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Pension Fund Sues VW in Germany Over Emissions Scandal Losses
Volkswagen AG was sued by the California State Teachers' Retirement System in the latest lawsuit to emerge from the emissions cheating scandal that wiped more than $20 billion from the carmaker's ...
Manmade Climate Change Likely Contributed to Severity of French Floods
An international team of scientists has found that manmade climate change nearly doubled the likelihood of last month's devastating French flooding. In a quick but not peer-reviewed analysis, the ...
Europe’s Robot Workers Could Become ‘Electronic Persons’ With Legal, Tax Obligations for Employers
Europe's growing army of robot workers could be classed as "electronic persons" and their owners liable for paying Social Security for them if the European Union adopts a draft plan to address the ...
Father of Paris Terror Attack Victim Sues Google, Facebook, Twitter
The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming that the companies provided "material support" to extremists in violation of the ...
China Cyber Spying Activity Down Sharply: FireEye Report
The Chinese government appears to be abiding by its September pledge to stop supporting the hacking of American trade secrets to help companies there compete, private U.S. security executives and ...
New U.S. Drone Rules Open Skies for Low-Level Commercial Flights
The Obama administration is opening U.S. skies to more commercial drones with long-awaited regulations that the government hopes will spawn new businesses inspecting bridges, monitoring crops and ...
Model Predicts Disease Outbreaks Based on Climate Changes
A model that predicts outbreaks of zoonotic diseases—those originating in livestock or wildlife such as Ebola and Zika—based on changes in climate, population growth and land use has been ...
Loners and Terror Risk: NYPD Official Explains the Connection
Valor, empowerment, belonging. Three words that sound like they could be a rallying cry for joining the U.S. Marines form the message that draws disenfranchised individuals to terrorism, a New York ...