Typhoon Season in Northwest Pacific Seen Most Active in a Decade May 13, 2026 By Mary Hui The projection is for 25% above the historical average, driven by an emerging El Niño and stronger-than-normal westerly winds. It...
Canvas Parent Reaches Deal With Hackers Behind Recent Breach May 12, 2026 By AJ Vicens The hacking group that targeted the Canvas educational tool and the parent company that owns the software struck a deal...
A Quieter Hurricane Season Could Still Pummel US Power Grid May 7, 2026 By Eric Roston Meteorologists are forecasting about 13 named Atlantic storms this season, or a little less activity than average. That sounds like...
LA Fire Suspect Angry About No Date for New Year’s, Prosecutors Say May 1, 2026 By Patricia Hurtado Prosecutors said the man they charged with starting the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was upset about a...
Trump Says He’ll Probe Banks Over Response to LA Wildfires April 24, 2026 By Catherine Lucey and John Gittelsohn President Donald Trump said he would look into the actions of banks in their response to last year’s devastating Los...
State Farm Paid a ‘Hail’ of a Lot of Claims in 2025 April 23, 2026 State Farm said it paid out $5.6 billion nationally for hail claims in 2025, and $1.4 billion in Texas alone....
Wildfire Survivors Could Face Another Blow From Taxes on Settlement Payouts April 22, 2026 Thousands of survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, have elected to accept an upfront settlement from the...
Toilet Paper Warehouse in California Destroyed by Fire; Employee Arrested April 8, 2026 By Janet Freund, Redd Brown and Andrea Chang An employee of a company that operates a distribution center for Kimberly-Clark Corp. has been arrested on arson charges after...
North Korea-Linked Hack Hit Axios Software That Powers Online Services April 1, 2026 By AJ Vicens Hackers linked to North Korea breached behind-the-scenes software that runs many common online functions in an effort to steal login...
EPA Watchdog: Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites Vulnerable to Floods, Wildfires April 1, 2026 By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen Some 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential...