Two workers injured when an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico told Congress that the companies in charge of the doomed drilling operation cut corners and neglected maintenance in a race toward higher profits. Oil has been spewing …
A South Carolina jury has ordered a hospital and doctor to pay $2.88 million to a man after finding them liable for his wife’s death in 2002. An Horry County jury on Friday found Grand Strand Regional Medical Center and …
A U.S. federal judge Friday gave Toyota 30 days to turn over the bulk of documents sought by class-action lawyers from previous investigations of complaints about its cars racing out of control. The order by U.S. District Judge James Selna …
The death toll in Central America from landslides and flooding triggered by the year’s first tropical storm surged to 99 on Sunday, as authorities struggled to clear roads of debris and reach cut-off communities. Rains from the remnants of Tropical …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited NDK Crystals Inc. in Belvedere, Ill., with fines of $510,000 for alleged egregious willful and serious violations of federal workplace safety standards following an explosion at the company’s …
Amid partisan sparring, a House panel has advanced a sweeping U.S. auto safety bill that critics contend is too tough on the industry. The legislation, approved 31-21 by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the wake of the large …