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Backcountry Guide Company Faces $150K Fine After Deadly California Avalanche
California workplace safety officials have fined a guide company that was leading backcountry skiers down a mountain in February when an avalanche was triggered, killing nine members of the group in ...
Amazon Plans Drone Delivery Expansion to Nearly 500 U.S. Locales
Amazon said on Wednesday it will expand its drone delivery service to reach hundreds of U.S. cities and towns by year end, up from 11 locations where it currently operates serving multiple ...
Florida Example on How to Adapt as Coastal Cities Face Storms, Rising Sea Level
One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands ...
A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Is Upending How America Moves Its Goods
Daniel Ilg started out in the freight brokerage industry at 14 years old, learning from his dad how to match trucking companies with loads of goods that needed to move around the country. About two ...
California Adopts Weaker Home Protection Rules as Wildfires Grow
A California agency on Wednesday approved long-delayed regulations designed to protect homes from wildfire, but they're less stringent than defenses recommended by scientists and firefighters. The ...
Florida AG Charges 7 in $100M Workers Compensation Fraud Scheme
Seven defendants were charged last week for their roles in a sophisticated, organized scam that used multiple shell construction corporations to defraud workers compensation insurers, operated an ...
Abbott to Pay $670M to Settle Some Preterm Infant Formula Cases
Abbott said on Thursday it reached a $670 million settlement to partially resolve the ongoing litigation over alleged harms linked to its specialty formulas for preterm infants. The settlement was ...
Georgia Man Charged in Burglary of NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle’s Home After Plane Crash
A Georgia man burglarized former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's home after learning Biffle and his family died in a plane crash, a North Carolina sheriff said Tuesday. Terrell Williams, 44, has been ...