Crest Insurance Acquires Benefits Specialist DWA in Arizona August 26, 2024 Crest Insurance Group acquired Dan Weinstein and Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona. DWA principal Dan Weinstein, who has more than 20...
Texas and Southwest Face Scorching Heat Wave August 23, 2024 By Ken Miller and Nadia Lathan AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest this week, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days...
Uber to Begin Offering Self-Driving Cruise Cars, Shares Fall August 23, 2024 By Lynn Doan and Natalie Lung Uber Technologies Inc. plans to start offering self-driving Cruise LLC cars to customers on its ride-hailing platform next year. Once...
Montana Asbestos Clinic Seeks to Reverse Court Finding That It Submitted Hundreds of False Claims August 23, 2024 By Matthew Brown An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals court on...
Western Alaska Yup’ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms August 23, 2024 By Mark Thiessen Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days...
U.S. Transport Safety Board Opens Investigation Into Tesla Crash in California August 22, 2024 By Kanjyik Ghosh The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a crash and fire involving a Tesla electric semi-truck...
Big Tech Wants AI to Be Regulated. Why Do They Oppose a California AI Bill? August 22, 2024 By Greg Bensinger California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial...
People Moves: California Commissioner Makes Appointments to Insurance Boards and WCIRB Governing Committee August 22, 2024 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara named several new members to the state’s insurance advisory boards and committees. Timothy Hyamn was...
Washington State Meter Reader Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scam August 22, 2024 A 56-year-old former Washington State meter reader who claimed she was so traumatized from a workplace dog attack that she...
Alphabet’s Waymo Robotaxi Unit Doubles Its Paid Rides In Three Months August 21, 2024 By Abhirup Roy Alphabet’s Waymo said on Tuesday it had doubled its paid rides to 100,000 per week in just over three months...