U.S Expected to Issue New Rule to Protect Against Wildfires

Juul to Pay $462 Million to Six States, D.C. Over Youth Addiction Claims

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $462 million over eight years to settle claims by six U.S. states including New York and California, along with the ...

SVB Failed From Mismanagement, Not Loose Regulations: FDIC

Management failures, not loose regulations, prompted Silicon Valley Bank's sudden failure last month, a top Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) official said on ...

Buffett Says People Shouldn’t Worry About Berkshire, Banks

U.S. Proposes 56% Vehicle Emissions Cut by 2032, Requiring Big EV Jump

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed sweeping emissions cuts for new cars and trucks through 2032, a move it says could mean two out of ...

AI ‘Trustworthiness’ Is Focal Point of New Government Inquiry

A U.S. Commerce Department agency is opening an inquiry into how companies and regulators can ensure that artificial intelligence systems are trustworthy, legal and ...

Mother Sues Maine School Over Keeping Teen’s Gender Transition Private

A Maine woman is suing a school district whose counselor encouraged her teen's social gender transition, providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, ...

Regulators Say Railroads Must Examine How They Build Trains

Federal regulators said Friday that railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains after a string of derailments in recent years that were at least partly ...

Catastrophe Losses Drive 2021 U.S. P/C Insurer Impairments: AM Best

Seventeen U.S. property/casualty insurance companies became impaired in 2021, with seven of the impairments driven by catastrophe losses from hurricanes, primarily in ...

U.S. States Consider Ban on Cosmetics With ‘Forever Chemicals’

A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals ...