as much as...
All 4 Dead Aboard Plane After Crash Near Runway in Rural Alaska September 19, 2024 A crash of a plane roughly a half-mile from a runway near the southwest Alaska community of St. Mary’s killed...
Report Found System Issues Prior to Firefighting Foam Spill at Airport September 19, 2024 A fire suppression system at a Brunswick Executive Airport hangar showed deficiencies about a year before it discharged gallons of...
California Labor Commissioner Gets $1.7M Settlement in Wingstop Wage Theft Case September 19, 2024 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $1.7 million wage theft settlement for 550 workers in an alleged scheme in...
OSHA Orders Building Materials Supplier to Reinstate Whistleblower Truck Driver September 19, 2024 A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Virginia subsidiary of one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers fired a...
Industry Critiques Trump’s Auto Insurance Rate Data, Promise to Cut Premiums September 19, 2024 By Chad Hemenway A comment and promise made by former President Donald Trump on Tuesday received a lot of not-so-positive attention from the...