Monthly Archives: <span>June 2021</span>

Global Sting Began by Creating Message Service for Crooks

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own …

Report: Wrong-Way Driver in Deadly Crash Had Diabetes

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman who died when she drove the wrong way on a California freeway and hit another car, killing two San Diego police detectives, was a diabetic who may have become disoriented because of low blood …

Canada Proposes to Settle Indigenous Lawsuit After Discovery of Children’s Remains

TORONTO — Canada has reached a proposed settlement with a group of indigenous survivors of the now-defunct residential schools for the abuse they suffered, a federal minister said on Wednesday, ending a 14-year fight for justice. The settlement comes as …

Celent: Structured Data a Key Benefit of Loss-Control and Premium Audit Products

Off-the-shelf loss control and premium audit systems are allowing insurers to better serve customers and more meaningfully use the data they collect, according to a new report by Celent, a Boston-based research and advisory firm. The report by Karlyn Carnahan, …

Volkswagen to Get $351M in Dieselgate Settlement With Former Execs

FRANKFURT — Volkswagen said on Wednesday it had agreed to settle claims against four former executives, including long-time CEO Martin Winterkorn, that will see the carmaker receive 288 million euros ($351 million) in compensation related to its emissions scandal. The …

Growing Arizona Wildfires Prompts New Evacuation Orders

SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — Crews made progress toward containing one of two major wildfires in south-central Arizona’s desert hill country, allowing evacuation notices to be lifted for several rural areas though towns elsewhere continued to be threatened. Areas where evacuations …

Global Glitch: Swaths of Internet Go Down After Cloud Outage

LONDON (AP) — Dozens of websites briefly went offline around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain’s government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of …

Pipeline CEO: Ransom Payment Among My ‘Toughest Decisions’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executive of the massive fuel pipeline hit by ransomware last month told senators on Tuesday that authorizing a multi-million-dollar payment to hackers was the right thing to do to bring an end to fuel shortages …

Global Sting: Secure FBI-Run Messaging Network Tricks Crooks

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled a global sting operation they …

Official: Death Toll Rises to 65 in Pakistan Train Collision

GHOTKI, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a horrific collision of two trains in southern Pakistan rose to 65 on Tuesday after rescuers pulled 15 more bodies from crumpled cars a day after the crash, government officials said. The …