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U.S.-Iran Deal Promises End to War but How it Will Work Remains Unclear
Doubts swirled around the U.S.-Iran interim deal to end the war in the Middle East as shippers said it could take weeks for confidence to return after any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and ...
Scientists Concerned El Niño Will Be Big, Bad and Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires
El Niño, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Niño, a natural ...
U.S. High Court Rebuffs Challenge to New York Law Allowing Suits Against Gun Industry
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a gun industry challenge to a New York law that permits lawsuits against gun makers, wholesalers and dealers for endangering people's safety through sales ...
Scammers Used Gemini AI to Help Build Spam Messages, Google Says
Alphabet Inc.'s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to send more than 2 million text messages with fraudulent ...
Wall Street Is Gaining Access to New Catastrophe Models to Help Predict Wars
As Wall Street races to incorporate war into its risk scenarios, the same people modeling natural catastrophes are now adapting their methodology to help investors, banks and insurers predict ...
Climate Change Making Coastal Floods More Likely, Study Finds
Extreme floods that once swamped coastal communities only rarely are becoming far more common as climate change caused by humans pushes sea levels higher, according to new research published ...
NTSB Renews Call for DOT-111 Tanker Car Replacement After Midwest Derailment
Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board reiterated recommendations to accelerate the phasing out of DOT-111 tank cars. The agency raised concerns about the safety of DOT-117R railcars ...
Musk’s xAI Accused of Illegally Firing Engineer Who Raised Safety Concerns
A former engineer at Elon Musk's xAI who now heads a think tank focused on AI safety filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired from the SpaceX subsidiary for raising concerns about the risks artificial ...