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US Faces More Extreme Weather Events, but Is Society Doing Enough?
After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they’d proven they could handle Mother Nature’s best punch. Then came this month’s horrific flash floods, when unfathomable amounts of rain fell in only hours and more than 100 people …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:46 AM |
CSU Hurricane Season Forecast Adjusted to ‘Slightly’ Above Normal
The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University shaved off a storm from its original Atlantic hurricane season forecast, and now sees a “slightly” above normal season. High levels of observed Caribbean wind shear, which break up storms, is …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:19 AM |
Extreme Heat Is Killing European Workers Despite Government Efforts
Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m. on June 28. The Spanish city was under alert for high temperatures amid a brutal heat wave that brought record …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:10 AM |
People Moves: Arch Insurance NA Promotes 5 to Division Presidents
Arch Insurance North America said five of its executives were named to the newly-created roles of division presidents, effective Aug. 1. Linda Fallon has been named Division President, Consumer Business, which includes the Travel, Accident & Health unit and the …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:09 AM |
Pennsylvania Digital Forgery Law Targets AI Scams and Financial Exploitation
A new Pennsylvania law intended to crack down on AI-powered fraud and financial crimes makes it a felony to use artificial intelligence to produce non-consensual “forged digital likenesses” like deepfakes or voice clones to injure, financially exploit, or scam people. …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:00 AM |
Andreessen Horowitz Leaves Delaware for Nevada, Tells Startups to Follow
The Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is reincorporating its business from Delaware to Nevada and calling for its portfolio companies to do the same — citing concerns over bias in the state “against founders and their boards.” The …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:00 AM |
Delaware Top Court Sides With Zantac Makers in Cancer Claims
The Delaware Supreme Court rejected the legitimacy of expert testimony linking the heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, in a major win for makers of the product. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the state’s highest court agreed with the argument of …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:00 AM |
UK Arrests Four Linked to M&S, Harrods Cyberattacks
The UK’s National Crime Agency has arrested four people over a series of disruptive cyberattacks that targeted leading British retailers earlier this year. The authorities detained three teenage males and one 20-year-old female in the West Midlands and London on …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:00 AM |
Dechert Law Firm: Claims It Used Hired Hackers Resolved With No Liability Admission
Philadelphia-based law firm Dechert said on Thursday that a pair of U.S. lawsuits accusing it of using hired hackers to win in court have been resolved without any admission of liability. Dechert and others, including U.S. public relations operatives and …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:00 AM |
People Moves: Gaines Named Acting Commissioner at Nevada Division of Insurance
The Nevada Department of Business named Ned Gaines acting commissioner at the Nevada Division of Insurance. The appointment follows the departure of Scott Kipper, who had served as commissioner since 2023. Recruitment to fill the position on a permanent basis …
POSTED JULY 11, 2025 5:00 AM |
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