Latest USA Headlines
All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Researchers Use Supercomputers to Quantify Quake Risk
Jul 16 2018 // Scientists and engineers are simulating precisely how a large-magnitude earthquake along the Hayward Fault would affect different locations and buildings across the San Francisco Bay Area. A team from Lawrence Berkeley...
People
Jul 16 2018 // Hanover Stone Solutions, an advisory firm providing risk consulting services to U.S. property/casualty and life insurance companies, has appointed Joanne Morrissey and Gary Dubois as senior advisors based in New York...
Trump Apologizes to UK Prime Minister for ‘Fake News’ Criticisms of Brexit Plan
Jul 14 2018 // President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Britain could secure a “great” post-Brexit trade deal, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Theresa May and contradicting his own withering assessment...
It’s Too Soon to Regulate Self-Driving Cars, Says U.S. Safety Official
Jul 13 2018 // It’s premature to regulate the self-driving vehicles being tested by companies such as General Motors Co. and Waymo LLC, the U.S. government’s top auto safety official said. “At this point the technology...
Trump Criticizes UK Prime Minister’s Brexit Plan, Saying He Would Have Done It Better
Jul 13 2018 // U.S. President Donald Trump said a free trade deal with Britain might be impossible if London went ahead with Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposals for post-Brexit ties with the European Union, in damaging remarks...
New Pass-Through Tax Guidance Now Expected by End of July
Jul 12 2018 // U.S. Treasury Department rules outlining which businesses structured as S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies can claim a 20 percent tax deduction are likely to be delayed until the end of July,...
Court Rules Airport Screeners Shielded From Passenger Abuse Claims
Jul 12 2018 // Fliers may have a tough time recovering damages for invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, after a federal appeals court on Wednesday said screeners are immune from claims under a federal law governing...
Ascot Brings On Navigators’ Piazza to Head New U.S. Marine Insurance Team
Jul 12 2018 // Specialty insurance underwriter Ascot Group has appointed a new U.S. marine insurance team led by Chris Piazza as executive vice president and head of U.S. Marine Insurance. Piazza will lead all aspects of Ascot’s...
Appeals Court Upholds Volkswagen’s $10 Billion Diesel Settlement with Owners
Jul 11 2018 // A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Volkswagen’s $10.03 billion settlement with the owners of nearly 500,000 polluting diesel vehicles announced in 2016. The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...
Regulators Try to Navigate Legal, Social, Safety Issues Raised by Autonomous Vehicles
Jul 11 2018 // In closed-door meetings last March, U.S. transportation regulators and others grappled with questions about whether police should have the power to disable self-driving cars and whether an automatic alert that a robo-taxi...
Lawsuits Against Monsanto’s Roundup Cleared for Trial
Jul 11 2018 // Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto Co. by cancer survivors or families of those who died can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, finding there was sufficient evidence for a jury to hear the cases that...
Facebook Faces £500,000 Fine in UK over Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Violations
Jul 11 2018 // Facebook Inc. could be fined a symbolic 500,000 pounds ($664,000) by the U.K.’s privacy regulator after the social network giant failed to prevent key user data falling into the hands of a political consultancy that...
Halliburton Sued by Feds for National Origin, Religious Discrimination
Jul 11 2018 // Federal officials have sued Houston-based energy giant Halliburton Energy Services Inc. for subjecting two employees to national origin and religious discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Zurich’s Flood Resilience Alliance Extended to Generate Additional Funding of $1B
Jul 10 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group announced that after five successful years its flood resilience alliance will be extended until 2023. In the last five years, a multi-sector alliance comprising the non-governmental organization...
Maine, EPA, Tribes Spar Over Water Quality Rules
Jul 10 2018 // The state of Maine is locked in a legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a pair of American Indian tribes about the way clean water standards apply in and around tribal lands. Maine is arguing in...
How the U.S. Cyber Insurance Market Is Performing: Aon Report
Jul 10 2018 // The number of U.S. insurers providing cyber insurance continues to grow along with instances of cyber attacks. In 2017, 170 U.S. insurers reported writing cyber insurance, up from 140 in 2016 and 119 in 2015, according to...
North Dakota Farmers Want Crop Insurance Changes in Ag Bill
Jul 9 2018 // North Dakota’s largest farm group is pushing for adjustments to crop insurance payments to protect farmers from international trade retaliations. The U.S. House and Senate versions of a new Farm Bill are heading to...
Jury Convicts Press Release Hackers Involved in Illegal Trading Scheme
Jul 9 2018 // A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York on Friday convicted two men for their roles in an international scheme to make millions of dollars by illegally trading on corporate press releases that were stolen by computer hackers...
Court Upholds Federal Authority to Regulate Hobbyist Drone Use
Jul 9 2018 // The U.S. government’s ability to police hobbyist drone use was upheld by an appellate court Friday in a ruling that helps set the stage for a series of new restrictions and requirements aviation regulators hope to...
Beryl, Season’s First Hurricane, Weakens; Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico Face Uncertainty
Jul 8 2018 // Tropical Storm Beryl moved rapidly westward early Sunday, heading for the Lesser Antilles at the eastern entrance of the Caribbean Sea. Although what had been the Atlantic season’s first hurricane was losing power,...
