Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and closed busy roadways. Organizers …
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Brian Keeper doesn’t remember exactly when his family began spending holidays in Hunt, an unincorporated town on the banks of the Guadalupe River where they’d camp, swim, and fish. Sometimes they caught so many perch, bass, and catfish that it …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and Hamilton Insurance Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Names QBE’s Masciovecchio as Country Manager, Switzerland Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced …
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, is planning to plead guilty on Tuesday to two charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud, a judge said at …
Do Kwon to Plead Guilty to US Conspiracy, Fraud Charges in $40B Crypto Collapse Read More »
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based group of insurance intermediaries, has entered into an agreement to acquire City Quarter Brokers, subject to regulatory approval. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. City Quarter Brokers is a highly regarded London-headquartered …
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Firefighters continue to slowly make gains a massive wildfire burning in two California counties, now the biggest fire in the state this year, reaching “megafire” status. The Gifford Fire is threatening more than 822 structures and has prompted hundreds of …
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A Georgia man who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal, …
CDC Shooter Believed COVID Vaccine Made Him Suicidal, Father Tells Police Read More »
A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West Virginia. “Those pollutants endanger the environment, aquatic life, and …
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As wildfires raged across Los Angeles in January, a state official parried an email from a resident living on the edge of the conflagration: When would long-delayed regulations designed to protect high-risk homes like hers be implemented? “I do not …
While LA Burned, Rules to Protect Homes From Wildfires Were on Hold Read More »
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday his artificial intelligence startup xAI would take legal action against Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of breaching antitrust regulations in managing the App Store rankings. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it …
Musk Says xAI to Take Legal Action Against Apple Over App Store Rankings Read More »
