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

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

Why it is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to take out household contents insurance

new York CNN — Home contents insurance is becoming more and more expensive and difficult to find in many places. There are no signs that the situation will improve any time soon. The culprits: climate change, rising costs for conversions or repairs and a sharp increase in premiums from reinsurance companies, which insurers use to … Read more

An airstrike in the Sudanese capital kills 17 people, including five children, hours before the US and Saudi Arabia negotiate a ceasefire

CNN — At least 17 people, including five children, were killed on Saturday, according to the country’s Health Ministry, after an airstrike hit a residential area in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, hours before the United States and Saudi Arabia announced a 72-hour ceasefire. At least 25 houses were destroyed in the air raid on the … Read more