Arctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Level as Unprecedented Heat Smashes Global Records March 31, 2026 By Seth Borenstein Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as...
Illinois Cannabis Company Sued for Sexual Harassment March 31, 2026 Cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company’s Collinsville, Illinois facility...
SMBs Particularly Exposed to Rise in Privacy Litigation, Report Says March 31, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are especially at risk being struck by a new trend—a rise in cyber privacy litigation....
Chicago Area Grapples With Property-Tax Growth Double Inflation March 31, 2026 By Miranda Davis Chicago-area residents are facing some of the country’s highest property taxes, with bills surging at double the inflation rate over...
Trial Begins Over Alleged Heat-Related Deaths at Texas Prisons March 31, 2026 There were allegedly five heat-related deaths over the last two summers in Texas prisons, the plaintiff’s attorneys presented on the...
Thousands of Dumped Wind-Turbine Blades Prompt Crackdown in Texas March 31, 2026 By Saabira Chaudhuri For nearly a decade, residents of Sweetwater have been confronted by a jarring sight as they leave and enter this...
European Aviation Body Eyes Safety Risks as Conflict Squeezes Flight Corridors March 31, 2026 By Tim Hepher and Joanna Plucinska Wars, including a widening conflict in the Middle East, are heightening risks for aviation as flight corridors are squeezed and...
Shippers Fear Death More Than Costs as US Aims to Open Hormuz March 31, 2026 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Charles Gorrivan and Alexandre Rajbhandari Shippers remain doubtful of a wholesale return to the Strait of Hormuz while it remains beset by conflict, throwing cold...
China’s Top Private Insurer Taps AI to Unlock $174 Billion Value March 31, 2026 By Bloomberg News Five years ago, almost no accident and health insurance claims at Ping An Insurance Group ran without humans. Today, nearly...
Iran Strikes Fully Laden Kuwait Oil Tanker in Dubai Port March 31, 2026 By Fiona MacDonald, Sherif Tarek and Weilun Soon An Iranian drone hit a fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai early on Tuesday in one of the most...