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Texas School Bus With Over 40 Pre-K students Struck by Cement Truck, Killing 2
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, …
People Moves: Hiscox Appoints Hellrung as US COO
Hiscox, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, named Leigh Hellrung as chief operating officer in the U.S. Hellrung will serve on the Hiscox U.S. leadership team. Bringing over 20 years of industry experience to the role, Hellrung will lead all aspects of …
NHTSA: Chrysler to Recall About 286,000 Vehicles Over Airbag Inflator Issue
Chrysler is recalling nearly 286,000 vehicles in the United States over a manufacturing defect that might cause the side curtain airbag inflators to rupture, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. The right and left side curtain …
FAA Weighs Curbing New Routes for United Following Mishaps
US aviation authorities are considering drastic measures to curb growth at United Airlines Holdings Inc., including preventing the carrier from adding new routes, following a series of safety incidents. The Federal Aviation Administration has discussed temporary actions it may take …
UnitedHealth Unit Will Start Processing $14B Medical Claims Backlog After Hack
UnitedHealth Group said on Friday its Change Healthcare unit will start to process the medical claims backlog of more than $14 billion as it resumes some software services disrupted by a cyberattack last month. The company has been scrambling to …
Louisiana Debates Civil Liability Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three years after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, Louisiana continues to debate policies related to inoculation mandates, including civil labilities if a work place mandates vaccines or not and a bill …
Alabama Sales Rep and Clinic Owner Sentenced in $28M Billing Fraud Scheme
A medical sales representative and a pain clinic owner in Alabama have been sentenced to years in prison for their roles in a long-running, $28 million fraud scheme that involved a compounding pharmacy, unneeded nerve tests and a former workers’ …
Three Weeks Before Trial, Former Georgia Commissioner Oxendine Pleads Guilty
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday in federal court …
Investigation Underway Into Cause of Pennsylvania House Fire That Killed Five
Investigators were searching Thursday for the cause of a fire that tore through a house in the Pittsburgh suburbs, killing a man and four children and spreading to another house before the flames were extinguished. Firefighters arrived quickly but found …
People Moves: Aspire in California Names Daniel Director of Underwriting
Aspire General Insurance named Tracy Daniel director of underwriting. Daniel has more than 26 years of extensive leadership experience in the underwriting field. Most recently, she was the underwriting associate operations manager for car at Lemonade, and an underwriting specialist …
10 Years After Washington Landslide, Climate Change is Increasing The Danger
After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history in Washington, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her late sister, who was buried …
Virginia Still Battling Shenandoah Valley Wildfires
Crews who have been battling still-burning wildfires in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley this week have gotten an assist from rain and from the state government, which has deployed new resources to the area, officials said Saturday. “Without a doubt the rain …