Severe drought crisis deepens along Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water...
Free offices with a view: 4 lighthouses, courtesy of feds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Dreading your eventual return to the office? The federal government is making available — for free — some waterfront workspaces with...
Feds say Swiss company to pay $77M over US tax evaders
NEW YORK — Switzerland’s biggest and oldest life insurance company will pay more than $77 million to the U.S. Treasury after admitting it helped...
Granholm: Normal service at gas pump likely by late Sunday
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown...
Alibaba records first quarterly operating loss since IPO
HONG KONG — Alibaba had its first quarterly operating loss since it went public in 2014 after Beijing slapped a record $2.8 billion fine...
DeSantis: Florida will fill void if small cruise lines leave
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Calling Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings “not one of the bigger ones,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that if smaller cruise...
Biden team moves swiftly to tackle pipeline political peril
The Biden administration swung aggressively into action after a primary gasoline pipeline fell prey to a cyberattack — understanding that the situation posed a...
EXPLAINER: What’s next for pipelines after Colonial hack
WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest fuel pipeline is flowing again after the company that runs it it was hit by a gang of hackers....
Back to square one? Trump decision still weighs on Facebook
Suppose you were Mark Zuckerberg, recently ordered by an advisory board to decide how long former President Donald Trump should stay banned from Facebook....
Jimmy Harrell, Deepwater Horizon rig supervisor, dies at 65
MORTON, Miss. — Jimmy Harrell, a supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, has died...