How People Rationalize Bad Choices March 1, 2019 By Katherine Bowers When a reward is tempting enough, people will break their own moral codes to gain the desired prize. Afterward, they’ll...
Insurance Group of St. Charles County Acquires Atlanta-Based BLP Insurance Services March 1, 2019 Insurance Group of St. Charles County has purchased BLP Insurance Services dba Pelt Risk Advisors, an Atlanta-based insurance company founded...
Liberty Mutual Boosted Q4, 2018 Profit Helped by Lower Catastrophe Losses February 28, 2019 Liberty Mutual Holding Co. and its subsidiaries reported net income of $249 million for the fourth quarter 2018 and $2.160...
Oregon Lawsuit Alleges Emotional Support Dog Mauled Girl at Airport February 28, 2019 The mother of a 5-year-old girl mauled by a pit bull at Portland International Airport has filed a $1.1 million...
Wrongly Convicted California Man Gets $21M Settlement February 28, 2019 The city of Simi Valley, Calif., has reached a $21 million settlement with a man wrongly imprisoned for nearly 40...
Storm Waters Flood, Cut off California Town February 28, 2019 By Haven Daley and Olga R. Rodriguez A California town north of San Francisco was accessible only by boat after a rain-swollen river overflowed its banks inundated...
Filings Show PG&E Delayed Key Power Line Safety Overhaul February 28, 2019 By Ankur Banerjee and Nichola Groom Shares of PG&E Corp fell about 3 percent after federal filings showed that the power utility had delayed a safety...
Pennsylvania Salon to Pay $40K to Stylist Fired After Report of Health, Safety Hazards February 28, 2019 After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. District Court for...
Texas Bill Would Require Citizenship to Purchase Auto Insurance February 28, 2019 A Texas state representative has filed a bill that would require proof of citizenship in order to purchase personal auto...
Three People Killed in Train-Vehicle Collision on Long Island February 28, 2019 Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury in Long Island, N.Y.,...