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Trump Administration Reviewing US Automatic Emergency Braking Rule
Jan 24 2025 // A U.S. auto safety agency said on Friday it is reconsidering a landmark rule from the administration of former President Joe Biden requiring nearly all new cars and trucks by 2029 to have advanced automatic emergency...
Crop Trader Declares Force Majeure Along US Gulf During Rare Southern Snow
Jan 24 2025 // One of the world’s biggest crop traders has halted loading of grain vessels at US Gulf terminals as the region’s worst snowstorm in 130 years slams the region. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. declared force majeure...
US Health Agencies Cancel External Meetings, Travel After Trump Admin Directives
Jan 24 2025 // U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department of Health and Human...
Worst Snowstorm in 130 Years Plunges US South Into Frigid Chaos
Jan 23 2025 // Across the US South, extreme weather usually means boarding up windows against hurricane winds and lining streets with sandbags to hold back floods. This week, freezing temperatures and record-breaking snowfall are instead...
Houthis Say US and UK Ships Can Safely Take Red Sea Passage
Jan 22 2025 // The Houthis said they will stop attacking US and UK vessels in the Red Sea area in response to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement after a year-plus campaign that’s upended global trade. Ships belonging to US and UK...
US Upgrades Probe Into Emergency Braking Issues in Certain Honda Vehicles
Jan 21 2025 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it is expanding and upgrading a probe into about 295,125 American Honda vehicles over reports of crashes and injuries due to their automatic emergency...
FEMA Transfers $758M in US Flood Program Risk to 27 Private Reinsurers
Jan 21 2025 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said its reinsurance renewal for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) included the transfer of nearly $758 million to the private market through the use of 27...
Walgreens Ignored Red Flags in Dispensing Opioids, US Says
Jan 21 2025 // The Department of Justice sued Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. for allegedly dispensing opioids and other controlled substances at pharmacies across the US while ignoring red flags that the prescriptions were likely...
Tanker Under US Sanctions Discharges Oil at Chinese Port: LSEG Data
Jan 17 2025 // A tanker subject to the new U.S. sanctions is discharging Russian oil at a port operated by Shandong Port Group in east China, shipping data on LSEG Eikon showed on Thursday. The tanker is the first since last week’s...
Actuary Group Forecasts Climate Change to Have Massive GDP Hit Without Policy Action
Jan 17 2025 // Here’s stark warning in a new report from a group of actuaries: the global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090. That is if immediate policy actions on risks posed by climate change are not...
FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year
Jan 17 2025 // FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities...
Extreme Cold From NY to Texas Threatens to Topple Records
Jan 16 2025 // A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central US this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records. Frigid conditions...
DOJ Reports $2.9B Recovered in False Claims Act Litigation
Jan 16 2025 // Litigation under the False Claims Act generated more than $2.9 billion in settlement and judgments the last fiscal year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. According to data released Jan. 15, the Justice...
Jack Daniel’s Parent Firm to Cut Workforce, Close Barrel Plant in Kentucky
Jan 16 2025 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its hometown barrel-making plant in Louisville. The cost-cutting moves come as...
New West Virginia Governor Axes DEI and Enacts Vaccine Exemptions on Day One
Jan 16 2025 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first full day as West Virginia’s chief executive Tuesday, including one enabling families to receive...
Bayer Faces Billions in Payouts for Decades-Old Toxic Mess
Jan 16 2025 // Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit stopped making toxic PCBs a half century ago, but the legal fallout lingers even as many of the building materials made with the chemicals are no longer used in US homes, schools and...
Economists Say Los Angeles Fire to Have Limited National Economic Impact
Jan 16 2025 // Devastating fires in the Los Angeles area are likely to put modest pressure on the U.S. national economy in the near term but are unlikely to derail strong forward momentum, economists say. Forecasters reckon the...
Colonial Shuts Largest US Gasoline Pipe to Investigate Leak
Jan 15 2025 // Colonial Pipeline Co. shut the largest US fuel pipeline Tuesday to investigate a potential leak in Georgia. The company’s Line 1 transports 1.5 million barrels a day of gasoline between Houston, Texas, and...
Russian Insurer Says US Sanctions Against it Increase Risk of Environmental Disaster
Jan 14 2025 // Russian insurance company Ingosstrakh said on Friday [Jan. 10] that U.S. sanctions against it would increase the risk of environmental disasters. The Biden administration on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions...
US Chicken, Pork Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks, USDA Studies Confirm
Jan 14 2025 // Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on...
