U.S. judge asked to create mental health fund for migrant children
A civil rights group asked a federal judge on Thursday to order the U.S. government to provide mental health counseling for the around 2,000 immigrant children separated from their parents by officials at the U.S.-Mexican border.
Explainer: Drought creates a perfect storm for wildfires in U.S. West
Bigger and more “explosive” wildfires are raging across the U.S. West, with the area burned in Colorado already four times the size of last year’s total, as rising temperatures, drought and a buildup of forest fuels supercharge blazes.
Fourth defendant pleads guilty to racist attack livestreamed on Facebook
The last of four defendants pleaded guilty on Thursday to taking part in a racially-charged 2017 attack on an 18-year-old mentally disabled Illinois man that was livestreamed on Facebook, county prosecutors said.
Jury orders J&J to pay $4.7 billion in Missouri asbestos cancer case
A Missouri jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $4.69 billion to 22 women who alleged the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
Puerto Rico power utility board quits, leaving leadership void
Five of the seven board members of the bankrupt Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority – including its CEO, named one day ago – resigned on Thursday, leaving the utility with no leadership amid a massive restructuring effort following the devastation wro…
Ex-N.Y. state university official found guilty of bid-rigging
The former president of the State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute was found guilty on Thursday of charges that he helped rig a 2013 bidding process for a billion-dollar development project intended to revitalize the Buffalo, New York reg…
Iowa, Illinois investigating infections linked to McDonald’s salad
The Iowa and Illinois health departments said on Thursday that they were investigating cyclospora infections linked to salads at McDonald Corp’s restaurants.
Build-A-Bear limits store promotion as crowds build a logjam
Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc, the global stuffed-animal retailer, had to limit a popular pay-your-age event on Thursday as long lines stretched outside its U.S., Canada and UK stores and crowds clogged mall corridors.
Jury orders J&J to pay $550 million in Missouri asbestos cancer case
A Missouri jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $550 million to 22 women who alleged the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
Majority of Puerto Rico power utility board resigns
Five of the seven board members of the bankrupt Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority resigned on Thursday, effectively leaving the utility with no leadership amid a massive restructuring effort following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria.
