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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Colombia’s soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out at the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia, a melee that may have caused &#...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to healthcare. An update to a product offered by global cyberscurity firm CrowdStrike appea...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
A worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday before services started coming back online after hours of disruption, highlighting the risks of a global shift towards digital, interconnected technologies. A software updat...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Allstate Corp. said it recorded pretax catastrophe losses of about $2.1 billion in the second quarter. The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer on July 18 said the total included $230 million of pretax catastrophe losses for the month of June from 18 &...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
BASS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Heavy rain overnight helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire burning at a military bombing range in southern New Jersey. Fire officials said Wednesday that half an inch (1.3 centimeters) of rain fell …
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Angola will sell stakes in its largest insurer and in the local unit of Standard Bank Group Ltd. this year, as the oil-producing nation moves ahead with a privatization program to raise cash and diversify the economy. The disposal of …
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Two oil tankers have been on fire since early Friday morning to the east of Singapore, according to a statement from the country’s Maritime and Port Authority. Hafnia Nile, a Singapore-flagged refined-products tanker, and Ceres I, a crude oil t...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday in waters near Singapore, the world’s biggest refueling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and others rescued from liferafts, authorities said. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singa...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding near Singapore, the world’s biggest refueling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and others rescued from life rafts, authorities and one of the tanker owners said. Sing...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada leading to flash floods and water rescues Wednesday in the Ozark Mountains, dropping a tornado that ravaged a community in …
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada leading to flash floods and water rescues Wednesday in the Ozark Mountains, dropping a tornado that ravaged a community in …
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
A U.S. judge dismissed most of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing software company SolarWinds of defrauding investors by concealing its security weaknesses before and after a Russia-linked cyberattack targeting the U.S. government....
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Four insurance companies, unable to escape a duty to defend a New York hotel where a young woman was secretly videotaped in the shower in 2015, have reached a settlement in the case that made headlines around the world. Citizens …
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Intense heat that has been baking parts of the interior Western U.S. is expected to expand into the Pacific Northwest in the coming days, raising the risk of heat-related illnesses and new wildfires, according to an AccuWeather media advisory. Foreca...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
EASTON, Md. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane died Tuesday morning after an engine failure caused the aircraft to crash into a river on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, authorities said. The twin-engine Cessna 402 crashed into the water near …
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation said Friday they have agreed to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks at California airports where the Texas-based airline operates. The companies said they have signed a memorandum of underst...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
Vermont’s governor on Tuesday urged residents to report any damage from last week’s flooding to the state, even if they plan to do repairs themselves, so that counties can meet the threshold for individual federal assistance. The flooding...
Posted: Jul 19, 2024
This post is part of a series sponsored by PCF Insurance Services. PCF Vice President of Operations Benefits, Kirk Benson is joined by Mark Galvin, Co-founder of TALON, as they discuss the rise of digital health tools, mandated healthcare price ̷...
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and H.W. Kaufman Group London. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Taps Aon’s De La Mare to Lead Australia/New Zealand Unit LM Re, ...
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
Oklahoma has become the 13th U.S. state to detect bird flu in dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed on Monday, though the state said the infection happened months ago. The confirmation shows the outbreak was more widespread than &#...
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
Insurance broker Marsh McLennan reported second quarter net income of $1.125 billion, an 8.7% increase from $1.035 billion reported during Q2 2023. Operating income rose 13% to $1.6 billion. Q2 earnings per share increased 10% to $2.27, while adjuste...
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city. The threats...
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her “little slice of heaven.” She watched sunsets and migrating birds from the porch, the Gulf of Mexico in the distance. There, she felt close to God and her late &#...
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
First, a North Carolina man filed a claim with Farm Bureau Insurance. Then he threatened three insurance agents with violence when he wasn’t paid as much as he expected, according to state authorities and one of the insurance agents. Brody R...
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered. The victim, Arnold Black, went to court in February 2023 …
Posted: Jul 18, 2024