Strikers Shut Down Vital Great Lakes Shipping Artery for Days, Negotiations Looming October 27, 2023 By Steve Karnowski MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and...
2 Workers at Fukushima Plant Hospitalized After Accidentally Getting Sprayed with Radioactive Waste October 27, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — Two workers at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were hospitalized after accidentally getting sprayed with...
Courts Find ‘How Many Apartment Units Are There?’ Is an Ambiguous Question October 27, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Because its application question about how many apartments were in a New York building was considered ambiguous, an insurer has...
J.D. Power: Auto Claimants More Satisfied Even Though Repairs Taking Longer October 27, 2023 By Jim Sams Auto repairs are taking more than twice as long as they did in 2021, but policyholders who filed claims appear...
A Teacher Was Shot by Her 6-Year-Old Student. Is Workers’ Compensation Enough? October 26, 2023 By Ben Finley NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old...
Derailment Costs Grow for Norfolk Southern but Railroad’s Trains Moving More Smoothly October 26, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The costs related to the East Palestine derailment continue to grow to reach nearly $1 billion...
USPS Touts Crackdown on Postal Crime, Carrier Robberies, with Hundreds of Arrests October 26, 2023 By David Sharp With mail theft and postal carrier robberies up, law enforcement officials have made more than 600 arrests since May in...
Acapulco Losses Seen at $15 Billion as Hurricane Otis Death Toll Rises October 26, 2023 By Andrea Navarro Hurricane Otis left a trail of destruction in Acapulco after tearing into the historic Mexican beach town with wind speeds...
Born After Superstorm Sandy’s Destruction, 2 Big Flood Control Projects Get Underway in New Jersey October 26, 2023 By Wayne Parry HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ‘s destruction, two...
What is Super Fog? The Mix of Smoke and Dense Fog Caused a Deadly Pileup in Louisiana October 26, 2023 By Isabella O'Malley and Kevin McGill The National Weather Service called it “super fog” — a combination of thick smoke from fires in marshy wetlands of...