24 12, 2025

South Texas Homebuilders Warn ICE Arrests Have Upended Industry

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One morning in mid-November, Mario Guerrero, the executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, was checking a group chat when a video of federal agents detaining people from a construction site popped up. He watched the video of Immigration …

24 12, 2025

Areawide Insurance Advisors Joins Leavitt Group Texas Select

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Areawide Insurance Advisors has joined Leavitt Group Texas Select, strengthening the agency’s presence in the Bryan and College Station area with the added resources of Leavitt Group, a national brokerage. Mike Kilgore, owner of Areawide Insurance Advisors, will continue to …

24 12, 2025

Zombie Ship Shows US Targeting Darkest Corner of Oil Fleet

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A 27-year-old crude tanker that was supposedly scrapped in 2021 is due to reach Venezuela late this week, according to ship-tracking data, in the latest example of how the South American country keeps its embattled oil industry alive. The tanker …

24 12, 2025

Missouri Faces Legal Battle with China Over Pandemic Compensation

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Missouri’s top prosecutor said China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said in a news release that China is …

24 12, 2025

Brown University Police Chief Placed on Leave After Fatal Shooting

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Brown University’s president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies after a gunman killed two students and injured nine others earlier this month. Questions surrounding Brown’s security policies have …

24 12, 2025

Judge Rejects Business Group’s Challenge to Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge by the largest U.S. business lobby group to President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, saying it fell under his broad powers to regulate immigration. …

24 12, 2025

The Best Climate Adaptation Methods Are Surprisingly Simple

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As the effects of a hotter planet rack up more damages and health issues for people in exposed regions, the conversation around climate change is shifting from how to curb it to how to adapt to it. A new report …

24 12, 2025

Southern California in ‘Great Danger’ From Christmas Flooding

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Residents of Southern California were bracing Wednesday for a powerful winter storm forecast to bring dangerous flooding as well as rock and mudslides to the region, threatening property and snarling holiday travel plans. Peak rainfall in parts of the region …

24 12, 2025

US Auto Safety Agency Probes Tesla Model 3 Emergency Door Release

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The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Wednesday it has opened a defect investigation into Tesla Model 3 compact sedans over concerns that emergency door release controls may not be easily accessible or clearly identifiable in an emergency. The Office …

24 12, 2025

Brown&Brown Files Suit Over Alleged Howden Poaching of 200+ Employees

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Reports that Howden US, part of the London-based insurance brokerage, had lured away more than 200 employees from Brown & Brown Insurance have left industry leaders worried that poaching seems to be the new business model for some companies. And …