U.S. Issues New Cybersecurity Directives for Rail Airport Operators December 6, 2021 By Alan Suderman The Transportation Security Administration is issuing new directives and recommendations aimed at strengthening the cybersecurity defenses of U.S. rail and...
FBI Says Don’t Pay Ransom While Tax Advisors Say Payment May Be Tax Deductible June 21, 2021 By Alan Suderman and Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON — As ransomware attacks surge, the FBI is doubling down on its guidance to affected businesses: Don’t pay the...
Florida Cyber Attack Raises Alarm Over Security of Water Treatment Plants February 11, 2021 By Tamara Lush, Alan Suderman and Frank Bajak A hacker’s botched attempt to poison the water supply of a small Florida city is raising alarms about just how...
Virginia First State to Adopt COVID-19 Worker Safety Rules July 17, 2020 By Alan Suderman Virginia officials on Wednesday passed temporary new workplace safety rules designed to protect employees from the coronavirus, becoming the first...
Virginia Prosecutors Charge Anti-Opioid Addiction Drug Maker with Fraud April 12, 2019 By Alan Suderman Federal prosecutors say the company that makes a drug meant to curb opioid addiction has been lying for years about...
Carolinas Still Facing Major Flooding More Than a Week After Florence September 24, 2018 By Gary D. Robertson, Martha Waggoner and Alan Suderman Major flooding remains in eastern North Carolina more than a week after Hurricane Florence made landfall. Gov. Roy Cooper said...
Dam Breach at N.C. Power Plant Causes Coal Ash Spill into Cape Fear River September 24, 2018 By Michael Biesecker and Alan Suderman Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington power...
North Carolina Power Plant Inundated by Flood Waters September 21, 2018 By Michael Biesecker and Alan Suderman Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from the...
Feds Say Virginia Prison Guards Tried to Smuggle Drugs in for Gang November 8, 2016 By Alan Suderman Federal authorities say they’ve arrested former prison guards connected to a gang that sells drugs inside Virginia state prisons to...
Drug Price Transparency Bill Stalls in Virginia General Assembly February 9, 2016 By Alan Suderman Legislation to make drug makers reveal how much they spend marketing high-priced drugs has stalled in the Virginia General Assembly,...