Several suspected tornadoes touched down Saturday afternoon in the Texas Panhandle between Lubbock and Amarillo, according to the National Weather Service, but no injuries or fatalities were reported. Two possible tornadoes touched down south of Amarillo, near Palo Duro Canyon …
The city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial. Council members met privately …
Blink Parametric, the Cork, Ireland-based insurtech, has announced a major expansion of its flight disruption insurance platform in Central & Latin America, scheduled for launch this month. The partnership between Blink and Terrawind Global Protection, a global travel assistance solutions …
Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startup. That California startup, Verkada, said …
Iran said Israel was likely behind an explosion that damaged an Iranian container ship in the Mediterranean last week, as the longtime foes trade accusations of attacks at sea. “The geographical location of the sabotage operation directs the first suspicion …
London-based broker Miller has appointed Charlie Simpson to lead its new platform in Bermuda. Simpson, who joins as head of Bermuda, will concentrate on growing the broker’s presence in the key re/insurance hub by launching a high-quality independent offering, initially …
A Texas-based medical practice that federal officials say subjected employees to religious discrimination and retaliation will pay $375,000 to settle the case following a judgement by a federal court. Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., doing business as …
An Illinois-based container shipping company faces proposed penalties of $156,038 after an employee suffered a leg amputation and crushed pelvis when he fell off and was then run over by a powered heavy-lift vehicle used to move and stack steel …
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded not guilty in an initial court hearing for three misdemeanor charges he is facing for striking and killing a man with his car last summer. The Republican attorney general did not appear at …
Vimeo Inc. is immune to a lawsuit by a church whose account it deleted for promoting gay conversion, the federal appeals court in New York ruled, amid a battle over online speech. Church United and its president and founder, James …