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Drones That Shut Copenhagen Airport Flown by ‘Capable Operator’: Danish Police
Danish police said on Tuesday that drones that shut the country’s main airport a day earlier appeared to have been flown by “a capable operator” seeking to demonstrate certain abilities, adding that no suspects had been identified. The airports in …
Read More Shippers Warn Net Zero Plan Could Cost Over $300 Billion by 2035
A group of shipping firms warned that the International Maritime Organization’s planned net zero rules risk imposing significant costs on the industry. The IMO, shipping’s global regulator, has set a goal of net zero for shipping by mid-century and next …
Read More NC Postal Worker Pleads to Lying About Work While Gaining $500K in Benefits
A 74-year-old former postal worker in North Carolina is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying information about her post-injury employment and costing the federal workers’ compensation program as much as $500,000 in indemnity and …
Read More Judge Clears Florida Officer in Shooting of UPS Driver, Citing ‘Stand Your Ground’
A South Florida judge cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a UPS driver who had been taken hostage during a 2019 robbery. Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Jose Mateo, who had been charged …
Read More Two More HO Insurers Join Florida Market, One Led by Former Metromile CEO
Florida regulators have approved two new homeowner insurance companies, one led by a San Francisco tech entrepreneur and former head of Metromile auto insurance company. “I focus on companies that can successfully use machine learning and statistics to build great …
Read More Murdoch Calls Trump’s Epstein Suit ‘Affront’ to Free Speech
Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. asked a US judge to throw out President Donald Trump’s $10 billion libel lawsuit over a Wall Street Journal report tying him to a bawdy birthday note to the late Jeffrey Epstein, calling the case …
Read More AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment and it Could Get Worse
Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years—and things are getting worse. For the 14th consecutive year, commercial auto has posted an underwriting loss and has accumulated more than …
Read More New Jersey Requires Testing and Disclosure of Lead in Water Systems
New Jersey has enacted new requirements around testing and disclosure of lead in public water systems. The new law (A2929/S1034) requires landlords to report information about the known or potential presence of lead in drinking water to tenants of residential …
Read More Illinois Labor Union to Pay $110K Over Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Sunnybrook Union, a labor union representing teachers and educational support staff in the Sunnybrook School District in Lansing, Illinois, will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
Read More Electric Tractors Gain Traction Among Farmers Seeking Eco-Friendly Options
In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. As they took turns climbing in — some surprised by its …
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