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The first sign of trouble surfaced thousands of miles from Indonesia. Inspectors in the U.S. are used to seeing containers of frozen shrimp and sneakers pass through their ports. Some 600,000 metric tons of the seafood and more than two …
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Kenvue could face the revival of more than 500 private lawsuits alleging its Tylenol painkiller causes autism, after a U.S. appeals court panel on Monday questioned whether they were dismissed because a trial judge improperly excluded evidence. U.S. District Judge …
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In an age of frequent mass shootings, insurers cannot escape coverage by arguing that each pull of the trigger was a “separate occurrence” unless the policy unambiguously says so, a federal appeals court held this week in a case stemming …
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Amazon shoppers can browse and buy Ford Motor vehicles on the e-commerce platform starting on Monday, joining Hyundai in adding online options for customers who want to avoid dealership lots. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker and the tech company said customers …
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The NTSB will hold a public board meeting this week to determine the probable cause of the contact of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge and subsequent bridge collapse.
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A California state judge has ruled that 6,000 Black workers at Tesla’s flagship assembly plant cannot sue over alleged racial harassment as a class, reversing an earlier ruling in a major victory for CEO Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker. California …
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A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple owes medical-monitoring technology company Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent covering blood-oxygen reading technology. The jury agreed with Masimo that the Apple Watch’s workout mode and heart rate notification …
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More than half of insurance executives say generative and agentic artificial intelligence are the technological investments that will have the most transformative impact on the industry over the next three years, according to PwC. The professional services firm noted in …
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A federal bankruptcy judge said on Friday he will approve a restructuring plan for drugmaker Purdue Pharma that includes a $7.4 billion settlement resolving claims that it fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic through the sale of addictive pain medications like …
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The National Flood Insurance Program has been reauthorized until the end of January 2026. With the passage of HR 5371, which ended the 43-day shutdown of the federal government, NFIP was temporarily extended until Jan. 30, 2026. The program lapsed …
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