Articles by Brendan Murray, Heather Perlberg and Nacha Cattan

Six Presumed Dead After Bridge Collapse, as Port Disruptions Hit Cars to Coal

The 1.6 mile-long bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks. As much as 2.5 million tons of coal, hundreds of cars made by Ford Motor Co., and General Motors Co., …

EU Widens Probe of Suicide Risks Linked to Weight-Loss Drugs

The European Union’s drug regulator expanded its investigation into a possible risk of suicidal thoughts associated with a new class of weight-loss medicines and a separate analysis found that most patients stopped taking the medications after a year. The European …

Growing Headache for Corporate Mexico: Robberies of Cargo Trains

Head southeast out of Mexico City for about four hours or so and you will come upon the town of Acultzingo. It is an impoverished, dusty little place nestled up against the rugged peaks of the Sierra Madre. Most inhabitants …

Search for Survivors Underway after Mexico Earthquake; Hundreds Killed

Mexican search and rescue teams worked through the night after an earthquake rocked one of the world’s largest urban centers, killing hundreds and reducing buildings to rubble. Military police, paramedics and volunteers, aided by giant flood lights, sifted through the …

Hurricane Patricia Targets Mexico; 400K People, Ports, Insurers at Risk

Hurricane Patricia, the strongest in the history of the Americas, prepared to barrel into Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday, sending guests fleeing hotels in the Puerto Vallarta resort area. About 400,000 people are considered “vulnerable,” civil protection official Jose Maria Tapia …

Mexico Storms Leave 80 Dead as New Hurricane Heads for Coast

Hurricane Manuel formed off of Mexico’s Pacific coast, promising to bring new flooding as the nation struggles to clean up after two storms that killed at least 80 people and trapped thousands of tourists in the resort city of Acapulco. …