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The Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, on Friday vetoed a bill that would have made it the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large new data centers, even as local opposition to the electricity-hungry facilities grows. The …

Large chunks of ice rammed into homes along Michigan’s Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt left many homes flooded and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems. Photos and video posted to social …

Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of James R. Vozar Insurance Agency. With offices in Athens, Quincy, and Union City, Michigan, this acquisition further strengthens Inszone’s presence in the Midwest and adds deep specialized knowledge in the agricultural sector to …

Texas is planning new rules to speed up its response to so-called zombie oil wells after the number of sites leaking toxic wastewater increased more than 50% this year. Oil companies in the largest US crude-producing state are pumping so …

he U.S. Federal Trade Commission is settling its case against a private equity portfolio company it says was used to buy up anesthesiology practices and raise prices in Texas, according to court documents filed on Thursday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The …

More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding, with New York and New Orleans standing out, according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever of …

Huge plumes of smoke blanketed swaths of the Southeast on Wednesday as crews battled rapidly growing wildfires that destroyed more than 50 homes in Georgia and forced hundreds to flee the drought- and wind-fueled flames. Some of the biggest blazes …

As Bayer AG tries to draw a line under costly Roundup herbicide litigation in the US this year, shareholders are using its annual general meeting to make clear that the stakes are higher than ever — including for Chief Executive …

President Donald Trump said he would look into the actions of banks in their response to last year’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires following a meeting with that city’s mayor, Karen Bass. Trump said he met with Bass and other officials …

Major corporations are pushing back against a possible tightening of emissions reporting standards that would have implications for the clean energy transition in years to come. More than 60 companies — including Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., General Motors Co., FedEx …

The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday a key runway safety system failed to activate before a March 22 fatal collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport between an Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck that killed two pilots. …

Georgia-based Marketplace 4 Insurance announced the acquisition of Swann Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Columbia, Maryland. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition of Swann will expand M4I’s footprint in the Mid-Atlantic region. All Swann employees will join …

The Bank of England expects stock markets around the world to fall because current share prices do not fully reflect the many risks facing the global economy, Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said in an interview with the BBC on Friday. …

Paresh Raja, the founder of collapsed mortgage firm Market Financial Solutions Ltd., is facing a £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion) lawsuit in the UK from creditors alleging he breached his fiduciary duties. Raja, who is already subject to a worldwide freeze …

A large Chinese cybersecurity firm is using artificial intelligence to identify security vulnerabilities in widely used software applications, positioning itself as a competitor to Anthropic PBC, according to a new report. The company, 360 Digital Security Group, has in recent …

The Bank of England and other financial services representatives on Wednesday said the sector was prepared for developments around Anthropic’s Mythos artificial intelligence model and other emerging frontier AI models. Mythos is viewed by cybersecurity experts as posing significant challenges …

UniCredit SpA boosted its stake in Assicurazioni Generali SpA to 8.7%, despite earlier indications that it planned to trim the holding. The bank is the insurer third-largest shareholder of Generali, according to a statement of the Trieste-based insurer detailing the …

Iran’s use of a swarm of small, fast boats to seize two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz could undermine suggestions U.S. forces have disabled its naval threat and reveals the challenges facing reopening one of the world’s most …

Health records from 500,000 people who are participating in British research into aging and diseases were made available for sale on an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. website. Database owner UK Biobank notified the UK government on Monday that the data …

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 170,169 vehicles in the U.S. due to loss of drive power, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on April 23. The recall affects multiple models including Range Rover, Discovery, Range Rover Sport, Defender, …