Monthly Archives: <span>July 2020</span>

Firefighters Battle Wildfires in Northeastern California, Dairy in Wisconsin

SUSANVILLE, Calif. — Firefighters and aircraft worked Tuesday to halt the spread of two forest fires in rural northeastern California. The Gold Fire in northern Lassen County nearly doubled in size to 7 square miles (18.2 square kilometers) south of …

Claim Genius Raises $5.5 Million in Series A Funding

Iselin, NJ, July 22, 2020 – Claim Genius, a world leader in instant vehicle damage assessment solutions using computer vision and artificial intelligence technology, announced the closing of its $5.5 million Series A funding round today, following its earlier $2.3 …

Business News: AIR and Precisely, Crawford and Hover, GRS and WKA, QBE and Flywheel

AIR Worldwide Using Precisely Data in Risk Models Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that it including software produced by Precisely, a startup that focuses on improving the quality of data, in its Touchstone 2020 risk-assessment tool. Gayartri Natarajan, vice …

5th Circuit: Carrier Must Defend Against Claim Despite Policy Exclusion

Texas law requires an insurer to defend the grandparents of a 10-year-old boy who was killed while driving their all-terrain vehicle against a negligence lawsuit, even though the carrier says neither the boy nor the crash was covered by its …

Atlantic Brews Up Three Chances for Year’s Next Tropical Storm

Forecasters are tracking three potential tropical systems in the Atlantic, including two that could threaten the Gulf of Mexico. A patch of showers and thunderstorms off Texas has a 10% chance of becoming 2020’s seventh storm, the National Hurricane Center …

Fox News and Ex-Anchor Ed Henry Sued for Sexual Misconduct

Two women sued Fox News, accusing former anchor Ed Henry of rape and claiming several of the network’s biggest stars participated in a culture of sexual harassment and misconduct. Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox News associate producer, and Cathy Areu, …

Portland Protesters Gassed After Setting Fire at Courthouse

PORTLAND, Ore. — Protesters outside Portland’s U.S. courthouse set a fire in the building’s entryway early Monday in yet another night of conflict with federal agents who repeatedly tear gassed the demonstrators to drive them away, officials said. Authorities over …

U.S. Accuses Chinese Nationals of Hacking Spree Targeting COVID Data, Defense Secrets

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department indicted two Chinese nationals for hacking defense contractors, COVID researchers, and other companies worldwide, according to a court filing published on Tuesday. U.S. authorities said the Chinese nationals, Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi, participated …

Lawmakers Probing Boeing 737 Max Seek Safety Agency’s Employee Survey Records

WASHINGTON — A U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Monday asked the Federal Aviation Administration to disclose details of an employee survey on the agency’s safety culture after two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes raised questions about the …

Bayer Loses California Appeal of Roundup Verdict, But Damages Are Reduced

Bayer AG failed to persuade a California appeals court to overturn a verdict favoring a school groundskeeper who claimed its Roundup weed killer caused his cancer but reduced the amount of damages by 74% to $20.5 million. The decision by …