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Three people were killed and one injured when a TV news helicopter crashed between two commercial buildings in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, the city’s fire department said. The helicopter was providing coverage for KNBC and Telemundo 52, the …

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has informed Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Schools that the district’s data has been breached as a result of the recent cyberattack that closed schools last week. The breach appears to include staff and student information. …

The owner and operator of an unlicensed prize insurance company who for years avoided paying claims, ignored cease and desist orders, and has been convicted of illegal sales and theft has pleaded guilty to fraud. Kevin Kolenda of Norwalk, Connecticut …

Waddingham Joins MEMIC Group as New Jersey Production Underwriter The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, added Brandon Waddingham to its Northeast underwriting team as a production underwriter. Waddingham joins MEMIC with nine years of insurance experience. In his role, …

Amazon Web Services cannot restore access to its cloud-computing facility in Bahrain and one of three data–hosting zones in the United Arab Emirates following damage during the Iran war, according to a status update seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Amazon’s …

Ukraine is examining whether additional insurance cover for ships carrying food exports could help revive seaborne trade disrupted by Russian attacks on vessels and port infrastructure, a farm lobby group and a major farmers’ union said on Wednesday. Since the …

The European Union will set up a “climate insurance alliance” to help pay for losses as global warming increases the frequency and intensity of droughts, floods and wildfires. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the initiative as part …

AXA SA Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl called on France’s next president to address the country’s debt mountain with structural reforms and rejected a far-left plan to cancel bonds as “dangerous.” The euro area’s second-biggest economy is under intense scrutiny, …

Marsh appointed Linda Jones as U.S. healthcare industry practice leader, Marsh Risk, effective today. Based in Washington, D.C., Jones reports to Darren Cromwell, industry practice group leader, Marsh Risk, U.S. and Canada. In this role, Jones will drive healthcare strategy …

President Donald Trump’s broad rollbacks of federal greenhouse gas rules since January 2025 have altered the trajectory of US energy use and helped set back cuts to planet-warming pollution by about a decade. The latest turnabout came on Monday when …