Monthly Archives: <span>March 2024</span>

Study Quantifies Rise in School Shootings and Fatalities Since 1970

The incidence of school shootings more than quadrupled over the past 53 years, according to a study analyzing data from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, analyzed …

Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs

Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan. Finegan’s office announced that Patrick Esch and Ed Dean Jagers of Springfield, Colorado, agreed to pay the sum to …

How 9 Men Stole 45 Cars Over 6 Months During COVID, Then Got Caught

New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced the guilty pleas and sentencing of nine members of a Bronx car theft ring for their roles in the theft of 45 vehicles during a six-month period from April to October 2020. …

US Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents Pose Big, Unreported Climate Threat

Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch pipeline buried under a field, sending more than 51 million cubic feet of natural gas hissing into the air. While the incident on Williams Companies’ Northwest …

Cancer Clinics Face Cash Crunch After Hack Rocks US Health Care

Doctors across the US are stretching to keep their practices afloat as a debilitating cyberattack on a once little-known company at the center of the health-care system continues to cause havoc. The Feb. 21 attack against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary …

Sedgwick Names Fink Chief Marketing Officer

Sedgwick named Emily Fink chief marketing officer. Fink will further define and implement Sedgwick’s global marketing and communications vision and strategy in support of company objectives. Fink has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and brand management for …

Surfside Tower Garage, Pool Deck Had Faulty Support Columns, Prelim Report Shows

Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck. National Institute of …

Meta Sues Former Employee Over Alleged Stolen Documents

Meta Platforms Inc. sued one of its former vice presidents for what it called a “stunning” betrayal in his defection to a “stealth” AI cloud computing startup. Dipinder Singh Khurana, also known as T.S. Khurana, had worked at Meta for …

Nord Stream Sues Insurers in London Over 2022 Pipeline Blasts

Nord Stream is seeking more than 400 million euros ($436 million) from its insurers over explosions in 2022 which ruptured pipelines designed to transport Russian gas to Germany, court filings show. Nord Stream AG names Lloyd’s Insurance Company and Arch …

Twice as Many Personal Lines Insurers Downgraded by AM Best in 2023

AM Best delivered 39 downward credit rating actions to U.S. personal lines insurers in 2023, more than twice the number registered for 2022, the rating agency reported in it official tally for the year. Additional downgrades of 15 commercial insurers …