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Georgia Man Charged With Burglarizing Greg Biffle’s Home After Plane Crash
A Georgia man burglarized former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s home after learning Biffle and his family died in a plane crash, a North Carolina sheriff said Tuesday. Terrell Williams, 44, has been charged with second-degree burglary, safe cracking, money laundering …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 2:45 PM |
Dutch Regulator Fines Uber $966M for Automating Driver Suspensions
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has decided to fine Uber €825 million ($966 million) under European data protection rules for deactivating driver accounts through automated systems without adequately informing them, according to an August 17 decision reviewed by Reuters. …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 2:11 PM |
Multistate Salmonella Infections Climb to 431, CDC Says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeno peppers has infected 431 people across 32 states, up from 345 cases in 27 states reported earlier this month. U.S. health authorities are currently investigating …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 1:50 PM |
Orion180 Files for IPO, Eyeing Home and Flood Insurance Market
Orion180 Insurance Group Inc. filed for a US initial public offering, as the company looks to carve out a bigger share of the fast-growing specialty homeowners and flood insurance market. The Melbourne, Florida-based insurer had net income of $13.5 million …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 1:44 PM |
Teen Drops Lawsuit Against Meta, Google and Snap Ahead of Trial
A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately addicting young people and fueling a mental health crisis dropped her claims against the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat on Thursday, …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 12:41 PM |
King Risk Partners Acquires The Roberts Agency in Connecticut
Florida-based King Risk Partners has acquired The Roberts Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. This acquisition strengthens King Risk Partners’ presence in Connecticut while expanding its construction insurance and surety bonding capabilities throughout the region. In …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 12:32 PM |
Rhode Spill: Summer Heat Turns Truckload of Spilled Squid Into Unappetizing Mess
A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling onto a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.” It was …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 11:59 AM |
Former NFL QB Hasselbeck on Frontier: Diagnosing CTE Disease in the Living
Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions relatively …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 11:17 AM |
Sydney Air Traffic Controllers Warn of Grave Safety Concerns
Air traffic controllers in Sydney have warned of “grave concerns” about flight safety because of new local airspace rules, the safety regulator said, just as the number of near misses and incidents at the airport mounts. The Australian Transport Safety …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 11:08 AM |
Gallagher Re Launches Digital Risk Practice to Aid Tech Risk Management
Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broking and advisory firm, announced the launch of its Digital Risk Practice, bringing together specialist expertise in AI liability, data centers, cyber, and digital risk engineering to help insurers and reinsurers understand, quantify, and manage …
POSTED AUGUST 21, 2026 10:51 AM |
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