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14 Tanks Burn in Explosion at North Dakota Oil Tank Battery
Authorities say an explosion at an oil tank battery near New Town, North Dakota, on Jan. 18 sent 14 tanks up in flames and caused oil and brine to spill. No injuries were reported. New Town Fire Chief John DeGroot …
POSTED JANUARY 21, 2021 2:28 AM |
DuPont Spinoff Will Contest Charges Over Deadly Gas Leak at Texas Plant
Corteva, a spinoff that took over DuPont’s agriculture division, will contest the charges against DuPont stemming from a 2014 poisonous gas leak that killed four workers at a Houston-area plant. A former DuPont employee has also been charged. Four employees …
POSTED JANUARY 21, 2021 2:15 AM |
Corps Could Pay $2.1B Louisiana for Hurricane Protection System
The Army Corps of Engineers is getting nearly $12.5 million to help build a Louisiana hurricane protection system and could pay $2.1 billion of the expected cost, officials said. Three Republicans in Louisiana’s congressional delegation announced approval of the construction …
POSTED JANUARY 21, 2021 1:58 AM |
Oklahoma Dairy Recalls Contaminated Milk Given to Children
Oklahoma schools are advising people to throw away milk products received from districts after a dairy company recalled its chocolate milk because some of it may have been contaminated. Hiland Dairy is recalling 4,800 cases of its one-half pint 1% …
POSTED JANUARY 21, 2021 1:48 AM |
New Delay in Getting Vaccine Worries Nebraska Workers
Nebraska teachers and meatpacking workers worry it will take longer for essential workers like them to get the coronavirus vaccine now that the next group of people to be vaccinated has been expanded to include everyone 65 and older in …
POSTED JANUARY 20, 2021 5:51 PM |
DuPont, Former Employee Charged in 2014 Fatal Release at Texas Plant
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. (DuPont) and a former employee have been indicted for knowingly violating requirements of federal safety regulations and negligently releasing an extremely hazardous substance at the company’s plant in LaPorte, Texas. U.S. …
POSTED JANUARY 20, 2021 5:46 PM |
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Policy Count Down, Financial Position Up
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, now in its 14th round of depopulation, continues to shed policies, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The drop in policy count has occurred even during the most …
POSTED JANUARY 20, 2021 5:29 PM |
The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan’s Owen Moore Insurance
The Hilb Group LLC (THG) acquired Linwood, Michigan-based Owen Moore Insurance Agency (OMA) in a transaction that was effective Dec. 31, 2020. OMA is a full-service property/casualty agency, providing a broad range of personal and commercial insurance products and services …
POSTED JANUARY 20, 2021 5:13 PM |
Supreme Court Rejects Merck’s Bid to Reinstate $2.5B Damage Award Against Rival
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Merck & Co. Inc.’s bid to revive a $2.54 billion jury verdict it won against rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. for infringing a patent in a dispute over a blockbuster hepatitis C treatment. …
POSTED JANUARY 20, 2021 4:09 PM |
California COVID-19 Benefits Fraud, Cyber Attack Could Reach $9.8B
California may have paid out nearly $10 billion in phony coronavirus unemployment claims – more than double the previous estimate – with some of that money going to organized crime in Russia, China and other countries, according to a security …
POSTED JANUARY 20, 2021 3:58 PM |
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