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21 08, 2026

Sydney Air Traffic Controllers Warn of Grave Safety Concerns

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Air traffic controllers in Sydney have warned of “grave concerns” about flight safety because of new local airspace rules, the safety regulator said, just as the number of near misses and incidents at the airport mounts. The Australian Transport Safety …

21 08, 2026

Former NFL QB Hasselbeck on Frontier: Diagnosing CTE Disease in the Living

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Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions relatively …

21 08, 2026

Rhode Spill: Summer Heat Turns Truckload of Spilled Squid Into Unappetizing Mess

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A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling onto a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.” It was …

21 08, 2026

King Risk Partners Acquires The Roberts Agency in Connecticut

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Florida-based King Risk Partners has acquired The Roberts Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. This acquisition strengthens King Risk Partners’ presence in Connecticut while expanding its construction insurance and surety bonding capabilities throughout the region. In …

21 08, 2026

Teen Drops Lawsuit Against Meta, Google and Snap Ahead of Trial

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A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately addicting young people and fueling a mental health crisis dropped her claims against the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat on Thursday, …

21 08, 2026

Orion180 Files for IPO, Eyeing Home and Flood Insurance Market

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Orion180 Insurance Group Inc. filed for a US initial public offering, as the company looks to carve out a bigger share of the fast-growing specialty homeowners and flood insurance market. The Melbourne, Florida-based insurer had net income of $13.5 million …

21 08, 2026

Multistate Salmonella Infections Climb to 431, CDC Says

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeno peppers has infected 431 people across 32 states, up from 345 cases in 27 states reported earlier this month. U.S. health authorities are currently investigating …

21 08, 2026

Dutch Regulator Fines Uber $966M for Automating Driver Suspensions

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The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has decided to fine Uber €825 million ($966 million) under European data protection rules for deactivating driver accounts through automated systems without adequately informing them, according to an August 17 decision reviewed by Reuters. …

21 08, 2026

Georgia Man Charged With Burglarizing Greg Biffle’s Home After Plane Crash

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A Georgia man burglarized former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s home after learning Biffle and his family died in a plane crash, a North Carolina sheriff said Tuesday. Terrell Williams, 44, has been charged with second-degree burglary, safe cracking, money laundering …

21 08, 2026

Apollo Global Reveals Data Breach After Hackers Target Financial Firms

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Asset manager Apollo Global Management suffered a data breach last month in which hackers stole some personal information, according to a letter on Friday. The New York-based firm was among dozens of prominent U.S. financial institutions and other businesses that …