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Winter Storm Brings Heaviest Snowfall in a Decade to Central US
Jan 7 2025 // A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S as a disruptive winter storm brought the possibility of the heaviest snowfall in a decade to some...
Drivers Skid and Crash as Wintry Mix Blasts Central US
Jan 6 2025 // Road conditions were deteriorating over the weekend in the central U.S. as a winter storm brought a mix of snow, ice and plunging temperatures, with forecasts calling for the dreaded combo to spread eastward in the coming...
US Steel, Nippon Sue Biden Administration Over Decision to Block Merger
Jan 6 2025 // U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit they said was filed on...
US Chamber, Oil Firms Sue Vermont for Making Companies Pay for Climate Damage
Jan 6 2025 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change. The...
US Sanctions Chinese Cyber Firm Linked to Botnet Attack
Jan 6 2025 // The US Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Technology Group for its alleged role in a state-sponsored botnet attack known as Flax Typhoon. Integrity Technology, which is traded on the...
Boeing, DOJ Tell US Judge They Have Not Reached Agreement on Revised Plea Deal
Jan 6 2025 // The U.S. Justice Department and Boeing told a court on Friday they have not reached agreement on a revised plea deal after a U.S. judge in December rejected the deal, faulting a diversity and inclusion provision. Boeing...
Computers of Senior US Treasury Leaders Accessed in Hack
Jan 3 2025 // Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the computers of senior US Treasury Department leaders as part of a recent breach of the agency, according to a US official and another person familiar with the matter. The...
New Direction for U.S. Senate Budget Committee
Jan 2 2025 // The U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget is a peculiar entity. The committee was established in 1974 in response to President Richard Nixon “impounding” money allocated by Congress to prevent spending on...
Deep Freeze Will Send Some US Temperatures Plunging
Jan 2 2025 // Waves of intense cold will send temperatures plunging as much as 20F (11C) below normal across the central and eastern U.S. this month, triggering ice storms that could down power lines and snarl travel from the Midwest to...
Bernard Madoff’s Victims Collect $4.3B as US Government Fund Completes Payouts
Jan 2 2025 // A U.S. government fund to compensate people swindled by Bernard Madoff announced its tenth and final distribution on Monday, saying it will have paid out $4.3 billion to 40,930 of the late Ponzi schemer’s...
New Orleans Attack, Cybertruck Blast Raise US Security Fears
Jan 2 2025 // A gruesome attack on revelers celebrating New Year’s in New Orleans thrust US domestic security back into the spotlight just weeks before Donald Trump is sworn in as president. The tragedy, which killed at least 15...
US Dockworkers, Port Employers Set to Restart Talks Tuesday
Jan 2 2025 // Leaders from a US dockworkers’ union and the group that represents their employers are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7 as the threat of a strike looms, according to a person familiar with the...
US Treasury Says It Was Breached by Chinese-Backed Hacker
Dec 31 2024 // The US Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress on Monday. Treasury described the intrusion as a...
Though US Jobless Claims Slip, Numbers Point to Worker Scarcity
Dec 30 2024 // The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped to the lowest in a month last week, consistent with a cooling but still-healthy U.S. labor market that is likely to keep Federal Reserve officials...
Germany’s BioNTech Settles With US Agency, UPenn Over COVID Vaccine Royalties
Dec 27 2024 // BioNTech has entered into two separate settlement agreements with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the University of Pennsylvania over the payment of royalties related to its COVID-19 vaccine, the company said in...
US Bans Drones Over Infrastructure Sites in New York, New Jersey
Dec 23 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was temporarily barring drone flights over dozens of critical infrastructure sites in New Jersey and New York. A frenzy of concern about drones in New Jersey and...
US Banning Drone Flights Over New Jersey Utility Transmission Sites
Dec 19 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it was temporarily barring drone flights over 22 utility locations in New Jersey amid public concern. The FAA said the decision to bar drones for 30 days at the sites...
US Government Tells Officials, Politicians to Ditch Regular Calls and Texts
Dec 19 2024 // The U.S. government is urging senior government officials and politicians to ditch phone calls and text messages following intrusions at major American telecommunications companies blamed on Chinese hackers. Right now. In...
Viewpoint: Giving Thanks and Making a Wish List for US Insurance Regulation
Dec 18 2024 // The state of U.S. insurance regulation is almost certainly not a topic for most families this holiday season. Yet there is much to be thankful for as well as areas where we can do better. First, let’s be thankful for...
US Probes China-Founded Router Maker on National Security Fears
Dec 18 2024 // The US government has launched a national-security investigation into TP-Link, the China-founded router maker whose equipment now dominates the American market and has been targeted in repeated Chinese cyber attacks,...
