September 29, 2022
CHICAGO — The gun-maker Smith & Wesson illegally targeted young men at risk of violence with ads for firearms — including the 22-year-old gunman accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago and killing seven people, …
September 29, 2022
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry, more than 1 billion tons in “stacks” that resemble enormous ponds, are at risk for leaks or other contamination when Hurricane Ian comes ashore in the …
September 29, 2022
It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right to private confessions was in jeopardy. A new law would break that …
September 29, 2022
BP Plc laid off most contractors at the approximately 160,000 barrel-per-day Toledo, Ohio, refinery it owns with Cenovus Energy Inc., according to sources familiar with the matter on Wednesday, indicating that the plant will experience a prolonged shutdown following last …
September 29, 2022
Some 2.6 million Florida homes and businesses were without power, rivers were overflowing and cars floated through the streets of Fort Myers. Ian, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the US, weakened to a tropical storm but continues to …
September 29, 2022
Experts predicted insured losses from Hurricane Ian could earn it a spot as one of the costliest natural disasters in history after the storm rapidly intensified before coming ashore in Southwest Florida with 150 mph wind and began a crawl …
September 29, 2022
We hear a lot of talk these days about the virtues of data-driven organizations. That’s certainly reasonable up to a point — but what does it really mean? When it comes to routine operational decisions, in particular, the current bias …
September 28, 2022
Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer and several competitors of conspiring to inflate prices in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork market by limiting supply. A preliminary …
September 28, 2022
WASHINGTON –– After weeks of lobbying the White House on how gig workers should be treated, the rideshare, delivery and retail industries are bracing for a new rule that is likely to make it easier to classify them as employees, …
September 28, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators have taken possession of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility transmission pole and attached equipment in a criminal probe into what started a Northern California fire that has become the largest in the …