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States Look to Remove Legal Protections for Gun Industry
Mass shootings in America invariably raise questions of fault. The police's delayed response outside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A district attorney's failure to prosecute the alleged Club ...
U.S. Supreme Court Torn Over Challenge to Internet Firms’ Legal Shield
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expressed uncertainty over whether to narrow a legal shield protecting Internet companies from a wide array of lawsuits in a major case involving YouTube and ...
Buttigieg Urges U.S. Railroads to Boost Safety, Not Oppose Reforms
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday he would call on major railroads to improve safety after a Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, of a train operated by Norfolk ...
Fiery Ohio Derailment Raises Railroad Safety Questions
The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has highlighted the potentially ...
The Infrastructure Crisis: As Business Losses Mount, New Demand for Utility Coverage?
When aging water pumps in Jackson, Miss., were shut down by floodwaters last August, knocking out water service to most of the city, companies that depend on clean water saw many of their customers ...
PG&E to Face Manslaughter Trial Over Deadly California Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric will face trial for manslaughter over its role in a 2020 wildfire in Northern California that killed four people, a judge ruled Wednesday. The judge in Shasta County ruled ...
First Sweeping Federal Gun Crime Report in 20 Years Released
The most expansive federal report in over two decades on guns and crime shows a shrinking turnaround between the time a gun was purchased and when it was recovered from a crime scene, indicating ...
California Climate Bills Requiring Broad Disclosures Have National Implications
A pair of California bills requiring large companies to report emissions from across their supply chains and creating more stringent reporting of climate-related impacts could have implications ...