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The tanker captain summoned his years of experience when he saw the blast in front of him. He veered his 300-meter-long ship around the vessel ahead and could see a fire had started. He called the US Navy to tell …

UK police said they arrested a sixth man, a British-Iranian dual national, in relation to an incident near an airbase used by the US to launch strikes on Iran. The 27-year-old man was arrested in London on suspicion of preparation …

Fifteen US states sued agrichemicals company Corteva on Thursday, alleging that the spinoff of its seed and genetics business into Vylor was designed to shield the company’s best assets from tens of billions of dollars in potential liabilities tied to …

The International Criminal Court has ended its contract with French life and health insurer AXA starting October 1 and will now be using a new health insurance provider, a spokesperson for the Hague-based court said. The spokesperson gave no reason …

ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. will part ways with KPMG Australia as its longtime external auditor, adding pressure on the accounting giant that has been grappling with the fallout from allegations it improperly used confidential client information to win business. The …

The merger of Idaho-based Gem State Insurance as a subsidiary under Ohio Mutual Insurance Group’s mutual holding company structure has been completed, effective Oct. 1, the company announced. The organization plans to add new products and additional benefits to members …

Wisconsin workers’ compensation rates will decrease by approximately 2% over the coming year, making the 11th straight year the state has seen premiums decline. The rate decrease, which went into effect October 1, saves an estimated $36 million for policies, …

The Trump Administration is pushing for a 90-day ban on diesel exports intended to rapidly lower climbing fuel prices for consumers, a proposal that, if enacted, will hurt the constellation of Texas refineries in the Gulf Coast and deal a …

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is weighing a new campus in Texas that would add tens of billions of dollars in new investment to the company’s multiyear expansion into chipmaking in the US. The go-to chipmaker for Nvidia Corp. and Apple …

A free market with limited government intervention has long been a pillar of Republican economic orthodoxy. Today’s Republican party has deviated from its laissez-faire economic roots. It has instead embarked headlong on populist economic policies. Policy initiatives exemplifying its populist …

The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and other artificial intelligence companies about the safety of their products amid high-profile cybersecurity incidents, according to a person familiar with the matter. The agency is preparing to send formal demands …

A federal judge in Florida ordered two individuals to pay more than $30 million in restitution and penalties for allegedly defrauding more than 9,000 people in a scam involving crytocurrencies and precious metals, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said …

A vast majority of Americans favor requiring artificial intelligence companies to meet independent safety benchmarks for their models, even if those standards mean slowing development of the technology, according to a new poll. Against a backdrop of growing global anxiety …

President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime municipal insurance lawyer to serve as a judge on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. G. Todd Butler, managing partner at the Jackson office of the Phelps Dunbar law firm, has represented …

Thousands of homes and businesses in Southern California have been warned of the potential for power cuts in the coming days as a heat wave boosts wildfire risk throughout the region. With triple-digit temperatures expected this weekend, Edison International’s Southern …

A Lowell, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his involvement in payroll tax avoidance and workers’ compensation insurance fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley. Henry Lam was sentenced to 13 months in prison, to …

Buffalo, New York-based insurance agency Lawley hired three new insurance advisors: Ricky Albano in New York, Nicolas DeLuca in New Jersey, and Marco Rumbin in Connecticut. Albano brings 20 years of industry experience as an insurance producer, account executive, and …

Lyft will pay $272.5 million to settle allegations it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors. Of the settlement with the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, 87% will go directly to drivers. More than 1,600 drivers who filed wage claims through LCO’s …

As they passed legislation to end New Hampshire’s vehicle inspection program last year, state lawmakers made a gamble. Ending the inspections would mean ending annual emissions testing, violating New Hampshire’s decades-long approach to comply with the Clean Air Act. And …

Metal mixtures found in the leftover smoke, ash and debris from the deadly 2023 Maui wildfires were harmful to the lung health of people living nearby long after the burning ended, a new study says. The work shows that major …