Posts by Hometown Insurance
Plane Crashed on Second Attempt to Land in Heavy Fog in Alaska, Killing 8, Officials Say
A plane that crashed at a remote military site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board, had been making its second runway approach in heavy fog when it lost contact, authorities said. The Cessna’s two pilots could not …
Read More Yale Police Officer Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud
A New Haven man has been arrested and charged with illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits from the state while being employed as a campus police officer at the Yale University Police Department. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, in November …
Read More Meta, States Have Discussed Settling Teen Social Media Case
Meta Platforms Inc. and state attorneys general have discussed a possible mid-trial settlement of a blockbuster case accusing the company of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict teens, people familiar with the matter said. The trial, now in its …
Read More Freestone Acquires Illinois-Based 360 Benefits
Freestone Insurance Group, a Shore Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired 360 Benefits, an employee benefits focused brokerage based in Chicago. 360 serves privately held, middle-market employers across a broad range of industries, delivering high-touch consultative benefits and risk management …
Read More SpaceX Plans $100 Billion Louisiana Site in Post-IPO Growth Push
SpaceX plans to build a new $100 billion launch site for its Starship rocket on the southern coast of Louisiana, enabling the company to expand operations of the behemoth vehicle that’s critical to its future. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and …
Read More Produce Supplier Taylor Farms Frequently Fails to Submit Annual Injury Reports: Reuters
Taylor Farms, the produce company at the center of a U.S. cyclospora outbreak, frequently failed to submit federally required workplace injury logs in recent years, including for at least four facilities where workers suffered fatal or otherwise serious injuries, a …
Read More Boston Scientific Hit by Cyberattack, Global Operations Affected
Boston Scientific said on Wednesday that a cybersecurity incident had disrupted global operations, including some information systems used to process and ship customer orders. The medical device maker said it detected the incident on Aug. 25 and had activated incident-response …
Read More Ex-Meta Staffer Says 99% of Teens Shunned Early Safety Tool
A former data scientist at Meta Platforms Inc. testified that less than 1% of teenagers were early adopters of a feature designed to get them to take a break from scrolling on Instagram. George Volichenko — who worked on the …
Read More Legal & General Says Meta Isn’t Doing Enough to Keep AI Clean
As the world’s hyperscalers throw vast sums of money into the infrastructure needed for AI, some of their investors are voicing concerns over the potential environmental sacrifices being made in the process. The asset-management unit of Legal & General Group …
Read More Iran, Oman Push Talks for ‘Interim’ Reopening of Hormuz
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi discussed an “interim framework” aimed at resuming shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a joint statement carried by the Oman News Agency, as the two sides press …
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