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1 10, 2024

Boar’s Head Faces Legal Scrutiny Over Deadly Listeria Outbreak

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Boar’s Head, the deli meat company at the center of a deadly listeria food poisoning outbreak, is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials, the U.S. Agriculture Department disclosed in response to government records requests. Officials with USDA’s Food Safety and …

1 10, 2024

Judge Rules eBay Not Liable for Selling Harmful Products

By | October 1st, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Judge Rules eBay Not Liable for Selling Harmful Products

A federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing eBay of violating environmental laws by allowing the sale of hundreds of thousands of harmful products on its platform, including pesticides and devices to evade motor vehicle pollution controls. …

1 10, 2024

Cruise Gets More Oversight After California Robotaxi Dragging Incident

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General Motors Co.’s robotaxi company will undergo tougher oversight and pay a fine to settle claims by US auto safety regulators that it failed to properly disclose information about a crash involving one of its cars that struck and dragged …

1 10, 2024

Jury Awards $300M to 3 Women Over Alleged Sex Abuse by Virginia Doctor

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A jury has ruled in favor of three women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at a Virginia children’s hospital, awarding them a total of $300 million in damages. The jury in Richmond Circuit Court on Friday awarded …

1 10, 2024

Investigation Started into Plane Crash That Killed Several People in North Carolina

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MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — Federal authorities were investigating this week after multiple people died when a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport, the National Park Service said. The crash …

30 09, 2024

Insured Losses Top $5B With Heavy Flooding But Few Covered by Flood Insurance

By | September 30th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insured Losses Top $5B With Heavy Flooding But Few Covered by Flood Insurance

Estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Helene continue to range around $5 billion, not including flood insurance losses, as the death toll in the Southeast continued to rise, approaching 100 by Monday morning. In Florida, the state Office of Insurance …

30 09, 2024

Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for Vermont for Late July Flooding

By | September 30th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for Vermont for Late July Flooding

President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the severe flooding that hit northeastern Vermont in late July. The declaration makes federal funding available to help communities and individuals in Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties recover from damages …

30 09, 2024

Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers

By | September 30th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers

Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of ChargePoint Holdings Inc. will make his way to the company’s laboratory in San Jose, California, where he dons safety glasses …

30 09, 2024

Residents in East Palestine Express Distrust Over EPA’s Reporting Practices After Train Derailment

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The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since a Norfolk Southern train derailed and officials released and burned chemicals that spewed a toxic cloud over East Palestine, Ohio, makes it hard for residents to know the …

30 09, 2024

OSHA Cites Company for Multiple Safety Violations Following Cargo Hold Fire in Ohio

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Federal safety inspectors found a crew working aboard the Cuyahoga, a commercial iron ore vessel moored at the Port of Ashtabula, narrowly avoided disaster after a large fire erupted as they welded off paint in a cargo hold, an incident …