Montana clinic files for bankruptcy following $6 million judgment over false asbestos claims
A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination has filed for bankruptcy after a judge ordered it to pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages for submitting hundreds of false asbestos claims
2023-08-09 23:51
Severe storms lead to unprecedented $34 billion in US insured losses so far this year, Swiss Re says
Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time as climate change contributes to the frequency and severity of violent meteorological events
2023-08-09 23:47
Hollywood strike matches the 100-day mark of the last writers' strike in 2007-2008
The Hollywood writers strike has reached the 100-day mark, matching the length of the landmark 2007-2008 strike
2023-08-09 23:46
Biden Decries Climate Threat But Does Not Declare Emergency
President Joe Biden stopped short of saying he would declare a national climate emergency, a move progressive lawmakers
2023-08-09 23:25
Angry villagers in England call for the quirky Crooked House pub to be rebuilt following demolition
Villagers in central England are fuming after one of Britain’s quirkiest pubs burned down and was reduced to rubble by a digger before a fire investigation was completed
2023-08-09 23:16
US Senator Feinstein back home after fall, brief hospitalization
(Reuters) -U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein, 90, was briefly hospitalized on Tuesday evening following a minor fall in her San Francisco
2023-08-09 22:52
Colombia conflict: Rebels deny plot to kill attorney general
ELN rebels say accusations they are planning to kill Attorney General Francisco Barbosa are "false".
2023-08-09 22:25
Italy’s Meloni Breaks Silence, Backs Tax on Banks’ Extra Profits
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni broke the silence she’d observed for almost two days, backing her government’s decision
2023-08-09 21:47
'It's apocalyptic': People jumped into the ocean off Maui to flee wildfires Hurricane Dora helped fuel
The wildfires raging out of control in Maui are so catastrophic, Hawaiians are hurling themselves into the ocean to escape the flames.
2023-08-09 20:56
Mexico Inflation Slows as Expected Ahead of Central Bank Rate Decision
Mexico’s inflation decelerated in line with expectations last month but remained elevated when volatile items were not considered,
2023-08-09 20:54
Ghana Inflation Surges to Four-Month High Putting Rates in Focus
Ghana’s inflation rate unexpectedly rose to a four-month high in July on food costs, adding pressure on the
2023-08-09 19:26
How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs
The signs of hip-hop’s influence are now everywhere from Pharrell Williams becoming Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director to billion-dollar brands like Dr. Dre’s Beats headphones and retail mainstays like Diddy’s Sean John and the Rocawear line started by Jay-Z
2023-08-09 19:17