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4 Missing After Record-Breaking Downpours Along Canada’s Atlantic Coast Cause Flooding
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Four people are missing after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Canada’s Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia over the past two days, causing flash flooding, road washouts and power … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBodies of 4 Killed in Alaska Helicopter Crash Are Recovered from Lake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three scientists on Sunday from the sunken wreckage of their aircraft, which went down in a shallow lake last week on the remote … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNew Evacuations Ordered in Greece as High Winds and Heat Fuel Wildfires
RHODES, Greece (AP) — A weeklong wildfire on the Greek resort island of Rhodes tore past defenses Monday, forcing more evacuations, as three major fires raged elsewhere in the country fueled by strong winds and successive heat waves that left … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAfter Decades of Delays, Broken Promises, Coal Miners Hail Rule to Slow Rise of Black Lung
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation`s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since — fueled by denials and lobbying … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreInsurer’s Failure to Cancel Motor Carrier’s Insurance Certificate Did Not Continue Coverage
Coverage from a commercial auto policy does not remain in effect after the policy’s expiration date merely because the insurer failed to give proper notice to the Department of Motor Vehicles that it was canceling a certificate of insurance, the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreA Salvage Team Is Set to Begin Siphoning Oil out of Rusting Tanker Moored off Yemen, UN Says
CAIRO (AP) — An international team is set to begin siphoning oil out of the hull of a decrepit tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen this week, a U.N. official said Sunday. It will mark the first concrete … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJudge Orders Montana Health Clinic to Pay Nearly $6 Million over False Asbestos Claims
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) __ A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims, a judge ruled. The 337 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAmazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Other Tech Firms Agree to AI Safeguards Set by the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) __ President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCupkin Children’s Cups Sold on Amazon Recalled over Newly-Detected Lead Levels
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 345,000 children`s cups are being recalled due to lead levels that exceed the federal content ban, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. Soojimus is recalling 8-ounce and 12-ounce models of its Cupkin … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTornado Damage to Pfizer Plant Unlikely to Cause Major Drug Supply Shortages, FDA says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Most of the destruction from a tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina Wednesday and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant affected its storage facility, rather than its medicine production areas, the company said Friday. The … Source: Claims Journal
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