The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a building contractor and a staffing company for safety violations after a worker suffered fatal injuries while operating a mini-excavator beneath an elementary school in Converse, Texas. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health …
President Donald Trump reinstated the US blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% reimbursement for all other cargo shipped through the waterway. Trump’s announcement Monday, in which he asserted the US would become the …
An ex-Deutsche Bank AG banker imprisoned over a fatal car crash in Hong Kong is seeking to clear his name in a UK court by forcing Ferrari to hand over internal documents he claims could prove the vehicle was unsafe. …
The weather-roiling El Niño that emerged across the Pacific last month has continued to build and will likely be one of the strongest in more than 75 years, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said. Sea surface temperatures of 1C (1.8F) …
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged owners of 463,000 Kia crossover SUVs to park outdoors because of fire risks until new recall repairs are completed. Kia said it would recall 463,000 Telluride crossovers in the U.S. from the …
AXA XL named Matt Rodliff chief claims officer, Americas. Rodliff succeeds Jim DiVirgilio, who announced his retirement. DiVirgilio will retire at the end of July and will continue in an advisory role through the end of the year. Rodliff will …
Chinese leader Xi Jinping voiced worries about repeated deadly workplace accidents after a blaze at a shoe factory killed 28 people. The fire on Thursday happened at Fujian Huiteng Shoes Co. in Quanzhou, a coastal city with a population of …
Retired British professional soccer players showed structural brain differences and high rates of anxiety and depression but no signs of cognitive decline in a study looking to establish if repetitive impacts like heading the ball affect the risk of developing …
When two steel columns buckled last week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions. It also highlighted the complex engineering behind adaptive reuse projects, …
A federal appeals court on Monday revived more than 500 private lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue over the painkiller’s alleged link to autism. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a district court judge improperly excluded testimony …