Johnson & Johnson has to pay $18.8 million to California cancer patients in baby powder suits

Johnson & Johnson will have to pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to his baby powder, a jury ruled Tuesday, a setback for the company that has thousands of similar cases of its talc-based products US bankruptcy court. The jury ruled in favor of Emory Hernandez Valadez, … Read more

Thames Water: Why the UK’s water industry is struggling with spills, major leaks and crushing debt

London CNN — Financial difficulties at the company, which supplies water to more than a fifth of Britain’s population, have raised concerns about the dire state of an industry that provides a resource people cannot live without. The problems are most acute at Thames Water, the London water company, but the entire industry in England … Read more

Traveling in America sucks and it’s not going to get better anytime soon

new York CNN — Hundreds of thousands of people looking to travel this week have found themselves frustratingly stuck at an airport far from home with little choice but to wait. And wait. It started with heavy storms on Sunday and worsened as airlines struggled to rebook customers and reallocate staff. Between Sunday and Wednesday, … Read more

Officials announce congestion rates are taking hold in New York City

CNN — New York City has been cleared to introduce congestion pricing, a practice that allows the city to charge drivers going to Lower Manhattan, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The decision paves the way for the city to start the program as early as next spring. CNN has reached out to the … Read more

Four alarming charts showing just how extreme the climate is right now

CNN — Rising temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high carbon pollution in the atmosphere and low ice levels in Antarctica. We’re only halfway through 2023, and so many climate records are being broken that some scientists are sounding the alarm, fearing it could be a sign the planet is warming much faster than expected. In … Read more