Tesla must face a certified class action by California drivers who said Elon Musk misled them for eight years about the self-driving capabilities of his company’s electric vehicles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said the common question of whether Tesla …
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Progressive North Ridgeville, LLC, a healthcare facility in North Ridgeville, Ohio, agreed to pay $5,000 and take corrective action to resolve a race discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. The EEOC’s investigation …
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The US government is forecasting a record corn crop this year, but pictures of ugly-looking plants spreading fast through social media have triggered concern about the upcoming harvest. The photos show corn with missing kernels as a result of uneven …
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Missing an ear and his front legs detached, Brighty the Burro certainly has seen better days. The 600-pound (273-kilogram) bronze statue used to greet visitors at the Grand Canyon Lodge on the national park’s North Rim. The nearly century-old building …
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The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the second special session of the year for the Legislature, focusing first on flood-related legislation. Abbott’s …
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Deep-red Texas needs to build power plants at an astonishing speed and scale to keep its economy humming. President Donald Trump just made that much harder. So many data centers, crypto-mining operations and factories are planned for the Lone Star …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Taps Hughes From IAG as CEO of New Zealand Howden, the London-based global insurance intermediary group, …
Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, named Lauren Root as vice president of its national property practice. Based in the firm’s Houston, Texas, office, Root specializes in property and inland marine coverage with expertise in catastrophe-exposed risks. Root most …
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W.R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Berkley Edge, a new business providing professional liability and casualty insurance for small to mid-sized businesses. Berkley Edge will focus on hard-to-place and distressed risks, offering coverage exclusively through wholesale brokers. “We are …
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Four major heat waves, dry conditions and strong winds have turned Europe into a tinderbox this summer, fueling the most destructive wildfire season in nearly two decades. Blazes have scorched about 8,948 square kilometers (3,455 square miles) across the European …
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