Full content: The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even higher in the Americas, a …

Full content: President Donald Trump’s proposal for a massive gas-fired power plant in Ohio would likely create one of the nation’s largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation. While details of the potential $33 billion development are scarce so far, …

Full content: PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to pay $575 million to resolve U.S. government damages claims related to six wildfires in Oregon and California that burned nearly 290,000 acres of federal land, the U.S. Department of Justice said …

Full content: A federal judge in Michigan suspected of drunken driving uttered a vulgarity at a state trooper and couldn’t explain damage to his car or why his airbags had deployed, according to video of the arrest. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington …

Full content: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts governors issued state of emergency orders and a halt to non-essential travel as a major storm was expected to bring up to 24 inches of snow and strong winds to the region. Around …

Full content: Qumis, a lawyer-built AI-driven platform for commercial insurance coverage intelligence, announced a $4.3 million oversubscribed seed round led by MTech Capital, with new strategic investor American Family Ventures and participation from all prior investors. Total funding reaches $6.75 million. The …

Full content: This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon plc and Arch Insurance International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Fraccalvieri as CEO of Global Facultative Re, Succeeding Laing Insurance broker Aon plc announced that …

Full content: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced her office has secured a consent judgment against a Michigan construction company for accepting deposits for construction projects that were never finished and then failing to return the funds. Nessel filed a lawsuit last …

Full content: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week fined an Alabama utility contractor $257,700, six months after three workers died from sewage gas while installing sewer lines. Construction Labor Services, based in Eight Mile, near Mobile, Alabama, failed to …

Full content: The U.S. Supreme Court struck down on Friday President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, rejecting one of his most contentious assertions of his authority in a ruling with major …

Full content: The group of 15 backcountry skiers headed out on a three-day trek organized by Blackbird Mountain Guides into pristine wilderness near Frog Lake in California’s Sierra Nevada as a powerful winter storm moved into the state. The skiers made their …

Full content: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pulled her proposal to allow commercial robotaxi services in smaller cities outside New York, a spokesperson for the governor said on Thursday. “Based on conversations with stakeholders, including in the legislature, it was clear …

Full content: Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages ($34 billion). Global warming also meant that sudden and …

Full content: India temporarily extended permission for four Russian insurers to cover tankers calling at its ports, as the government seeks to sustain crude imports while also managing US pressure to end shipments from Moscow. The stopgap move lasts for one month, …