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Look, in the Sky. It’s a Balloon. It’s an Aerial Surveillance System.
Jun 7 2019 // An Arizona company developing a new type of high-altitude, long-range surveillance platform just completed a 16-day mission during which massive balloons floated over four western U.S. states, all part of an effort to...
Flooding Midwest Rivers Test Fortifications Around Missouri
Jun 6 2019 // The flooding Missouri and Mississippi rivers tested sandbag fortifications on June 5 as surging waters making their way downstream rose to some of their highest levels in more than two decades in parts of Missouri. The...
Amazon Reveals Unique Delivery Drone; FAA Grants Limited Testing Approval
Jun 6 2019 // Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled a revolutionary new drone — part helicopter and part science-fiction aircraft — that the company expects to use for test deliveries of toothpaste and other household goods starting...
Insys Agrees to $225 Million Settlement of U.S. Claims of Illegal Opioid Sales
Jun 6 2019 // Insys Therapeutics Inc., grappling with the prospect of bankruptcy after its founder was convicted on racketeering charges, agreed to pay $225 million to settle U.S. claims that the drug maker illegally sold opioid-based...
U.S. Judges Grapple with Youths’ Constitutional Challenge to U.S. Climate Policy
Jun 6 2019 // In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil...
Why 5G Networks Could Be Bad News for Storm Forecasting
Jun 5 2019 // Satellites tracking water vapor in 2012 helped scientists accurately predict Superstorm Sandy’s frightening turn toward New York and New Jersey where it killed dozens of people and inflicted billions of dollars in...
Congress Gives Final OK to Stalled Disaster Aid, 4 Month Flood Insurance Extension
Jun 3 2019 // The U.S. Congress on Monday approved legislation providing $19.1 billion in emergency funding for disaster recovery efforts throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign...
Illinois Women Plead Guilty in $1.7M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 3 2019 // Two Chicago, Illinois, women have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) of $1.7 million by falsely billing for services on...
Facebook Must Turn Over Records on How Execs Handle Data Privacy, Judge Rules
May 31 2019 // A U.S. judge ordered Facebook Inc. to give shareholders emails and other records concerning how the social media company handles data privacy, after data for 87 million users was accessed by the British political...
Rains Ease but Risk of River Flooding in Central U.S. Still High
May 31 2019 // Rain-swollen rivers threatened more flooding on Thursday in Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois and Oklahoma, as Tulsa’s mayor warned that the decades-old levee system in his city would be at risk even as waters receded...
Los Angeles County Files Suit Against Bayer’s Monsanto over PCBs
May 31 2019 // Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co. on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay for reducing PCB contamination in dozens of bodies of water. The most populous U.S. county, which has...
Beer Settlement Offers Partial Refunds Over ‘Hawaii’ Claims
May 31 2019 // The maker of Kona beer agreed to offer partial refunds to settle a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers in the continental United States into believing the craft brew was actually made in Hawaii, causing them to...
New Hampshire Sues 3M, DuPont, Other Chemical Companies
May 31 2019 // New Hampshire has sued eight companies including 3M and the DuPont Co. for damage it says has been caused by a class of potentially toxic chemicals found in pizza boxes, fast-food wrappers and drinking water. The...
Facebook Rebuffed by Irish Supreme Court Over Data Transfer Case Referral
May 31 2019 // The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will hear a landmark privacy case regarding the transfer of EU citizens’ data to the United States in July, after Facebook’s bid to stop its referral was blocked by...
IBHS Chief Wright Urges Congress to Consider Tax Credits for Climate Resilience
May 30 2019 // Roy E. Wright, CEO and president of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, wants Congress to consider financing resilience. The IBHS chief testified during a recent appearance before the House Ways and...
Judge Dismisses Investors’ Claim Cboe Allowed Rigging of Stock Market ‘Fear Gauge’
May 30 2019 // A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit in which investors accused the parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange of letting anonymous traders rig Wall Street’s main gauge of future stock market volatility...
7 U.S. Exchanges Face Investors’ Claims for Favoring High Frequency Traders
May 30 2019 // A Manhattan federal judge has ordered seven U.S. stock exchanges to face proposed class-action claims that they defrauded ordinary investors by quietly enabling high-frequency traders to trade faster and at better...
Chicago Fitness Club to Pay $45K to Settle Sex Harassment Suit
May 30 2019 // A Chicago fitness club will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says an employee of Lakeshore...
Sovos Acquires Iowa’s Eagle Technology Management
May 29 2019 // Global tax software provider Sovos is acquiring Iowa-based Eagle Technology Management (ETM), which provides statutory financial reporting and insurance premium tax software to insurers, and unclaimed property reporting...
AAA Survey: Floridians Concerned for Upcoming Hurricane Season
May 29 2019 // Floridians are becoming more concerned about hurricane season, after enduring four major storms in the past three years, including a category five last year, according to a survey from AAA. The AAA survey, conducted online...
