Researchers: Houston Skyscrapers Slowed Hurricane Harvey, Causing More Rain November 21, 2018 By Seth Borenstein Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find. Hurricane Harvey snagged on...
Louisiana to Get Another $164 Million in BP Oil Spill Restoration Grants November 21, 2018 Louisiana is getting $161.4 million in restoration grants from the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore two...
Louisiana Posts 13 Straight Months of Job Gains November 21, 2018 Seasonally adjusted data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment in Louisiana increased...
Ohio State Researchers: Road Design Impacts Distracted Driving Crash Frequency November 21, 2018 A new study from Ohio State University’s Risk Institute reveals road design modifications can reduce the frequency and severity of...
Pilot, Paramedic, Nurse Killed in North Dakota Air Ambulance Crash November 21, 2018 By Blake Nicholson An air ambulance on its way to pick up a patient crashed shortly after taking off in North Dakota, killing...
Navajo Nation President Extends Crop Insurance Amid New Mexico Drought November 21, 2018 Outgoing Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has extended the tribe’s crop insurance amid ongoing extreme drought conditions. The Gallup Independent...
Earthquake Confirmed in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula November 21, 2018 A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has shaken an area beneath Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey...
Chubb Partners with Conservation Group on Flood Protection in Miami November 21, 2018 Chubb announced that it is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest conservation organization, to work together in Miami...
EPA Warns on Chemical Found in Nonstick Coatings November 21, 2018 By Jonathan Drew and Ellen Knickmeyer Long-term exposure to a chemical compound currently used for making nonstick coatings appears to be dangerous, even in minute amounts,...
Generali Earmarks €4 Billion ($4.6 Billion) for Acquisitions, Growth November 21, 2018 By Giulio Piovaccari and Stephen Jewkes Generali has earmarked up to four billion euros for acquisitions and growth as it looks to asset management and high-margin...