16 05, 2025

Swiss Re Profits Up Despite Losses from California Wildfires

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Swiss Re AG’s profit rose in the first quarter as losses from the California wildfires were offset by positive performance across the business. Net income increased to $1.3 billion from $1.1 billion a year earlier, well ahead of the $952 …

16 05, 2025

Davis & Towle Acquires New Hampshire’s Tobey & Merrill Insurance

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Insurance agency Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, announced its acquisition of Tobey & Merrill Insurance in Hampton. While the agency will operate under Davis & Towle’s ownership, it will keep the Tobey & Merrill name …

16 05, 2025

Army Working to Fix Military and Traffic Controllers Communications at DC Airport

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A hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers in Washington, D.C., that hasn’t worked for more than three years may have contributed to another near miss shortly after the U.S. Army resumed flying helicopters in the area for the …

16 05, 2025

Ex-FDNY Chief Gets 3 Years for Taking Bribes to Fast-Track Safety Inspections

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A former New York City Fire Department chief was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to fast-track fire safety inspections at restaurants, hotels and other city businesses. Anthony Saccavino, 61, …

16 05, 2025

Boy Swept Away as Virginia and Maryland Hit With Heavy Rains and Flooding

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Officials found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway during a storm system that also forced a dozen students to stay overnight at a Maryland high school due to heavy …

16 05, 2025

Alabama Lawmakers Approve Additional Legal Protections for Police Officers

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday approved enhanced legal protections for police officers, changes that Republicans said show support for law enforcement but Democrats called “a green light to kill Black folks.” The Alabama Legislature gave final approval …

16 05, 2025

EPA to Rollback Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

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The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones. The Biden administration set the first federal drinking water …

16 05, 2025

DeSantis Signs Law Making Florida 2nd State to Ban Fluoride From Water Systems

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban …

16 05, 2025

Asbestos Clinic in Montana Forced to Close to Pay for BNSF Jury Award

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An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a …

16 05, 2025

Judge Orders Restoration of Health Program for West Virginia Coal Miners

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A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a unit of a small U.S. health agency. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger issued …