INSURANCE NEWS
Cruise Gets More Oversight After California Robotaxi Dragging Incident
General Motors Co.’s robotaxi company will undergo tougher oversight and pay a fine to settle claims by US auto safety regulators that it failed to properly disclose information about a crash involving one of its cars that struck and dragged …
Judge Rules eBay Not Liable for Selling Harmful Products
A federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing eBay of violating environmental laws by allowing the sale of hundreds of thousands of harmful products on its platform, including pesticides and devices to evade motor vehicle pollution controls. …
New Orleans, DOJ Move to End Police Department’s Consent Decree
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end long-standing federal oversight of the city’s police department. The city and the federal government had agreed …
Texas Farmers and Ranchers Sound Alarm Over Languishing Farm Bill
LUBBOCK — Federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the economic catastrophe that could happen if a new farm bill isn’t passed by the end of this year, now that the 2018 version has officially expired. Since it was introduced …
Appeals Court Sends Back Part of Dakota Access Pipeline Protestor’s Excessive Force Lawsuit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has sent back part of a lawsuit brought by a protester of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, who alleged excessive force by law enforcement officers. Eric Poemoceah, of Oklahoma, filed the federal court …
OSHA Cites Company for Multiple Safety Violations Following Cargo Hold Fire in Ohio
Federal safety inspectors found a crew working aboard the Cuyahoga, a commercial iron ore vessel moored at the Port of Ashtabula, narrowly avoided disaster after a large fire erupted as they welded off paint in a cargo hold, an incident …
Residents in East Palestine Express Distrust Over EPA’s Reporting Practices After Train Derailment
The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since a Norfolk Southern train derailed and officials released and burned chemicals that spewed a toxic cloud over East Palestine, Ohio, makes it hard for residents to know the …
Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers
Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of ChargePoint Holdings Inc. will make his way to the company’s laboratory in San Jose, California, where he dons safety glasses …
Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for Vermont for Late July Flooding
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the severe flooding that hit northeastern Vermont in late July. The declaration makes federal funding available to help communities and individuals in Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties recover from damages …
Insured Losses Top $5B With Heavy Flooding But Few Covered by Flood Insurance
Estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Helene continue to range around $5 billion, not including flood insurance losses, as the death toll in the Southeast continued to rise, approaching 100 by Monday morning. In Florida, the state Office of Insurance …
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hit California South of San Francisco
An earthquake registering magnitude 4.2 shook part of central California early Sunday, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake was detected at 2:47 a.m. local time about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) northwest of Aromas with a depth of 7.4 …
What Testimony on Titan Submersible Disaster Revealed
Last year, five people hoping to view the Titanic wreckage died when their submersible imploded in the Atlantic Ocean. A Coast Guard panel that’s investigating the Titan submersible disaster heard two weeks of testimony that ended Friday. Previous witnesses provided …