Margaret Stafford

Associated Press

Workers Allege Racism at Harley Plant

Reports include having swastikas and nooses posted in the plant, frequent racial epithets and at least one assault.

In this July 23, 2018 file photo, a duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised after it went down the evening of July 19 after a thunderstorm generated near-hurricane strength winds, killing 17 people. A federal indictment released Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, charges the boat's captain Kenneth Scott McKee with 17 counts of misconduct, negligence or inattention to duty by a ship's officer, resulting in death.

MO Duck Boat Captain Indicted

17 deaths occurred after the duck boat, a refurbished amphibious vessel originally used by the military during World War II, sank during a storm in July .

In this July 23, 2018, file photo, the duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised. A lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages was filed Sunday, July 29, against the owners and operators of the duck boat that sank July 19.

Fatal Duck Boat Lawsuit Seeks $100M

Lawsuit says company put profits over people's safety after 17 die in accident.

Syngenta Settles for $1.5B

The settlement is believed to be the largest agricultural litigation settlement in U.S. history.

In this Oct. 21, 2016 file photo emergency workers clean various items inside a decontamination tent at Mosaic Life Care, in Atchison, Kan. Federal investigators say Human error and problems with design and labeling led to the release of a large chemical cloud over the city that sent more than 140 people to the hospital last year. The chemical release from MGP Ingredients in Atchison, occurred when a delivery truck driver inadvertently unloaded sulfuric acid into a tank that contained sodium hypochlorite.

Human Error Led to Chemical Cloud

The chemical release from MGP Ingredients in Atchison, Kansas, occurred when a delivery truck driver inadvertently unloaded sulfuric acid into a tank that contained sodium hypochlorite.

This photo from video by KCTV5 shows damage to the side of a building in the aftermath of a fatal explosion at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo., Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Explosion at Ammunition Plant Kills 1

Other explosions have occurred at the Midwestern plant, including a 1990 blast that killed one worker and a 1981 explosion that severely burned a worker who later died.