Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says
A tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant has damaged its drug storage facility but not its medicine production areas
2023-07-22 08:59
UN agency that governs international waters mired in grueling debate over deep sea mining
Members of a U.N. agency that governs international waters are locked in a fierce debate amid disagreement over whether to allow deep sea mining and set a new deadline for proposed regulations still stuck in draft mode
2023-07-22 08:23
DeSantis seeks review of Florida's holdings in Bud Light maker over transgender influencer backlash
Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking for an investigation of the state's investments in the company that makes Bud Light because of conservative backlash over a transgender social media influencer marketing the beverage
2023-07-22 06:28
Ferry carrying traffic across Lake Michigan suspends service after ramping system failure
A ferry carrying traffic across Lake Michigan has suspended trips indefinitely after a mechanical failure of its ramping system
2023-07-22 05:19
AI is the wild card in Hollywood's strikes. Here's an explanation of its unsettling role
Getting control of the use of artificial intelligence is a central issue in the current strikes of Hollywood's actors and writers
2023-07-22 04:54
Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness at his upcoming trial
Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by publicly disclosing personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm
2023-07-22 04:16
Brazilian petrochemical company settles with city where mining destroyed entire neighborhoods
Brazil’s petrochemical giant Braskem says it has reached a $356 million settlement with a coastal city where four decades of the company’s rock salt mining destroyed five urban neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands of people
2023-07-22 03:54
Florida family found guilty of selling bleach product as Covid-19 'cure-all'
A federal jury in Miami on Wednesday found a Florida family guilty of defrauding the United States by distributing a toxic bleaching agent as a Covid-19 cure, according to court records.
2023-07-22 02:27
'Barbenheimer' arrives as moviegoers flock to a Mattel-mushroom cloud double feature
Waves of pink-clad moviegoers passed under carboard palm trees on the frenzied first day of “Barbenheimer.”
2023-07-22 01:22
Low levels of radioactive tritium may be near the Mississippi River after an energy company's leak
Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River
2023-07-22 00:53
The Trump Organization and former fixer Michael Cohen settle his lawsuit over unpaid legal bills
Donald Trump’s company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen’s claims he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president
2023-07-22 00:50
A movie theater chain's plan to charge more for good seats, less for the front row, falls flat
Movie theater operator AMC has ditched plans to charge more seats with better sightlines after competitors did not follow along
2023-07-22 00:25