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After Derailment Spills 230,000 Gallons of Oil in Iowa, BNSF Railway Pursues Service Restoration
BNSF Railway Co on Monday said it could resume service Tuesday on a stretch of northwestern Iowa track damaged when a train left the track and crude oil spilled from derailed cars. The crude oil ...
Securing the ‘Internet of Things’ Basis of Bipartisan Senate Bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday plans to introduce legislation seeking to address vulnerabilities in computing devices embedded in everyday objects - known in the tech industry as the ...
17 Months Later, VW Emissions Scandal Legal Trouble Keeps Coming
Luxembourg has launched criminal proceedings over Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal, showing the German carmaker is still struggling to draw a line under the crisis some 17 months after it broke. ...
Praedicat Signs Swiss Re to New Liability Insurance Risk Modeling Platform
Praedicat, a liability catastrophe modeling company, released its new liability insurance risk modeling platform and says it has secured Swiss Re as its first licensee. The new platform, known as ...
Disney Resort Reviews Safety Policies After Child Killed by Gator
It's an unwritten rule for Florida residents: Keep your kids away from ponds and lakes because alligators are everywhere. But after a gator killed a 2-year-old Nebraska boy at a Walt Disney World ...
Family Cites ‘Colossal Miscommunication’ in Lawsuit Over Fatal Amtrak Crash
A lawyer filing suit over a fatal Amtrak crash near Philadelphia blamed a "colossal miscommunication" for the deaths of two rail workers killed when a train traveling 106 mph struck a backhoe on the ...
Whistleblower Sues Abbott for $1 Billion in Trial Over Stent Marketing
Abbott Laboratories is accused in a trial that started Tuesday of marketing unapproved stents for unsuspecting patients and cheating Medicare, as a whistleblower seeks more than $1 billion, a risk ...
GM Ignition-Switch Case Plaintiffs Face Critical Legal Tests
People suing General Motors Co over a faulty ignition switch will get two chances in a Manhattan court this week to argue that the U.S. automaker should be held accountable for injuries, deaths and ...