Brian Morearty, 50, a software engineer at Airbnb and one of 600 employees attending a company conference in Paris, spoke to a reporter as he arrived at SFO on Sunday afternoon. On Friday, he took refuge inside the restaurant for six hours. As the scope of the synchronized attacks unfolded during the evening, many of those locked inside pored over their smart phones.
Month: November 2015
Broken system lets problem police officers jump from job to job
Law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct have jumped from job to job — and at times faced fresh allegations that include raping women — because of a tattered network of laws and lax screening that allowed them to stay on the beat.
Measure slashing drug prices may go to California voters next fall
Advocates of a proposed measure that would require state programs to pay no more for prescription drugs than prices negotiated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said they had turned in 542,879 signatures by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline, well beyond the 365,880 required by the state.
Covered California confronts challenge of signing up millions of remaining uninsured
As the Affordable Care Act’s third open-enrollment season kicks off Sunday, health care experts around the nation will be closely watching whether Covered California gains more traction — and signups — than it did in 2015.