Michigan Regulators Probing Utilities over Outages That Left 1M Without Power August 27, 2021 By Anna Liz Nichols A Michigan commission will examine data and practices from its regulated electric companies after more than 1 million residents were...
Homes, Outbuildings Burned in Minnesota Blaze August 27, 2021 Dozens of homes, cabins and outbuildings have been destroyed or damaged in northeastern Minnesota as the state’s largest wildfire continues...
Emergency Declaration in Arizona County Due to Flood Damage August 27, 2021 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has issued a declaration of emergency for Coconino County after heavy rain last week caused major...
Japan’s Fukushima Plant to Build Undersea Tunnel to Release Nuclear Water Into Ocean August 27, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that...
Nirvana Sued in California by Man Who Was Nude Baby On Album Cover August 27, 2021 By Andrew Dalton A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind”album is suing...
California Wildfire Threatens Lake Tahoe Area August 27, 2021 By Sam Metz and Brian Melley Some 14,000 firefighters facing changing weather conditions battled more than a dozen large wildfires across California, including a growing blaze...
Insured Damage From Germany’s Deadly July Floods Estimated at €7B ($8.2B) August 27, 2021 Devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of about 7 billion euros ($8.2...
How Automakers Are Navigating Differences Over COVID Vaccine Mandates August 27, 2021 By Chris Kahn Public support for stronger measures to require COVID vaccinations is strong, according to a new Reuters/IPSOS poll, but for Detroit...
Ruling on Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy and Opioid Settlement Delayed Until Next Week August 27, 2021 By Mike Spector and Maria Chutchian A U.S. judge said on Thursday he now anticipates a ruling on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy reorganization plan...
Microsoft Warns Thousands of Cloud Customers of Exposed Databases: Reuters August 27, 2021 By Joseph Menn Microsoft on Thursday warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world’s largest companies, that intruders could...