An insurance company accused by multiple black and female employees of racial and sexual discrimination in its Denver and Nashville offices has reached a $20.5 million settlement in a federal lawsuit.
The six-month 2019 North American hurricane season is officially in the books, and it was an active one in terms of named storm counts, with the majority of activity coming in the typical mid-August and mid-October periods.
From Jan. 1 to Oct. 4, 2019, there were 41,074 California wildfires, with 4.4 million acres burned, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. California also sustained its largest fire in state history last year—the Mendocino Complex Fire, which burned 459,123 acres.
Subaru is recalling nearly 500,000 cars for faulty airbags that could explode and shoot metal projectiles throughout the vehicle. The recalls apply to a number of Subaru models released between 2003 and 2014 that have Takata airbags in the front passenger seat.
A new report highlights the worst local courts and states for abuses of the civil justice system, with the Top 10 Judicial Hellholes filled with widespread civil lawsuits, legislative loopholes that create more ways for lawyers to sue, and judges who allow junk science into evidence in trials.
As you begin the new year, my wish is that you will be ready to fail in pursuit of your innovation vision. That’s right: Be ready to fail. And then accept and learn from your failures.
Hurricanes remain the most expensive natural disaster — even when compared to the massive floods, powerful tornadoes, drought, wildfires and other catastrophes plaguing the Untied States.
An additional 10 million Takata air bag inflators that were used by more than a dozen car companies in the U.S. are being recalled, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In 2018, extreme weather had a devastating impact on certain states — primarily driven by increasing severity, rather than frequency, of catastrophic events.
Another auto-piloted Tesla has crashed into another car—two cars, actually—last month. The Tesla’s “driver” (in quotes to ironize the obvious) was reportedly “checking on his dog” in the back seat when his car rammed into a Connecticut State Police cruiser and then ping-ponged into another car that was parked on the shoulder of the road.
A chain reaction crash on Interstate 95 in Carmel, Maine, caused 30 cars to pile up west of Bangor Tuesday morning, stranding hundreds of drivers on the highway and seriously injuring one person, police said.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., citing rising worries about climate change, is limiting its insurance coverage of companies in the fossil fuel business.
A week after a family purchased their first home, they left for a week to visit family for the holidays. While gone, a squirrel fell down the chimney! The flue was left open by the previous owners and the Drees family hadn’t yet noticed. The squirrel ran throughout the house for a week, causing extensive damage.
