Uber Technologies Inc. will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle U.S. allegations that the ride share company had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department of Justice said on Monday. …
Two U.S. Senate Democrats active in internet issues are working on a bill to restore landmark “net neutrality” rules that would bar telecommunications companies from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes. Senators Edward Markey and Ron Wyden …
One million gallons of oil have been collected since April 2019 from the site of the nation’s longest oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday. The spill …
An explosion Wednesday morning destroyed a house in the northwest Iowa city of Le Mars and injured three people. The 6:30 a.m. explosion largely demolished one house and caused a fire and other damage to neighboring homes, according to the …
Three workers were hospitalized in critical condition and two others in serious condition Tuesday after an aluminum gutter came into contact with a power line while working on a northern Illinois home, fire officials said. The five workers were erecting …
Atlanta-based Oakbridge Insurance Agency, one of the largest regional agencies, has added The Assurance Center to its family. Assurance, headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a risk consultancy and agency with an all-woman team, the companies said in a news release. …
The family of a man who was fatally shot near an Arkansas hospital while trying to drive away in a stolen truck filed a federal lawsuit last week against the officer who shot him and several others. Relatives of Tyrone …
A judge ruled that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case. Authorities said the 23-year-old Ruggs allegedly was driving 156 mph …
New York City residents are accustomed to warnings about all kinds of potential threats — severe weather, public health, mass shootings. But a new public service announcement on surviving a nuclear attack has rattled some cages. Released this week by …
Mathis, Tibbets & Mathis, a 36-year-old independent broker of commercial and personal property/casualty insurance, surety bonds and employee benefits plans, based in Memphis, has been acquired by Higginbotham. Higginbotham, which said it ranks as one of the 20th largest independent …