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Parents Awarded $40M After Uber Found Liable for Passenger Fatally Struck on Highway
The parents of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck after her Uber driver pulled over along a southern California highway were awarded $40 million after an arbitrator found both Uber and the ...
FEMA’s New Flood Maps Mean More Homes Require Flood Insurance: Cotality
New changes to FEMA's flood maps mean that thousands more residential properties are now located within the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), according to a Cotality alert. Within more than ...
Starbucks Settles Florida Lawsuit Claiming Diversity Policies Were Illegal
Starbucks agreed on Thursday to settle a discrimination lawsuit by the state of Florida, pledging not to adopt race- or sex-based quotas or preferences in hiring, promotion and pay decisions. ...
Driver Arrested in Bus Collision That Occurred Before Deadly LA News Copter Crash
A motorist was arrested on murder charges after authorities say she slammed her SUV into a city bus in Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring six others in a prelude to a second deadly ...
Senate Committee Sends TRIA Reauthorization to the Floor
Federal legislation to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act will head to the full Senate after unanimously getting a nod from the Senate Banking Committee. The committee on Sept. 17 voted 24-0 to ...
FDA Declares Cyclospora Outbreak Over
The Cyclospora outbreak that impacted people in more than 21 states has been declared over by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, according to an update on its website dated September 11, 2026. ...
Satellites Show Earth Lost More Than 12T Tons of Ice in 47 Years
About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across ...
Insurance Companies Join Letter to Push TPLF Disclosure in Federal Courts
Insurance executives and counsels joined in with those from more than 200 companies that submitted a letter to a federal court rules committee urging the development of a third-party litigation ...