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Winter Storm Fern to Cost $4B to $6.7B in Insured Losses: KCC, Verisk
January's Winter Storm Fern caused insured losses of $6.7 billion, making it one of the costliest winter storms since 1950, according to catastrophe modeler KCC. The tally includes privately insured ...
Private Employer Reported Workplace Injuries Down in 2024: Report
Private industry employers reported 2.5 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024, down 3.1% from 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last month. It's the lowest number ...
Delaware’s Top Court Slashes $100M+ in Legal Fees in Tesla Director Pay Lawsuit
The Delaware Supreme Court handed Tesla a victory on Friday, slashing by more than $100 million the legal fees owed to shareholder lawyers who successfully sued directors at Elon Musk's electric car ...
Retired NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Wasn’t Piloting Plane Before Deadly Crash
Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was not flying his own jet when it crashed last month, killing him and six others, according to a Friday report from investigators. The preliminary report from the ...
Federal Trade Commission Warns Law Firms About DEI Hiring
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it had written to 42 law firms warning them about diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring, which it described as potentially ...
Vehicle Thefts Dropped 25% in Arizona Last Year
Newly analyzed data reveal a 25% decrease in vehicle thefts within the state, according to the Arizona Automobile Theft Authority (AATA). Data compiled by the Auto Crime Tracker database shows that ...
Bomb Cyclone Expected This Weekend for East Coast, Southern U.S.
Winter's brutal grip on the U.S. East is not letting up, with the coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will plunge deep into what had been a toasty Florida peninsula and a powerful ...
Nearly 26.2M Workers Are Expected to Miss Work on Super Bowl Monday
For the second year in a row, Super Bowl Monday will set a record for the number of U.S. employees who plan to miss work, according to UKG's annual Super Bowl Fever Absenteeism Survey. It's estimated ...