Judge tosses case against CEO over plant fire during Harvey

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has dropped the case against the CEO of a chemical manufacturer over a toxic fire at the company’s suburban Houston plant during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Judge Belinda Hill ruled Wednesday that prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence to support the charge against Arkema Inc. CEO Richard Rowe. The company and another employee still face the same charge, the reckless emission of an air contaminant related to the fire at the Pennsylvania-based company&r