Widespread Damage, At Least 19 Deaths from Easter Storms Across South April 14, 2020 By Emily Wagster Pettus Severe weather swept across the South Monday, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into...
Cyber Criminals Increasingly Will Target Top Executives in Ransomware Attacks: Report April 14, 2020 Senior executives increasingly will be targeted by cyber criminals looking for ways to steal money from large corporations, according to...
Smithfield’s South Dakota Pork Plant Closed After 100s Test Positive for Virus April 14, 2020 Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, until further...
Amazon Fires Two Employees Who Criticized Working Conditions at Warehouses April 14, 2020 Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday it terminated two employees, who criticized the working conditions at the e-commerce giant’s warehouses in...
Trump Tells Insurers to Pay Virus Claims If Pandemics Not Excluded April 14, 2020 By Jim Sams President Donald Trump has staked out his position in a legal battle over business-interruption claims: Unless the policy excludes pandemics,...
Report on Arizona Plane Crash That Killed 6 Cites Weight, Drugs April 14, 2020 An investigation into a 2018 plane crash that killed all six people aboard found that one of two pilots aboard...
What if California Faces a Disaster During The Pandemic? April 14, 2020 By Don Thompson California has evacuation plans for earthquakes, floods, mudslides and, of course, wildfires, but what if one of those disasters occurs...
Australia’s Westpac Expects $578M Fine for Money Laundering Linked to Child Abuse April 14, 2020 By Byron Kaye Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp said it expects a A$900 million ($578 million) fine over accusations it enabled millions of illegal...
Court Revives Privacy Violation Claims Against Facebook for Tracking Users April 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court last Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc. of violating users’ privacy rights by tracking their...
Employee Class Action Accuses McDonald’s of Climate of ‘Pervasive Sexual Harassment’ April 14, 2020 By Brendan Pierson McDonald’s Corp. has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of subjecting female employees in its corporate-owned fast-food...