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Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday approved a measure that targets out-of-state doctors and activists who prescribe, sell, or provide pregnancy-ending drugs to residents in the reliably red state where abortions are banned with few exceptions. Louisiana law already allows women to …

A judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit that actor and director Justin Baldoni filed against his “It Ends With Us” costar Blake Lively after she sued him last year for sexual harassment and retaliation. U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Liman’s …

United Natural Foods Inc., a grocery distributor for Amazon Inc.’s Whole Foods Market, is working to bring systems back online by June 15 and resume product deliveries after a cyberattack disrupted its operations, leaving some store shelves barren of ice …

Canopius Group, the London-based specialty and property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announced that Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (SFMI) has entered into an agreement to purchase an additional 21% equity stake, bringing its shareholding to 40%. This stake has been purchased …

Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company Holdings announced today the pricing of its expected initial public offering (IPO)of 6,666,667 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. The aggregate gross proceeds to the company from the offering …

Country musician Conner Smith fatally hit a pedestrian while driving his truck in Nashville over the weekend, and he currently faces no charges as an investigation continues, police said. Metro Nashville Police said Smith, 24, hit Dorothy Dobbins, 77, Sunday …

North Carolina automobile insurance rates are poised to increase statewide by a 5% average this fall as part of an agreement reached between state regulators and the insurance industry. The increase comes six months after lawmakers raised minimum auto liability …

U.S. commercial insurance rates went up again in the first quarter 2025, according to the latest findings from WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). Carriers reported an aggregate price increase of 5.3% during the first three months of 2025 …

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday that the 85 near-miss incidents at Reagan Washington National Airport since 2021 were unacceptable. On January 29, a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional …

Florida-based insurance brokerage King Risk Partners announced it has acquired Cameron Group, Inc., an independent insurance agency located in Nanuet, New York. Cameron Group serves New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut with personal and commercial insurance. The Cameron acquisition is …

Insurance companies must compensate aircraft lessors and owners for planes that Russia seized when it took counter-sanction measures after the invasion of Ukraine, a UK judge ruled potentially leaving insurers on the hook for billions in payouts. The verdict comes …

The US Food and Drug Administration said more than 20 million eggs have been recalled after 21 people were hospitalized with salmonella. The eggs, distributed by the August Egg Company, were sold to retailers including Walmart Inc. and Safeway Stores …

Apollo Global Management Inc. said high-net-worth clients and access to retail investors are the biggest opportunities in Asia for growth in the coming years. Australia’s superannuation system, which will be the world’s second-largest pension by 2030, and Japanese savers that …

Aurora, the London-based digital managing general agent, has launched a property owners insurance product, aiming to enhance the way brokers access and place property risks. The new product, backed by Lloyd’s, leverages Aurora’s digital insurance platform and real-time data enrichment …

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $101,690 in back wages and damages owed to 31 employees of a Houston plumbing contractor who paid them a salary but failed to pay an overtime premium for hours over 40 in a …

A salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in seven states in the West and Midwest, federal health officials said Saturday. The August Egg Company recalled about 1.7 million brown organic and brown …

Proliferating conflict zones are an increasing burden on airline operations and profitability, executives say, as carriers grapple with missiles and drones, airspace closures, location spoofing and the shoot-down of another passenger flight. Airlines are racking up costs and losing market …

The European Union proposed a ban on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and the reduction of an oil price cap as part of a new sanctions package that aims to pile pressure on Moscow to end its war against Ukraine. …

Hainan Island is bracing for the first typhoon of the season in the western Pacific, with the storm expected to dump heavy rain across parts of southern China as the system nears the coast. The tropical depression — named Wutip …

he Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. The Environmental Protection Agency is also set to advance …