Indian Ocean Off Coast of Somalia to Lose ‘High-Risk Area’ Designation as Piracy Drops August 25, 2022 By Mohamed Sheikh Nor and Simon Marks The global shipping industry agreed to declassify the Indian Ocean coastline off Somalia as a “high-risk area” following years of...
Russian Coal Exports Effectively Halted by EU Ban, With Re/Insurance as Key Factor August 25, 2022 By Bloomberg News Russian coal exports were effectively halted by a European Union ban on entities within the 27-nation bloc servicing shipments of...
Judge Dismisses Former Nebraska Officer’s Discrimination Lawsuit August 25, 2022 A judge has dismissed the discrimination lawsuit of a former Lincoln, Nebraska Police Department spokeswoman, saying her allegations did not...
Weather Whiplash: Summer Lurches From Drought to Flood August 25, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a...
Baldwin Risk Partners Donates $5M to USF for Insurance Program August 25, 2022 Tampa-based Baldwin Risk Partners Group and the family behind it this week announced a $5 million gift to the University...
Gas Vapors Caused Cape Cod Marina Fire That Ruined 6 Buildings, 47 Vehicles, 14 Boats August 25, 2022 Gasoline vapors ignited by spark during a gas tank replacement project on a boat was the likely cause of a...
Walmart Ordered to Pay Oregon Man $4.4M for Racial Profiling August 25, 2022 A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the...
Firefighter Sues Rochester Over Party Couple Defends as ‘Anti-Liberal’ Not Racist August 25, 2022 ROCHESTER, N.Y. —A Rochester couple who a Black firefighter accused of throwing a racist pool party this summer mocking the...
OSHA Cites Maryland Contractor for 136 ‘Willful, Repeat, Serious’ Safety Violations August 25, 2022 A Maryland residential framing contractor – cited for 136 willful, repeat, serious and other violations in 20 workplace safety inspections...
Lawsuit Says Electrical Equipment Sparked Deadly California Wildfire August 25, 2022 The daughter of a 76-year-old man killed last month when California’s deadliest wildfire so far this year swept through a...