Civil rights lawyers say a popular Greenwich Village restaurant has settled a lawsuit with a lesbian who said a bouncer chased her out of the women’s bathroom and forced her to leave because she looked masculine. The Transgender Legal Defense …
The rapid pace of development along hurricane-prone coasts is adding a new level of urgency for forecasters to more accurately pinpoint potential storm impact zones, the director of the National Hurricane Center said. Recent studies show most coastal growth in …
Government scientists believe a fleet of small unmanned airplanes sent to hurricanes’ cores could lead to revolutionary advances in storm forecasting and measurement. The drones are able to fly far lower than manned hurricane hunter planes and can beam back …
Federal investigators issued two citations for safety violations they say contributed to the death of a West Virginia coal miner last year. A federal Mine Safety and Health Administration report released May 12 says Long Branch Energy Corp. was cited …
North Carolina officials cited Wake County with four serious violations in the death of a mechanic working on an ambulance earlier this year. Thirty-three-year-old David Lee Champion died Feb. 23 when a pneumatic jack slipped from the chassis and dropped …
MyNewMarkets.com users will soon notice changes in the information included on the Web site and available for use. MyNewMarkets.com will soon inaugurate an analysis and technical content database with its first coverage analysis white paper. In addition to coverage analysis …
Several foam manufacturers have agreed to pay $30 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors and family members of those who died in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people, according to court papers filed this week. The foam …
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has issued an estimate that total losses to insured and uninsured property from the M7.9 earthquake that struck near Chengdu, China will likely exceed RMB 140 billion ($20 billion). AIR estimated that insured losses …
Since Joe Plumeri took over as Chairman and CEO of Willis in 2000, he’s guided the international broker through turbulent times, making a number of radical and innovative changes along the way. Nowhere is his presence more evident than in …
The My Safe Florida Home program is projecting it will exceed the Florida Legislature’s goal of approving 35,000 homeowners for grants by the end of May, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink . The first-come, first-served program will …