10 12, 2025

US Slaps New Charges on Ukrainian Over Russian Cyberattacks

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The US Department of Justice unveiled additional charges against a Ukrainian woman accused of supporting Russian state-backed cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova, 33, was indicted on Tuesday over her alleged links to a Moscow-sponsored group, the DOJ said …

10 12, 2025

Trump Administration Waives $16.7M in Fines for American Airlines Over Wheelchair Issues

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The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it will waive $16.7 million in fines issued to American Airlines under then President Joe Biden in 2024 as part of a settlement over the air carrier’s treatment of disabled passengers, including failing to …

10 12, 2025

Massachusetts Asks Judge to Block Kalshi From Operating Sports-Prediction Market

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addictioA Massachusetts judge on Tuesday questioned whether prediction-markets operator Kalshi could legally offer the state’s residents the ability to place financial bets on something as “trivial” as who wins sporting events without running afoul of gaming regulators. Suffolk County Superior …

10 12, 2025

California Again Delays Wildfire Protection Rules for Homes

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A California state agency won’t meet Gov. Gavin Newsom’s year-end deadline to finish long-delayed regulations to protect homes from wildfires, rules that experts say could have limited the destruction of the January Los Angeles firestorms. At a meeting of the …

10 12, 2025

Settlement Approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to Pay Hundreds of Abuse Victims

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he New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of negotiations. Richard Trahant, an attorney representing victims in the …

5 12, 2025

Apartment Building Fires Displace 70 Massachusetts Families; No Injuries Reported

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Both of the apartment building fires that displaced 70 families in Holyoke this week appear to be accidental but the exact causes remain under investigation, according to city and state fire officials. Holyoke Fire Chief John Kadlewicz and State Fire …

5 12, 2025

Report: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Impacts on American Budgets $900 Per Year

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A working paper from three well-known economists shows the impacts of global warming and particularly extreme weather on the budgets of American households is up to $900 per year. The paper was authored by former Treasury Department officials Kimberley Clausing, …

5 12, 2025

Cloudflare Says It Fixed Outage That Slowed Banking Sites, Zoom

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Cloudflare Inc. said it has fixed a problem that led to the websites for several banks, Shopify, Zoom and LinkedIn to go down Friday. “A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results,” the San Francisco-based company said …

5 12, 2025

Will it Take a Catastrophe for Nations to Take Issue of Space Debris Seriously?

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China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there’s nothing routine about its journey home. The Shenzhou-20 capsule will carry no crew, …

5 12, 2025

Standard Chartered Settles £1.5 Billion Iranian Sanction Suit in London

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Standard Chartered Plc has settled an investor lawsuit worth £1.5 billion ($2 billion) over allegations it systematically breached sanctions against Iran to win new business. In a London Court of Appeal ruling over disclosure published on Friday, the judge acknowledged …