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6 05, 2025

M&S, Co-op Cyberattackers Duped IT Help Desks Into Resetting Passwords, Report Says

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Cyberattacks on Britain’s Marks & Spencer and Co-op Group started with hackers impersonating employees while contacting the retailers’ IT help desks, technology specialist site BleepingComputer reported. The site said the hackers were able to convince the help desks to reset …

6 05, 2025

Air Traffic Control Lost Contact With Newark Aircraft; DOT Vows ‘Brand New System’

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Air traffic controllers overseeing planes at Newark International Airport in New Jersey lost contact with aircraft for 30 seconds last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Monday. “The primary communication line went down, the backup line didn’t fire, …

6 05, 2025

Hurricane Forecasts Are Better Than Ever But NOAA Cuts Could Change That

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(THE CONVERSATION) The National Hurricane Center‘s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its forecasts five days into the future, when storms were only beginning to come …

6 05, 2025

Lemonade Posts Q1 Loss on Wildfires, Spending; Auto Product Positioned to Grow

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Insurtech Lemonade reported a first quarter 2025 net loss of about $62.4 million compared to a loss of $47.3 million a year ago during the same time. The decline, according to a letter to shareholders, was due primarily to losses …

8 05, 2025

Update: Engineer Report Showed Clearwater Condo in Good Condition Last Fall

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A recent engineering report on a 46-year-old condominium building in Clearwater found no significant structural problems before cracks were found in a concrete support column this week, according to local news reports. The Tampa Bay Times and other news sites …

8 05, 2025

Teenage Basketball Players Among 8 Killed in Kansas Highway Crash

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Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back from a tournament were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said the …

6 05, 2025

Business Moves: Earnix Agrees to Acquire Insurtech and AI Specialist Zelros

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Earnix, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, the Paris-based insurtech and developer of artificial intelligence solutions. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. By combining Earnix’s advanced predictive AI platform with …

6 05, 2025

Oregon’s Compensable Worker Fatalities Down in 2024, Report Shows

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Oregon saw a drop in worker deaths last years, according to newly released data from the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services. But despite the overall decline, the numbers show that certain industries—particularly logging and construction—continue to carry some …

8 05, 2025

Jury Awards $3M for Defective Airbag That Seriously Injured Florida Man

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MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida jury has awarded $3 million to a man who was severely injured by a defective airbag in a 2020 crash. Miami-Dade jurors reached a verdict for Jose Hernandez on Thursday, according to court records. …

8 05, 2025

Trump’s Plan to Fix Air Traffic Control Faces Huge Hurdles

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday will call for tens of billions of dollars to overhaul America’s strained air traffic control system to address crumbling infrastructure, dramatic staffing shortfalls and failing technology. Key questions remain unanswered: Will it work? …