Europe baked in intense heat, with temperatures reaching almost 46C (115F) on the Italian island of Sardinia on Wednesday, as wildfires continued to rage in Greece. Authorities warned lives were in danger after the latest blast of Saharan heat saw …
An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large this week that warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions. An ash cloud with an initial height of around 5.5 miles …
Fire crews built containment lines and patrolled for hot spots throughout the day on Wednesday to continue to keep a massive Southern California wildfire from growing. Containment on the Rabbit Fire grew to 55% with extreme heat and low humidity …
Insurers for the convenience store that sold beer to Paul Murdaugh have agreed to pay $15 million to settle the wrongful death suit stemming from the 2019 boat crash involving Murdaugh in which teenager Mallory Beach was killed. The convenience …
Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace accidents and a reduction in fraudulent claims, according to an AM Best …
Evertree Insurance Services LLC has acquired 1st American Insurance in Longmont, Colorado, Alliance Insurance Services in Arvada, Colorado, and The Banks Agency in Golden, Colorado. The transactions were closed on July 7, and establish Evertree’s presence in the Mountain Region. …
Crypto crime fell overall in the first six months of 2023, but the volume of payments to ransomware attackers surged and is on track for its second-biggest annual total on record, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on Wednesday [July 12]. …
An actor and model who had roles in the soap opera “Guiding Light” and movies including “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” says in a lawsuit that she was sexually harassed by the owner of a Rhode Island resort where she …
Two people died over the weekend when the dirt bike they were riding collided with an SUV near a shopping plaza in Massachusetts, authorities said. The victims of the crash in Wareham just before 11 p.m. Saturday were identified as …
West Virginia`s state health officer was selected Wednesday to represent one of the hardest-hit regions of the state for drug overdoses on the board of a private foundation that will be distributing the majority of the state`s more than $1 …