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2024’s U.S. Tornado Count Ranks as One of the Highest
The year-to-date estimated tornado count for the U.S. is 1,597, which ranks 2024 among the highest tornado counts on record for the same January-August period, according to preliminary data from ...
Major Companies Abandon an LGBTQ+ Rights Report Card After Facing Anti-Diversity Backlash
More than two decades ago, when gay men and lesbians were prohibited from serving openly in the U.S. military and no state had legalized same-sex marriages, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to ...
U.S. Companies Nix Career Programs for Women Amid DEI Backslide
Amid a DEI backlash in corporate America, employers are cutting programs meant to boost the careers of women and grow the pipeline of female workers, with the pullback especially sharp for programs ...
Signs of Climate Change Seen Globally: Floods, Fires, Drought
The hallmarks of climate change—extreme heat and drought; larger, more intense wildfires and supercharged hurricanes, typhoons and rainstorms that lead to catastrophic flooding—are being seen and ...
Exploding Pagers in Lebanon Spur Theories on Sabotage Method
From the moment pagers began exploding across Lebanon Tuesday, theories began to circulate on how devices considered outmoded in much of the world were turned into dangerous weapons that killed ...
AIG Appoints Walsh EVP, Chief Financial Officer
American International Group announced that Keith Walsh will join the company as executive vice president, chief financial officer, effective Oct. 21, 2024. Walsh will report to AIG Chairman and CEO ...
Homeowners Not Satisfied, Just Stuck With Insurers: J.D. Power
Although Chubb, AIG, Amica and Erie outranked peers in the U.S. homeowners insurance market on measures of customer satisfaction, the compiler of satisfaction scores—J.D. Power—believes customers ...
U.S. to Convene Global AI Safety Summit in November
The Biden administration plans to convene a global safety summit on artificial intelligence, it said on Wednesday, as Congress continues to struggle with regulating the technology. Commerce Secretary ...