Latest USA Headlines
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NSA Investigating If Chinese Hackers Breached US Telecoms
Oct 9 2024 // The US is in the early stages of an investigation into potential Chinese hacking of American telecommunications companies, according to a top intelligence official. National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh...
Hurricanes Milton and Helene Expose Limits of US Flood Maps
Oct 9 2024 // Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by millions of American homeowners and...
US Supreme Court Rebuffs Uber, Lyft Bid to Avoid California Driver Suits
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Uber and Lyft to lawsuits by the state of California on behalf of drivers who signed agreements to keep legal disputes with the ride-hailing companies out of...
As Traffic Deaths Remain High, US Awards $1 Billion for Road Safety Projects
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Transportation Department said it is awarding $1 billion for a series of projects aimed at reducing traffic crashes, as road deaths remain sharply higher than pre-pandemic levels. The department separately...
Report: Over 250,000 US Properties Have Repeated NFIP Claims
Oct 7 2024 // More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in claims, according to new federal data compiled by the...
US Nuclear Verdicts Break Records and Drive Social Inflation to 7% in 2023: Report
Oct 7 2024 // Nuclear verdicts in the United States are breaking records with 27 court cases each awarding compensation of more than $100 million during 2023, according to Swiss Re executives. Social inflation in the U.S. rose to 7% in...
How Flood Risk Is Driving an Insurance Protection Gap in the US
Oct 7 2024 // It is likely that you have read recent headlines sounding the alarm over a potentially uninsurable future. The ongoing threat of more frequent and damaging extreme weather is making it increasingly difficult for homeowners...
US Dockworkers Suspend Three-Day Strike After Contract Extension
Oct 4 2024 // US dockworkers agreed to end a three-day strike that had paralyzed trade on the US East and Gulf coasts and threatened to become a factor in the presidential election. The International Longshoremen’s Association and...
Maui Fire Caused by Broken Power Lines, County and US Find
Oct 3 2024 // The fire that razed the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year was caused when Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. re-energized broken utility lines that caused sparks to ignite unmaintained dry vegetation, the Maui Fire...
Amazon Hit With US Labor Board Complaint Over ‘Joint Employment’ of Drivers
Oct 3 2024 // Amazon.com has been accused by a U.S. labor board of illegally refusing to bargain with a union representing drivers employed by a contractor, the agency announced on Wednesday. The complaint from the National Labor...
Insured Losses from Central European Floods Range From US$2.2B to US$3.4B: Verisk
Oct 2 2024 // Insured industry losses from the flooding in the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria in September 2024 will range from €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) to €3 billion (US$3.4 billion), according to Verisk, the data analytics...
US DOJ Charges British Man Over ‘Hack-to-Trade’ Scheme
Oct 2 2024 // A British man has been arrested and charged by U.S. authorities with hacking into the computers of five companies to obtain details about their expected earnings, and making $3.75 million of illegal profit by trading...
Apple Accused by US Labor Board of Imposing Illegal Workplace Rules
Oct 2 2024 // A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees’ rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions by maintaining a series of unlawful workplace rules. The National Labor...
US East Coast Dockworkers Strike, Halting Half the Nation’s Ocean Shipping
Oct 1 2024 // Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation’s ocean shipping after negotiations...
Helene Dumps Rain on Millions of US Homes That Lack Flood Insurance
Sep 30 2024 // On Thursday night Helene crashed into Florida’s coast as a Category 4 hurricane. The giant storm with 140-mile-per-hour winds made landfall close to where Hurricane Debby hit in August and where Idalia struck just...
Cargo Carriers Fear Port Strike Will Paralyze Half of US Trade
Sep 30 2024 // The world’s top container carrier is urging customers to move US cargo through East and Gulf Coast ports before the planned start on Tuesday of a dockworker strike that threatens to paralyze as much as half the...
Biggest LNG Exporter in the US Wants to Define Emission Rules
Sep 27 2024 // Cheniere Energy Inc.’s top executive Jack Fusco wants the biggest gas exporter in the US to set the rules to measure the environmental impact of liquefied natural gas, using a fleet of methane tracking technologies...
Climate Change and Rising US Insurance Rates
Sep 27 2024 // A new article directly blames climate change for rising U.S. insurance rates. While the article mulls the various and numerous reasons for rising rates, it calls out what the author sees as a “common thread”...
US Court Says Man Can Sue Pennsylvania Over 26 Years of Solitary Confinement
Sep 27 2024 // A man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement despite a history of mental illness can sue Pennsylvania prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment, a U.S. appeals court said in reviving the man’s...
Why US Home Insurance Rates Are Rising Fast – Climate Change Plays a Big Role
Sep 26 2024 // Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024...
