Hurricane Idalia Strikes Florida With Powerful Category 3 Winds August 30, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Idalia came ashore on Florida’s west coast with destructive Category 3 winds, triggering blackouts and unleashing flooding rains and...
Massive Wildfire in Greece Persists Despite European Firefighting Efforts August 30, 2023 By ELENA BECATOROS A massive wildfire was burning unabated in northeastern Greece for the 11th day Tuesday despite the efforts of hundreds of...
California Jury Awards $3.75 Million to Protester Shot by Hard-Foam Projectiles August 30, 2023 A jury awarded $3.75 million in damages this week to a protester shot twice with hard-foam projectiles fired by Los...
Hawaii Electric Takes Responsibility for First Fire on Maui, But Faults Firefighters August 30, 2023 By ENNIFER McDERMOTT and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze...
Fifth Circuit Nixes Its Own ‘Flawed’ Limit on Title VII Employee Discrimination Claims August 30, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court has discarded its own long-time precedent and expanded the scope of discrimination claims that employees can...
Insurers to Pay $50M in Settlement Over Abuse at West Virginia Boarding School August 30, 2023 A second lawsuit that alleged widespread sexual, physical and mental abuse at a now-closed West Virginia boarding school for troubled...
U.S. Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have No Consistent Protection August 29, 2023 By GABE STERN, Associated Press/Report for America Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico...
McDonald’s Must Face Antitrust Claims Over Worker ‘Poaching,’ Court Rules August 29, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. appeals court has revived claims that McDonald’s Corp violated federal antitrust law by requiring franchisees to agree not...
3M Agrees to Pay $6 Billion in Earplug Lawsuit Settlement August 29, 2023 3M said on Tuesday it had agreed to pay $6 billion to settle nearly 260,000 lawsuits accusing it of selling...
Hurricane Idalia Intensifies as It Churns Toward Florida August 29, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan, Mark Chediak and Brian Wingfield Hurricane Idalia is gathering force in advance of a landfall on Florida’s west coast, where it could drive a deadly...