Insurance losses for California wildfires top $11.4 billion
The deadliest and most destructive California wildfires in a century caused insurers more than $11.4 billion in losses, the state’s insurance regulator said Monday.
‘Greed’ fueled Insys founder’s opioid bribe scheme: prosecutor
A lawyer for Insys Therapeutics Inc’s one-time billionaire founder on Monday denied that he had any role in the U.S. opioid crisis as a federal prosecutor told jurors he ran a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive fentanyl spray.
Iowa teen found dead after missing for nearly a week
A 13-year-old Iowa boy who was missing for nearly a week after leaving his home on a snowy, freezing cold night was found dead in a secluded part of his town, police officials said on Monday.
Shutdown costs pegged at $3 billion as government reopens
The U.S. economy was expected to lose $3 billion from the partial federal government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funding, congressional researchers said on Monday as 800,000 federal employees returned to work after 35 …
Insys founder’s lawyer rejects charge he fed U.S. opioid epidemic
A lawyer for Insys Therapeutics Inc’s one-time billionaire founder on Monday rejected claims that her client directed a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive fentanyl spray and denied the product was related to the U.S. opioid crisis.
Attorney general pick says Trump has not discussed Mueller probe with him
President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William Barr, told U.S. lawmakers in written comments released on Monday he would not take any steps to improperly fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and said Trump has never discussed the substan…
Shutdown costs pegged at $3 billion as U.S. government reopens
The U.S. economy was expected to lose $3 billion from the partial federal government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funding, congressional researchers said on Monday as 800,000 federal employees returned to work after a 3…
Insys founder ran bribe scheme to push opioid: U.S. prosecutor
Insys Therapeutics Inc’s one-time billionaire founder directed a vast scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive fentanyl spray as opioid addiction was spiraling into a public health crisis, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday.
U.S. growth to slow in 2019 as deficit climbs: congressional researchers
U.S. economic growth will slow this year to 2.3 percent from 3.1 percent in 2018, as the stimulative effects of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts wane and the federal budget deficit climbs to nearly $900 billion, congressional researchers said on Monda…
Polar vortex to freeze U.S. upper Midwest and Northeast
The U.S. Midwest and Northeast were braced for dangerous subzero temperatures this week, as the polar vortex was set to blast arctic conditions unusually far south, the National Weather Service said on Monday.
