Archive for February 2022

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cyber criminal gangs are getting increasingly adept at hacking and becoming more professional, even setting up an arbitration system to resolve payment disputes among themselves, according to a new report by the United States, Australia and … Source: Claims Journal

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacex’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned … Source: Claims Journal

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) _ An explosion and fire at a Yankton propane company has injured one person and left the business in ruins. Strong winds fueled the fire at Long’s Propane Tuesday and ignited a tanker truck parked next to … Source: Claims Journal

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. House has passed legislation barring contracts that force people to settle sexual assault or harassment cases through arbitration rather than in court, a process that often benefits employers and keeps misconduct allegations from becoming … Source: Claims Journal

Excessive speed probably caused a bus crash that killed five and injured dozens during lightly falling snow on the Pennsylvania Turnpike two years ago, federal investigators said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said the driver lost control near Mount … Source: Claims Journal

While automakers are making progress in including lifesaving automatic safety devices with their latest vehicles, advances in another kind of technology may be having the opposite effect on auto safety. According to a new report by Progressive, the increasing availability … Source: Claims Journal

RIO DE JANEIRO — Vale and other Brazilian mining companies are set to miss a legal deadline in the state of Minas Gerais for the removal of all tailings dams built using a method linked to past collapses, and the … Source: Claims Journal

Harvard allowed a “star” professor’s sexual abuse of female students to continue unchecked for decades, contributing to a “culture” of harassment in its Anthropology Department, a new lawsuit alleges. John Comaroff “kissed and groped students without their consent, made unwelcome … Source: Claims Journal

JERUSALEM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Wednesday it was bracing to pay as much as $3.6 billion in cash and medicine to settle lawsuits alleging it was one of a number of drugmakers and distributors that fueled the U.S. … Source: Claims Journal

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The University of California has agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle allegations that several hundred women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynecologist, lawyers announced. The settlement was announced Monday by some … Source: Claims Journal