March 7, 2017
Prosecutors in southwest Florida have filed charges against an officer who accidentally shot a woman to death during a citizens academy “shoot/don’t shoot” exercise, as well as the officer’s boss. State Attorney Stephen Russell announced Wednesday that Punta Gorda Police …
March 6, 2017
Long-awaited legislation to dismantle Obamacare was unwrapped on Monday by U.S. Republicans, who called for ending health insurance mandates and rolling back extra healthcare funding for the poor in a package that drew immediate fire from Democrats. In a battle …
March 6, 2017
RENO, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has added Steve Peitz, Carlos Ruiz and Loren Pierce at risk management consultants. Peitz was previously a safety specialist at Panasonic Energy North America, and an assistant safety director at Q&D Construction Inc. before …
March 6, 2017
A deadly form of bird flu has been confirmed in a southern Tennessee operation that supplies Tyson Foods Inc. with chickens, marking the first U.S. case at a commercial farm this year and prompting South Korea to ban imports of …
March 6, 2017
Government agencies are not always successful using social media and telecommunication to uncover the intentions of terrorists because terrorists are now more careful in utilizing these technologies for planning and preparing for attacks. But researchers at Binghamton University, State University …
March 6, 2017
NorCal Insurance in California has merged operations with Leavitt United Insurance Services. Rich Hansen remains with the agency as a commercial agent. In addition to servicing his commercial clients, Hansen will mentor and coach other producers in the agency. NorCal …
March 6, 2017
Fidelis Insurance announced that Hinal Patel has been appointed to succeed Neil McConachie as group CFO, effective June 30, 2017, subject to regulatory and immigration approval. McConachie resigned for personal reasons earlier this year and after a comprehensive search Patel, …
March 6, 2017
Johnson & Johnson said that a state court jury in Missouri had returned a verdict in its favor in the latest trial to arise out of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based products can increase the risk of ovarian …
March 6, 2017
Fraser Shipyards Inc. says it’s working with a U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation after a worker was burned last month. The incident occurred Feb. 6 while the worker was servicing a vessel in the Duluth-Superior Harbor. The worker …
March 6, 2017
An Oklahoma-based Native American tribe filed a lawsuit in its own tribal court system Friday accusing several oil companies of triggering the state’s largest earthquake that caused extensive damage to some near-century-old tribal buildings. The Pawnee Nation alleges in the …