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Massachusetts Police Charge Man With Intentionally Setting Brush Fires
A man was arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting brush fires in Massachusetts during a time of dry conditions that have led to blazes throughout the Northeast, police said Monday. Police said they arrested the 72-year-old Attleboro man during a …
Read More TWIA Board Reviews 2025 Budget After $455 Million Loss from Hurricane Beryl
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors met last week to review information related to the agency’s 2025 budget. The meeting presented new information on TWIA losses from 2024 storms as projected policy growth in the coming year. The …
Read More People Moves: Great American Insurance Group Promotes Gambrell to Divisional President, Excess Liability
Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, promoted Todd D. Gambrell to divisional president, excess liability, effective Jan.1, 2025. Gambrell will succeed John V. Bracca, who will retire in January after more than 30 years of service. Gambrell joined Great …
Read More Texas Medical Center Settles Racial Hiring Discrimination Case
The U.S. Department of Labor and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have entered into a conciliation agreement in which the federal contractor will pay $900,000 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged systemic racial hiring affecting 6,123 …
Read More Hydrogen Wildcatters Are Betting Big on Kansas to Strike It Rich
A new Gold Rush is taking shape on a quiet stretch of Kansas prairie. There, a clutch of startups backed by the likes of Bill Gates are searching below the surface for naturally occurring hydrogen, a fuel that can generate …
Read More Bankruptcy Judge Approves Rockville Centre Diocese $320M Sex Abuse Claims Fund
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a Chapter 11 plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York that includes a $320 million fund to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse and settles insurance issues. Judge Martin Glenn …
Read More Biden Requests $98.6 Billion in Emergency Disaster Aid Funds
President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking $98.6 billion in emergency disaster relief funding from Congress to address the devastation from recent back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the US southeast and left billions in damage. The president’s budget chief, Shalanda Young, on …
Read More Ford Faces Two Recall Probes as Carmaker Combats Quality Woes
US auto safety regulators are probing two recent recalls by Ford Motor Co. as the carmaker struggles to contain quality lapses in its vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating an April recall of more than 450,000 Bronco …
Read More Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for self-driving vehicles one of the Transportation Department’s priorities, according to people familiar with the matter. If new rules enable wider deployment of …
Read More Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Suspected Chinese Hacking Incidents
A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee overseeing technology issues will hold a hearing Tuesday on Chinese hacking incidents, including a recent incident involving American telecom companies. The hearing to be chaired by Senator Richard Blumenthal will review the threats “Chinese hacking …
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