Government And Institutions

The latest fines are proposed against 10 passengers whose unruly behavior reportedly included punching and stomping on fellow passengers and family members as well as kicking, punching, spitting and throwing trash at flight attendants.

Florida state lawmakers are considering withdrawing from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's oversight due to opposition to the agency's COVID-19 mandate for workers

Ten states have filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden's administration's mandate requiring more than 17 million health care workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or lose their jobs

The owner of a San Francisco Bay Area solar energy company was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday for an audacious Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $1 billion.

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed by Congress last week includes a mandate that carmakers include technology in new vehicles that monitors drivers for impaired driving

The agency announced this week that it's sending nearly $60 million in funds that "Amazon allegedly illegally withheld from drivers between 2016 and 2019."

The agency will offer up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any individual who holds "a key leadership position" in DarkSide and up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any individual conspiring or attempting to participate in a "DarkSide variant ransomware incident."

In August, officials from the FAA and Department of Justice began meeting to “develop an efficient method for referring the most serious unruly-passenger cases for potential criminal prosecution," the agencies said in a joint statement. 

The footage focuses on an altercation between two men, later identified as Curtis Maurice Clayton and German Montez, who were "involved in a dispute on the plane," according to police.

Google is pursuing a massive cloud-computing contract with the Department of Defense, nearly three years after abandoning a similar bid process in the face of employee protests.

Ford is requiring its salaried workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to comply with the Biden administration's requirement for federal contractors.

A bottle of the Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones in "Lavender & Chamomile with Gemstones" scent tested positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei.

Artnaturals is voluntarily recalling 10 lots of its 8-oz. Scent Free Hand Sanitizer after ont manufacturing lot was exposed to impurities out of an abundance of caution," according to the recall notice.

Even with the threat of thousands of dollars in fines, there have been 4,941 unruly passenger reports from flight crews in 2021. Mask-related incidents accounted for 3,580 of them, the FAA says.

Aviation unions told the FAA the majority of U.S. flight attendants typically do receive 10 hours of rest from airlines but urged the rule's quick adoption for safety and security reasons.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he feels betrayed by business-mandated vaccinations during a Thursday press conference and vowed to call legislators back to counter the orders.

President Biden’s pick for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is facing a hard fight over her past comments and studies as she refuses to turn over her thesis on Marxism while a student at Moscow State University.

A Colorado event planning company is suing the state's Office of Economic Development and International Trade in order to block racial preferences in the distribution of COVID-19 relief funds to disproportionately impacted businesses.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen continues to defend the Biden administration's proposed requirement for banks to report every transaction of $600 or more to the IRS, saying, "There's a lot of tax fraud and cheating that's going on."

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says a suburb outside Seattle "is where most of our growth will end up being.'