Mississippi Capital Area Bracing for More Pearl River Flooding August 29, 2022 The rental home that Suzannah Thames owns in Mississippi’s capital city was filled with dirty, snake-infested flood water when the...
Droughts, Floods, Other Water-Related Disasters Could Cost Economy $5.6T by 2050 August 29, 2022 By Gloria Dickie Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world’s largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to...
Cyber Insurance Price Hike Hits Local Governments Hard August 29, 2022 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline This story originally appeared on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Horry County, South Carolina, officials were in...
Pennsylvania Loosens Rules on Where Medical Malpractice Cases Can Be Filed August 29, 2022 By Mark Scolforo Pennsylvania’s highest court lastThursday reversed its own two-decade-old rule that required medical malpractice cases to be filed in the county...
New York Detective Wants Supreme Court to Block Vaccine Mandate August 29, 2022 A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and...
Britain’s Beaches Face Growing Problem With Sewage Discharges August 29, 2022 By Irina Anghel Raw sewage has been spilling into seawater in some parts of England and Wales over the past week after heavy...
Deaths From Pakistan Floods Top 1,000 in ‘Climate Catastrophe’ August 29, 2022 By Zarar Khan ISLAMABAD (AP) – Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country’s climate...
Meta’s Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Suit August 29, 2022 By Joel Rosenblatt Meta Platforms Inc. settled a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica....
3M Bankruptcy Tactic Fails as Combat Earplug Suits Move to Trial August 29, 2022 By Ryan Beene, Jef Feeley and Steven Church 3M Co.’s plan to use controversial bankruptcy rules to shield itself from some 230,000 lawsuits over military earplugs looked like...
USAA Settles Mississippi Class Action Over Underpaid Auto Claims August 29, 2022 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Another national insurance company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it underpaid hundreds of auto insurance claims. A...