International News Owners, Insurers Reach Settlement to Release Ever Given Ship That Blocked Suez Canal July 6, 2021 ISMAILIA, Egypt — The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March... Read More
Midwest News Victim’s Family Agrees to Settlement in Missouri Waffle House Shooting July 6, 2021 COLUMBIA, Mo. — The family of a man who was fatally shot by a security guard during a New Year’s... Read More
Biden to Nominate House Aide as Chair of Consumer Product Safety Commission July 6, 2021 By David Shepardson President Joe Biden plans to nominate a senior lawyer for a U.S. House of Representatives committee to chair the Consumer... Read More
Between 800 and 1,500 Firms Affected by Ransomware Attack, Kaseya’s CEO Says July 6, 2021 By Raphael Satter Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centered on U.S. information technology... Read More
Boy Scouts of America Agrees to $850M Settlement with Sex Abuse Victims July 6, 2021 By Randall Chase The Boy Scouts of America have reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex... Read More
International News EU Auditors Seek to Force Firms to Pay for Environmental Damage July 6, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – Taxpayers are too often being forced to pay to clean up environmental damage while the companies responsible dodge... Read More
Investigators of Boeing 737 Emergency Landing Recover Debris Off Hawaii July 6, 2021 The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said it has recovered debris from a downed Boeing 737-200 cargo plane... Read More
Claims People: Zurich, IAT, AqualisBraemar and Accūrō Solutions July 6, 2021 By Claims Journal staff Zurich Appoints Leader of Claims University Zurich North America has appointed Terry-Dawn Thomas as head of Claims University, a platform... Read More
Midwest News Evacuations Extended Near Northern Illinois Industrial Fire July 2, 2021 MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — Toxic fumes and smoke from a burning former paper mill in northern Illinois that officials had... Read More
West News James Franco Settles for $2.2M in School Sex Misconduct Suit July 2, 2021 By Andrew Dalton LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Franco and his co-defendants agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he... Read More