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Several of the skydivers killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers, including a leader at one of the sport’s biggest organizations. Federal investigators were at the crash site, about an hour …

It was 180 degrees off the hot trade on Wall Street. Snub Nvidia Corp., the soaring king of artificial intelligence chips. Embrace Adobe Inc., a sinking casualty of AI disruption. Polen Capital did just that, and more, until it was …

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will close on July 4 starting at noon (1600 GMT) due to 250th U.S. anniversary events in the U.S. capital region including a military flyover, according to the regional agency that manages its operations. The …

A tropical storm developed off the coast of Texas on Wednesday, bringing a multiday heavy rainfall event across the Gulf Coast states. Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is forecast to move northeastward along …

Emirates Airline is offering travel insurance that includes medical coverage for war-related incidents and extended-stay support during disruptions, another example of how Gulf carriers are trying to reboot their businesses now that a US-Iran peace deal is on the table. …

A 1-year-old boy is dead and another person wounded after a Mississippi police officer shot at a vehicle while responding to a shoplifting call, according to authorities and the child’s grandfather. The child’s mother, her friend and 1-year-old Kohen Wiley …

A former Atlanta City Council member will face incumbent Insurance Commissioner John King in the Nov. 3 election, after she defeated a longtime insurance agent in the Tuesday runoff. Georgia voters gave Keisha Sean Waites some 58.7%, or 223,909 votes …

Days before the beginning of Pride Month in June, a glamorous drag queen with long, wavy red hair, a matching mustache and carabiner earrings stared into a camera and levied a strong accusation against a famous sustainable outdoors apparel brand: …

The 2026 catastrophe season will face a more distributed and harder-to-predict risk landscape than carriers have historically planned for, according to a new report by global claims administrator Sedgwick. The complex nature could make claims harder to manage, more expensive …

This summer, global sport’s biggest event is coming to America. Part of what makes the World Cup so special is the storylines attached to the once-in-four-year event. This year’s tournament will likely be the last chapter in professional sport’s greatest …

As the demographic of the average American renter changes, so too do their insurance needs. Renters today tend to be older with higher incomes and stronger credit profiles, and they often remain at the same address for several years, according …

A former Citigroup executive alleged in a lawsuit that the bank fired her in retaliation for identifying regulatory and compliance risks that, according to a Financial Times report on Tuesday, were related to Citi’s efforts to court U.S. President Donald …

Illegal cyber activities accounted for around a third of all crimes recorded in some Asian countries, with scams the most widespread and financially damaging, according to a new Interpol report. The global policing agency’s latest cyber threat cyber threat assessment …

Appetite for insurance mergers and acquisitions remains, but the industry’s use of artificial intelligence is expected to enter the equation to affect strategies. According to finding from PwC, the insurance sector logged about $29.6 billion in deal value from 191 …

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced last week that it found the University of California, Davis School of Medicine (Davis Med) discriminates based on race in its admissions process, violating a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision. The Justice Department …

When England takes on Croatia Wednesday in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup, the area surrounding AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas will be conspicuously absent of any aircraft. That’s because the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a …

A fiery North Dakota derailment that happened two years ago demonstrated yet again why the National Transportation Safety Board has been urging the rail industry for decades to replace flawed tank cars that tend to rupture in a crash. The …

Ohio lawmakers this month passed a bill that aims to protect consumers from catalytic converter theft. House Bill 210 creates more transparent guidelines for businesses, including requiring scrap dealers and other buyers of used catalytic converters to comply with recordkeeping, …

The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a federal consent judgment requiring four Washington-based restaurants to pay $750,000 in back wages and damages to 42 workers after an investigation uncovered minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards …

James Henderson was a teenager in 1971 when he had to treat animals for a type of white maggot that ate livestock from the inside out — the New World screwworm. “It’s a horrible parasite, and it will eat that …