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California is set to be drenched in coming days as heavy rain and snowstorms uncoil off the Pacific Ocean, potentially bringing Los Angeles a month’s worth of rain and prompting evacuation warnings in areas burned by last January’s fires. The …
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As London struggles to adapt to the reality of more frequent and powerful floods, its wealthier corners are emerging as some of the most at risk. Last month in the affluent London neighborhood of South Hampstead, homeowners packed a community …
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A jury in federal court in Chicago ordered Boeing on Wednesday to pay more than $28 million to the family of a United Nations environmental worker who was killed in the 2019 crash of a 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia. …
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Amazon.com was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action saying the retailer subjects thousands of warehouse employees with disabilities to a “punitive” policy governing workplace absences. Amazon, the largest private-sector U.S. employer behind Walmart, was accused of docking unpaid …
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A new survey reveals consumer frustration with auto insurance pricing models and growing support for more transparency in how policies are priced and for telematics. The new research from mobility data and analytics company Arity suggests that drivers who feel …
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A Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.-owned utility is at risk of losing its investment-grade credit rating as it expects to have to pay up more money for litigation brought by victims of 2020 wildfires in Oregon. PacifiCorp recently warned that it …
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Three former senior enforcement lawyers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are launching a “strategic enforcement project” to help protect the public from corporate misconduct following President Donald Trump’s clampdown at the agency, a pro-consumer organization announced on Wednesday. …
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A weather forecasting organization is offering up five reasons why the U.S. wasn’t hit by a hurricane this season, despite forecasts that called for an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with numerous anticipated landfalls. It will be the first Atlantic …
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Waymo will become the first robotaxi provider in the U.S. to offer driverless rides on highways to better compete with ridesharing companies and traditional taxi services.
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Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs.
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