FEMA Council Backs Overhaul of Disaster Response May 8, 2026 By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal President Donald Trump’s task force for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday recommended sweeping changes to how the...
US Expects Iranian Response to Peace Proposal on Friday as Fighting Flares Up in Gulf May 8, 2026 By Idrees Ali and Hatem Maher The United States said it expected an Iranian response as soon as later in the day on Friday to its...
Lloyd’s Executives Debate Release of Findings Into Probe of Ex-CEO Neal: FT May 8, 2026 By L.S. Howard Lloyd’s executives are debating how much information to release about the findings of a probe into former Chief Executive John...
Lawmakers Interrupt New York Governor’s Victory Lap on State Budget Agreement May 8, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson Don’t pop the champagne yet. That is effectively what New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie advised Gov. Kathy Hochul,...
After LA Wildfires, Clergy Crossed Denominational Lines to Help May 8, 2026 By Deepa Bharath Rabbi Amy Bernstein says the wind-whipped fire in January 2025 that scorched much of the Pacific Palisades, destroying her home...
Australia Regulator Calls for Urgent Cybersecurity Action to Counter Mythos May 8, 2026 By Scott Murdoch Australia’s corporate regulator has urged the country’s financial sector to take urgent action on tackling potential cyber risks from frontier...
Sabotage and Cyberattacks Have Put Europe’s Power Networks on Alert May 8, 2026 By Lars Paulsson, Maciej Martewicz and John Ainger The helicopter flying over fields, rivers and villages in central Poland is loaded with high-tech cameras and sensors. The pilot,...
Mitsui O.S.K. Says its Vessels Did Not Pay Fees Transiting Hormuz May 8, 2026 Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said on Friday three of its vessels that transited the Strait of Hormuz and exited...
Health Officials Downplay Pandemic Risk From Cruise Hantavirus Outbreak May 8, 2026 By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan and Janice Kew The deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship doesn’t risk triggering the next pandemic, World Health Organization officials said, downplaying...
Michigan Court Sides With Progressive in Policy Misrepresentation Case May 8, 2026 By Ezra Amacher Progressive properly rescinded coverage to a Michigan driver who made misrepresentations on their insurance application, the state Supreme Court ruled....