Hurricane Ida Damage Projections Reaching the Scale of Irma, Harvey and Sandy September 9, 2021 By Jim Sams Insured losses from Hurricane Ida are now creeping into the $30 billion range after catastrophe modelers added damage to properties... Read More
Money, Mimicry and Mind Control: Big Tech Slams Ethics Brakes on AI September 9, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO — In September last year, Google’s cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm... Read More
No Hurricane Has Hit U.S. Energy Markets Quite Like Ida Has September 8, 2021 By Kevin Crowley and Sheela Tobben Only about 20% of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production is back online after Hurricane Ida battered south-east Louisiana,... Read More
Cognizant Reaches $95M Settlement With U.S. Shareholders Over Bribery Allegations September 8, 2021 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has reached a $95 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit accusing the information technology services company... Read More
West News Lake Tahoe Evacuation Orders Lifted, But Fire Threat Remains September 8, 2021 By Samuel Metz SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The lifting of a mandatory evacuation order for South Lake Tahoe’s 22,000 residents is... Read More
International News IAEA Seeks Japan Transparency in Release of Fukushima Water September 8, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency asked Japan on Tuesday for full and detailed information about... Read More
International News Typhoon Hits Eastern Philippines, Causing Power Outages September 8, 2021 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, bringing high winds that caused power... Read More
Boeing Board to Face Investors’ Suit Over 737 Max Crashes September 8, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Julie Johnsson Boeing Co.’s directors must face an investors’ lawsuit accusing them of failing to properly monitor safety issues and the development... Read More
East News New Jersey’s Largest Dairy Farm Nearly Destroyed in Tornado September 8, 2021 By Christina Paciolla The morning after one of the most intense tornadoes recorded in New Jersey history all but demolished the largest dairy... Read More
Southeast News 11th Circuit Leaves it to Alabama to Decide if Pollution Exclusion Applies to Carbon Monoxide Deaths September 8, 2021 By Jim Sams National Trust Insurance Co. contends that a pollution exclusion in a policy it sold to an Alabama furnace-repair company excludes... Read More