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August 4, 2022
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after a speech at the central bank's annual symposium at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, Aug. 26, 2022.
Fed Chair Says Higher Rates Unlikely to Cause Deep Recession
September 12, 2022
Prospective employers and job seekers interact during during a job fair in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, Sept. 22, 2021.
Government Revision Shows Economy Shrank 0.6% Last Quarter
August 25, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation has opened a query into seat belt pretensioners on certain 2020-2022 Kia/Hyundai vehicles, saying that they may rupture or explode.
Kia/Hyundai Seat Belt Pretensioners Under Investigation
August 12, 2022
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Alondra Nelson speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del.
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August 4, 2022
In this Friday, June 25, 2021, file photo, rescue personnel work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, in Surfside, Fla. Even as the search continues over a week later for signs of life in the mangled debris of the fallen Champlain Towers South, the process of seeking answers about why it happened and who is to blame is already underway in Florida's legal system.
Safety
Building Collapse Lawsuits Seek to Get Answers, Assign Blame
At least five lawsuits have been filed on behalf of residents who survived or are feared dead.
July 6, 2021
Workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. One hundred fifty-nine people were still unaccounted for two days after Thursday's collapse, which killed at least four.
Safety
Engineers: Building Needed $9M+ in Repairs Before Collapse
There were several major repairs that needed to be done as soon as possible.
June 28, 2021
In this April 24, 2019, photo, American Airlines aircraft are shown parked at their gates at Miami International Airport in Miami. A veteran airline mechanic has been sentenced to three years in prison for sabotaging an American Airlines jetliner in Miami with 150 people aboard. The lawyer for 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani said at a hearing Wednesday, March 4, 2020, that the mechanic's sole motive in July was to earn overtime fixing the plane.
Operations
Mechanic Gets 3 Years for Sabotaging Jetliner
He was trying to get overtime fixing the plane.
March 4, 2020
A former American Airlines mechanic who prosecutors say may have some links to terrorists is due to enter a plea to charges that he sabotaged an aircraft with 150 people aboard.
Safety
Man to Enter Plea Over Plane Sabotage
He was upset an ongoing labor dispute was denying him overtime work.
September 20, 2019
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about the need to lower prescription costs by importing drugs from other countries, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at the Eisenhower Recreation Center in The Villages, Fla. Listening at right is state Sen. Aaron Bean.
Supply Chain
FL Gov. Approves Plan to Import Drugs
U.S. residents pay up to 174% more for the same prescription drugs than other developed countries.
June 12, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks during a event on medical billing, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Washington.
Supply Chain
Trump Backs Plan to Import Meds
The bill overcame stiff opposition from pharmaceutical companies who claimed importing drugs would lead to risks of counterfeit substances.
May 10, 2019
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Food & Beverage
Bill Making Hemp Florida Crop
Republican senator says, 'We want to be a leader in hemp, rather than a follower.'
March 26, 2019
This May 11, 2016, file photo shows an area of the Herbalife corporate office in Los Angeles. Some distributors who claim they were duped by Herbalife’s promises they’d get rich selling health and personal care products are suing the company for as much as $1 billion in damages.
Supply Chain
Herbalife Distributors Say Events Were a Sham
The class-action case could involve more than 100,000 plaintiffs and mean as much as $1 billion in damages.
August 23, 2018
This undated photo shows Tania Julin, whose husband was kidnapped about 15 miles from the Colombian border. The families of six Americans kidnapped and killed in Colombia by the terrorist organization known as FARC are seeking damages from banana giant Chiquita Brands International.
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Chiquita Sued Over American Deaths in Colombia
The families of Americans kidnapped and killed by a terrorist organization are seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages.
February 5, 2018
This undated photo shows Spencer Silver, left and Art Fry, right, holding a Post-It Note pad. Alan Amron, an inventor with 40 patents, claims that he invented what he called the Press-On Memo in 1973, a year before Fry and Silver, 3M scientists, developed what later became known as the Post-It Note. Amron is suing 3M for $400 million in damages.
Product Development
Alleged Post-It Inventor Sues 3M
Meanwhile, 3M insists it developed Post-it Notes without any input or inspiration from the plaintiff, "and it is false and misleading for him to state or suggest that he created, invented, or had any role in the product's development."
March 11, 2016