30 10, 2026

Bayer Wins Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Trial While Awaiting Settlement Ruling

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Bayer won a trial over claims by three women that its Roundup weedkiller caused their cancer, while awaiting a broader ruling from a separate court on the company’s $7.25 billion effort to settle other Roundup cases. The trial, which ended …

30 10, 2026

Fire Briefly Triggers Emergency at SC Lab on Former Nuclear Weapons Site

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A fire at a national lab in South Carolina that is in a complex where key parts for nuclear bombs were once made triggered an emergency declaration Wednesday that shut down incoming traffic and restricted air and rail service in …

30 10, 2026

King Tides Inundate Streets and Flood Homes and Businesses on Both US Coasts

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King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts, flooding streets and sending seawater into homes and businesses in beach communities in California, Florida and the Carolinas. The tides began with the full moon earlier this week and could cause …

30 10, 2026

Trump to End Restrictions on Methane From Oil and Gas Drilling

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. Trump said during a campaign rally in Texas that the change would save companies …

30 10, 2026

Colorado’s Glaciers Thinned Dramatically Due to Record Low Snow And Heat This Year

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The most prominent glaciers in Colorado thinned dramatically over the past year due to record low mountain snow and record warm temperatures, according to new research. Their shrinking is on par with recent observations of glacier loss across the planet …

30 10, 2026

EPA Response to 2023 Ohio Train Derailment Will be Investigated

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Vice President JD Vance pressed for the review. The Inspector General of …

30 10, 2026

Hippo Continues to Diversify Portfolio in Q3 With Casualty, Commercial

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Insurtech Hippo posted net income for the third quarter 2026 of $9 million compared with about $98 million for the period a year ago. The San Jose, California-based insurer said the drop in net income was due to a $91 …

30 10, 2026

AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Kansas’ Upland Mutual

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AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” (Excellent) from “bbb+” (Good) of Upland Mutual Insurance, Inc. based in Junction City, Kansas. The outlook of these …

30 10, 2026

Miami Beach Buildings Sinking at Different Rates, Due to Construction, Study Finds

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Much of the Miami Beach skyline, on ground that’s just a few feet above sea level, is sinking. But some of the iconic skyscrapers there are sinking at different rates and much of the subsidence is due to non-stop building …

30 10, 2026

Louisiana Man Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud

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A Louisiana man was arrested this week on a charge of insurance fraud for allegedly burning his pickup truck. St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Andronicus Edison, 58, of Palmetto after the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal’s (SFM) Fire …