70,000 Crew Members Remain Quarantined on Ships in U.S. Waters May 11, 2020 By Adriana Gomez Licon and Guillermo Garat Carolina Vasquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a...
New York Strengthens COVID-19 Safety Measures for Nursing Homes May 10, 2020 By Maria Caspani and Rich McKay New York state on Sunday announced new coronavirus-safety measures to better protect nursing home residents, who are highly vulnerable to...
COVID-19 Hits Already-Troubled Nursing Home Insurance Market; Brokers Try to Help May 10, 2020 By Amy O'Connor Nursing homes are right in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S, with more than 28%, or...
As Deaths Rise to 20,000, Nursing Homes Seek Immunity from Lawsuits May 10, 2020 By Bernard Condon, Jim Mustian and Jennifer Peltz Faced with 20,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation’s nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits...
Texas Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule Prohibiting Named Driver Policies May 8, 2020 The Texas Department of Insurance is accepting comments on a newly posted rule proposal that repeals and amends requirements for...
Growing Virus Outbreak in Northeast Georgia Causes Concern May 8, 2020 By Jeff Amy Gov. Brian Kemp warned on Tuesday that a growing coronavirus outbreak is stressing resources in northeast Georgia. Kemp has moved...
Wildfires Rage in Florida Panhandle; More Than 1K People Evacuated May 8, 2020 Firefighters in the Florida Panhandle have been battling wildfires that forced some 1,600 people to evacuate from their homes, and...
Towing Company Sued by North Carolina for Pandemic Price-Gouging May 8, 2020 Authorities in North Carolina filed the state’s first price-gouging lawsuit against a towing company accused of employing predatory towing and...
Houston Confronts One-Two Punch of Coronavirus and Oil Bust May 8, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano When you’re known as the energy capital of the world, oil busts are nothing new. But Houston now finds itself...
3 Workers Hurt in Shooting Over Closed Dining Room at Oklahoma McDonald’s May 8, 2020 By Ken Miller Three McDonald’s employees in Oklahoma City suffered gunshot wounds when a customer opened fire because she was angry that the...