October 9, 2024
An Afghan citizen has been arrested in Oklahoma City for suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist attack during the November U.S. elections on behalf of the terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, …
October 9, 2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday announced a $52 million multistate settlement with Marriott International Inc. over a year’s long data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. According to a multistate investigation, one of Marriott’s subsidiaries, …
October 9, 2024
Hurricane Milton could result in a $60 billion loss for the global insurance industry, creating a surge in 2025 reinsurance prices which could boost some insurance companies’ shares, analysts at RBC Capital said. The Category 5 hurricane is due to …
October 9, 2024
Johnson & Johnson’s bold move to skirt a US court in New Jersey and seek a potentially friendlier venue in Texas to settle claims its baby powder gave women cancer faces a key decision as soon as Thursday. A federal …
October 9, 2024
Rising valuations and ease of transport and concealment have long made jewelry claims a target for fraudulent activity, but one expert says more criminals are coming to realize it can be a low-cost and high-payout crime. Attorney Melissa Segel works …
October 9, 2024
Citigroup Inc. said US banks will be forced into a “dramatic shift” in how electronic payments are processed if New York state wins a lawsuit claiming the company doesn’t do enough to prevent online fraud. Lawyers for the company’s Citibank …
October 9, 2024
FTX received court approval of its bankruptcy plan on Monday, which will allow it to fully repay customers using up to $16.5 billion in assets recovered since the once-leading crypto exchange collapsed. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey approved the wind-down …
October 8, 2024
Another important modeler has rung in with insured loss estimates from the damages wrought by Hurricane Helene. Verisk estimates industry insured losses in U.S. for Hurricane Helene will range between $6 billion to $11 billion. Verisk’s estimates comes a day …
October 8, 2024
For the second time in two weeks, Tampa General Hospital is getting ready to keep water at bay. Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall Wednesday and will test the hospital’s flood barrier. It takes dozens of facilities workers to …
October 8, 2024
TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people. The lawsuits filed separately in New York, California, the District …