News analyst Daniel Schorr says weeks after the Africa-uranium story hit the headlines, the Bush administration is still struggling to get its story straight.
The state Legislature is considering several measures to crack down on illegal fireworks. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports on the different tactics lawmakers are looking at, such as increasing both inspections at the harbors and penalties for violators.
The defendants blamed for causing the deadly tragedy agreed to pay a total of $4.037 billion to resolve claims by thousands of affected people. But a key settlement term says insurance companies can’t separately go after the defendants to recoup money paid to policyholders.