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Kansas Town Settles Lawsuit with Former Reporter Over Controversial Police Raid
A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom. …
Trump ‘Energy Emergency’ Could Fast-Track Expansion of Louisiana LNG Export Terminal
Less than two years after opening, a liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a multi-billion-dollar expansion under a new Trump administration “emergency” permitting process that shortens environmental review and may weaken protections for surrounding wetlands and waterways. …
Hawaii Faces Rare Hurricane Strike as Storms Batter Indiana
Hawaii is in line for a rare hurricane strike as Tropical Storm Lala grazes the Big Island, while severe storms threaten more flooding and outages across Indiana. Tropical Storm Lala may grow into a hurricane as it grazes the Big …
Seven People Charged in $100M Workers’ Compensation Fraud Operation in Florida
After a years-long investigation involving state and local law enforcement teams, Florida authorities have charged seven people in a $100 million workers’ compensation payroll scheme that paid workers in cash and defrauded insurers of premiums. “This criminal enterprise systematically exploited …
Two Slicks Appear in Gulf as Huge Oil spill off Oman Threatens Disaster
Two slicks have appeared in Iranian waters, satellite imagery and video verified by Reuters show, as tit-for-tat attacks on oil tankers and other vessels by Iran and the United States spark concerns about environmental damage to the Gulf. A potential …
EEOC Says Nike Complied With Subpoena, Drops Lawsuit
The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination has dropped a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena in an investigation of Nike’s treatment of white employees, saying the company has handed over a trove of information. U.S. District Judge …
Harvard Wins Dismissal of US Suit Over Campus Antisemitism
Harvard University won dismissal of a federal lawsuit claiming that it had “turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis,” marking another setback in the Trump administration’s campaign against the school. US District Judge Richard Stearns …
Hacking Group Claims Mass Data Theft From Shell, Philips, GE, Fiserv, Others
A prolific hacking group known for exploiting software vulnerabilities to attack multiple targets simultaneously claimed it had stolen large volumes of data from nearly 50 companies worldwide, including Philips, Shell, Fiserv and GE, according to a posting on the group’s …
Crypto Firm Trezor Says Data Breach Exposed Thousands of Clients
Trezor, a maker of hardware devices used to store cryptocurrencies, said personal information belonging to thousands of customers was exposed in a data breach affecting one of its shipping providers, the latest security incident to hit the digital-asset industry. The …
UK’s Aviva CEO Says Profit Target Is Safe Despite Fires in UK, Canada
Aviva Plc is on track to achieve its profitability targets for the year despite its exposure to wildfires in the UK and Canada, according to its chief executive officer. The British insurer is in contact with customers impacted by the …
Germany Evacuates Nearly 2,000 People as Wildfire Spreads in the West
More than 2,000 people evacuated their homes in western Germany on Friday, after a wildfire near the Belgian border spread towards a village, local authorities said. Residents were asked to leave their homes in the village of Gey at around …
France Evacuates 525 People as New Wildfire Hits Pine Woods in Southwest
French authorities have evacuated 525 people from the village of Luglon after a wildfire broke out in the southwestern Landes region, not far from an area already devastated by major blazes this summer. The fire, which has razed 1,100 hectares …
