Insurance
Virginia House Explosion Follows Flare Gun, Firearm Shots
An explosion tore through a house in Arlington, Virginia Monday evening after police spent hours attempting to get the occupant who was shooting a flare gun to stop shooting and come outside. At approximately 4:45 p.m., the Arlington County police …
Read More 23andMe Says Health Data Was Included in Hack That Compromised 6.9 Million Users
Some 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for sale on the internet earlier this year, the company said on Monday. The compromised data included users’ ancestry information as …
Read More DOJ Slaps Criminal Fines on UK Brokers Tysers and H.W. Wood for Bribery
The US Department of Justice has slapped criminal penalties on UK reinsurance brokers Tysers Insurance Brokers Ltd. and H.W. Wood Ltd. as a result of their participation “in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes to Ecuadorian government officials,” the DOJ …
Read More Miss. Sheriff Sets New Policies After Torture Episode. Victims Say it’s to Avoid Consequences
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for the victims of an episode of police torture say new policies unveiled by a Mississippi sheriff`s department this week were introduced so the sheriff can escape liability in a civil lawsuit and forestall a …
Read More Recordings Show How Mormon Church Protects Itself From Child Sex Abuse Claims
Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he …
Read More Fire Blamed on E-Bike Battery Kills 1, Injures 6 in Bronx Apartment Building
One person was killed and six others were injured when a fire blamed on an electric bicycle battery tore through a New York City apartment, officials said Monday. The fire started at around 7 p.m. Sunday in a 10th-floor apartment …
Read More During Pandemic, Surgeries Delayed, but Care on Track for Injured Workers: WCRI
Injured workers got timely initial help during the COVID-19 pandemic but faced a longer wait for surgery compared to pre-pandemic years. A new Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) FlashReport examined the time from injury to first medical service among workers’ …
Read More Family of Kansas Woman Killed in Apartment Fire Blames 911 Dispatch Center for ‘Systemic Issues’
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – The family of a 22-year-old woman who died in an apartment fire in Kansas’ largest city after mistakes by the 911 dispatch center believes the center has “systemic issues,” and the local firefighters union is calling …
Read More German Companies Seeking to Cut Risk of Doing Business in China: Survey
Nearly half of German companies operating in China are taking measures to reduce the risk of doing business there largely due to growing geopolitical tensions, according to a new survey by the German Chamber of Commerce in China. Firms are …
Read More Father of Palestinian American Boy Slain in Chicago Suburb Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
CHICAGO (AP) – The father of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in what authorities allege was a hate crime has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Oday Al-Fayoume filed the lawsuit last month against the suburban Chicago landlord charged …
Read More