12 12, 2025

Rise of AI Impacts Grand Rapids Region, Companies Face Talent and Market Challenges

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West Michigan remains a leader in job and population growth across Michigan, but there are signs momentum has slowed amid staffing challenges, tariffs and the rise of artificial intelligence. Forty-six percent of Grand Rapids-area companies said in 2025 they were …

12 12, 2025

Missouri Attorney General Charges Carpenter for Fraud

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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed felony charges against Jeffrey Griffin, operating as Griffin Quality Construction in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas, for allegedly defrauding consumers by accepting payments for staircase repair service that he …

12 12, 2025

NAIC Elects New Officers for 2026; Virginia’s White President

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At the conclusion of its fall national meeting, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected new officers for 2026, with Virginia Insurance Commissioner Scott A. White slated to become president. White has been insurance commissioner of Virginia since 2018. He …

12 12, 2025

Black Lung Benefits Denied; Discrimination Claim Against UPS Shot Down by Court

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A federal appeals court, one step below the U.S. Supreme Court, handed down two rulings in favor of employers and insurers, one involving black lung and one regarding a black delivery driver. In Keith McKnight vs. United Parcel Service, the …

12 12, 2025

Man Sentenced for Flashing Three Insurance Agencies in Georgia

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A man convicted of flashing workers at three insurance agencies in Warner Robins, Georgia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Demarcus Tyrell Mann, 30, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in October, after he was arrested for public indecency …

12 12, 2025

Man Sentenced for Flashing Three Insurance Agencies in Georgia

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A man convicted of flashing workers at three insurance agencies in Warner Robins, Georgia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Demarcus Tyrell Mann, 30, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in October, after he was arrested for public indecency …

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, …