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SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Temporarily Paused by Federal Appeals Court
A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused new rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requiring public companies to report climate-related risks. The New Orleans-based ...
Long Recovery After Deadly Central U.S.Tornadoes
Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped ...
Texas Mutual: Serious Injuries in the Workplace Increased 6% Last Year
In a recent safety alert blog, Texas Mutual reported nearly 6 percent more severe workplace injuries in 2023 compared to the previous year. The construction industry topped the list, according to the ...
St. Patrick’s Day Traditionally One of Deadliest Days on U.S. Roads
Over the St. Patrick's Day holiday period (6:00 p.m. March 16 to 5:59 a.m. March 18), 272 lives were lost in drunk-driving crashes between 2017 and 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic ...
UnitedHealth Class Action Lawsuits Pile Up After Data Breach
UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people's personal data from last month's hack of Change Healthcare, its ...
Boeing Yet to Reveal Who Worked on Panel That Blew Off 737 Max Jet
The nation's chief accident investigator said Wednesday that her agency still doesn't know who worked on the panel that blew off a jetliner in January and that Boeing's CEO told her that he couldn't ...
Labor Board Rule on Contract and Franchise Workers Blocked by Federal Judge
A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down a U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would treat many companies as employers of certain contract and franchise workers and require ...
Massachusetts Governor Appeals Denial of Federal Disaster Aid for Flooding
Gov. Maura Healey is appealing a decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny the state's request for a major disaster declaration to support Massachusetts cities and towns battered by ...