Kalshi Inc. has entered a partnership with The Weather Company to bolster the data it uses to settle contracts in rapidly growing weather and climate prediction markets. The prediction platform is seeking to establish market-implied probabilities as another source of …
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast as a potential system gathers strength in the Gulf of Mexico. The still-unnamed storm was 130 miles (209 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, with top …
Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, along with more than 100 other tech and financial services organizations, warned that businesses and governments must do more to prepare for and defend against AI-enabled hacks. In an open letter Thursday, the …
A judge has granted a hearing to explore claims that a man wants to recant allegations of sexual abuse years ago by Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky, 82, has been serving a decades-long prison sentence since he …
A new study drawing on telematics data confirms that far more drivers are using cellphones in the lead-up to crashes than is reflected in police reports, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The data, derived from driver-enrolled safe-driving …
The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is extending its order for insurers to suspend cancellations and nonrenewals for residents impacted by wildfires. The DFR issued a wildfire emergency order and bulletin in late July that was to expire. However, DFR …
Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted Middle Eastern fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a naval battleground, the world is getting a fuller picture of how the Iran war has reshaped the economics of energy. A …
The Tampa Bay Rays won county approval Friday on a financing plan that will allow them to build a new stadium, a day after city officials approved their part for the $2.3 billion ballpark project that will replace the domed …
A merchant ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea on Thursday evening, likely after being hit, Romanian President Nicusor Dan and authorities said. The Romanian Border Police on Friday confirmed the fire on …
Meta’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the U.S. shows companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian officials said on Thursday, while in the Philippines, an official said the U.S. company had pledged to …