16 01, 2026

Virginia Strengthens Oversight of Nursing Homes

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Virginia officials are touting the state’s efforts in strengthening oversight of the state’s 300 nursing homes, including filling leadership and inspector positions and improving how complaints are handled. “Virginia families deserve confidence that when a loved one lives in a …

16 01, 2026

Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training

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Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to train its artificial intelligence systems. …

16 01, 2026

Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training

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Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to train its artificial intelligence systems. …

16 01, 2026

Maui Braces for Possible End to FEMA Rental Assistance And More Housing Strain for Fire Survivors

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Nearly 1,000 households displaced by catastrophic wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui are anxiously awaiting word on whether federal assistance helping them stay housed will be left to expire, forcing them to find new housing or pay more for …

16 01, 2026

South Africa Closes Kruger Park as Deadly Floods Kill Dozens

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Deadly floods prompted South Africa’s iconic Kruger National Park to shut to further visitors, after extreme rainfall killed dozens in the northeast of the country and neighboring Mozambique. The South African Weather Service on Thursday issued its highest weather warning …

16 01, 2026

A Lean Lens on Legal Bill Review: Keeping the Insured at The Center

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For over a decade, I helped build the legal e-billing and review industry. I sat across the table from vice presidents of claims at major carriers, making the case that systematic invoice auditing was a fiduciary imperative. The logic seemed …

16 01, 2026

Venezuelan Oil Industry Is Running on WhatsApp After Cyberattack

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Venezuela’s oil industry is running its day-to-day operations via phone calls and handwritten reports in the month since a cyberattack on state-owned oil giant Petróleos de Venezuela SA. A Dec. 15 attack shut down PDVSA’s system, leaving the company to …

16 01, 2026

Polish Premier Blames Russia for Cyberattack on Energy Facilties

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Poland fought off a wave of cyber threats from Russia which targeted its energy infrastructure in December, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. A series of attacks in the last days of the month hit two power plants and renewable energy …

16 01, 2026

Ex-PIMCO Executive Scores Milestone on Launch of Catastrophe Bond ETF

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An exchange-traded fund tied to bets on natural disasters has started trading in London, after becoming the first such ETF to attract a lead market maker. The KRC Cat Bond UCITS ETF was launched with the goal of drawing more …

16 01, 2026

Driver Fails to Back Up Claim That Tesla Touchscreen Defect Caused Accident

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Vehicle manufacturer Tesla has won dismissal of a product liability lawsuit claiming that a defective touchscreen in a 2021 Tesla caused an accident. Judge Nelson Roman in federal district court in New York granted Tesla summary judgment because the woman …