Green Bay is asking Wisconsin officials to postpone the state’s April primary election in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, arguing in a federal lawsuit that the city cannot safely conduct in-person voting due to the safety risks presented by the virus.
Read moreCiting concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Wednesday its agents would temporarily suspend most arrests, focusing only on individuals said to pose public safety risks or subject to mandatory detention on criminal grounds.
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As the number of coronavirus cases grows, so does the impact on courtrooms across the country. And with the recent link of 50 cases to one New York lawyer, that impact is starting to become more visible.
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Boeing made missteps and withheld information about the 737 MAX while federal regulators failed to provide proper oversight, leading to a “fundamentally flawed” aircraft that demands tighter rules, a U.S. congressional committee said Friday.
Read moreA whistleblower complaint filed on Thursday claims the Department of Health and Human Services failed to follow safety protocols when health workers met American evacuees of the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
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A federal judge Monday extended a temporary order blocking the establishment of a coronavirus quarantine site in Costa Mesa, California, and ordered officials to hash out the details of plans to bring infected people to the facility.
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Pacific Gas and Electric urged a federal judge not to impose new probation conditions that would force the company to hire more tree workers and tie executive bonuses exclusively to fire safety.
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U.S. regulators put more than 17 million flight passengers at risk by failing to properly monitor Southwest Airlines’ compliance with safety-management programs, a government watchdog group reported Tuesday.
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For the first time, the U.S. government’s highway safety agency has approved a company’s request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn’t meet federal safety standards for human-driven cars and trucks.
Read moreA campus safety officer may pursue his disability discrimination claims against Pennsylvania State University relating to the revocation of his conditional employment after a physical exam determined that he was mildly color blind, a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled. There is no law requiring campus police officers to have normal color perception.
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Gun rights activists failed Thursday in their bid to overturn Governor Ralph Northam’s ban on all types of weapons on Virginia Capitol grounds at a pro-gun rally next week.
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The families of four victims of the deadly dive boat fire off the coast of Southern California sued the vessel’s owners in federal court Monday, claiming a pattern of poor safety practices and a skirting of Coast Guard rules led to deadly operating conditions.
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency cannot ignore “legacy uses” of chemicals when evaluating their impact on public health, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday while upholding most new rules for reviewing toxic substances.
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Southwest Airlines’ pilots union slammed Boeing late Wednesday for what it calls a rush to return the grounded 737 Max to service and urged the airline to buy planes from other manufacturers.
Read moreStarting Friday, Texas must pay daily fines of $50,000 for not abiding by a court order requiring caretakers to maintain 24-hour supervision of children in group foster homes, a federal judge ruled, adding to the more than $10 million the state has spent fighting reforms in court.
Read moreA government agency is recommending that all 50 states enact laws requiring bicyclists to wear helmets to stem an increase in bicycle deaths on U.S. roadways.
Read moreLawmakers blasted Boeing and peppered its CEO on Wednesday with questions about the design and marketing of the 737 Max, the plane involved in two crashes that killed 346 people.
Read moreOne year to the day since Lion Air Flight 610 crashed off the coast of Indonesia and killed all 189 people on board, Boeing’s CEO faced angry questions from Congress on Tuesday over the company’s failure to safely certify its top-selling 737 Max jets.
Read moreThe French government on Friday issued a series of rules on the use of e-scooters, whose exploding popularity has proved a headache for officials seeking to incorporate them safely into crowded urban landscapes.
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