TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Children’s Privacy Settlement August 24, 2026 By David Shepardson TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400-million settlement to resolve the U.S. Justice Department’s...
People Moves: Causey Names Myers New Deputy Chief at NCDOI August 24, 2026 North Carolina’s insurance commissioner has named Chuck Myers to be chief deputy commissioner Oct. 1, succeeding Jackie Obusek. For the...
New Ways Florida Is Adapting to Growing Threats From Sea Level and Storms August 24, 2026 By Dorany Pineda One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34...
People Moves: Alliant Adds Johnson as Northwest Employee Benefits Team VP August 24, 2026 Elsje Johnson joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. The Idaho-based consultant has more than...
California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros Merger, NYT Reports August 24, 2026 By Disha Mishra This story has been updated. An earlier version had indicated Paramount and California state officials were set to meet on...
After Alex Jones’ $40M Texas Court Win, He Still Faces More Than $1B in Damages August 24, 2026 By Jim Vertuno Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is still under orders to pay more than $1 billion over his false claims surrounding the...
Cleanup Underway After Tornadoes Touch Down in Delaware and New York’s Long Island August 23, 2026 Cleanup efforts and damage assessment were underway Friday in Delaware’s capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched...
Judge Narrows Ben & Jerry’s Suit Accusing Unilever of Silencing Social Activism August 23, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Friday dismissed major portions of a Ben & Jerry’s lawsuit accusing its former parent Unilever of...
Piracy Observer Says Somali Incidents Rising as Navies Stretched August 22, 2026 By Charles Gorrivan The world’s top maritime piracy observer said incidents off the coast of Somalia are on the rise again after a...
Thousands in Indiana Still Without Power After Deadly Storms August 21, 2026 By R.J. Rico and Ed White Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remained without power Aug. 19, more than a week after deadly storms...