Monthly Archives: <span>July 2021</span>

Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzling Nearly $200K

Anna Gabriela Garcia, also known as Anna Nuno-Garcia, 48, of Capistrano Beach, Calif., was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana after pleading guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement and grand theft for collecting premium payments from …

Oregon Home Manufacturer Sued for Alleged Racism, Discrimination

Two former employees of a home manufacturing company in eastern Oregon have filed a lawsuit saying they endured anti-Black racism and discrimination, and then were fired after reporting the incidents to managers. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by …

Firefighters Injured While Fighting Montana Wildfire

Five firefighters were injured when a thunderstorm and swirling winds in central Montana blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said. All five remained in medical facilities and were still being evaluated and treated a day after they …

California’s Largest Wildfire Torches Homes as Blazes Lash West

Flames racing through rugged terrain in Northern California destroyed multiple homes over the weeked as the state’s largest wildfire intensified and numerous other blazes battered the U.S. West. The Dixie fire, which started July 14, had already leveled over a …

Mayor Says New York City Businesses Should Mandate Worker Vaccinations

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the city’s private sector businesses to institute vaccine requirements for their employees, saying the “limits of a purely voluntary system” have been reached. Speaking in his weekly appearance Friday on WNYC radio, …

Maryland County Commits to Change After Lawsuit Settlement

A $2.3 million payment to a group of Black and Latino police officers to settle their workplace discrimination lawsuit against a Maryland police department is the latest effort toward reforms within the department, a county official said Thursday. Prince George’s …

Massachusetts Man Charged with Arson Following Great Barrington Blaze

A Massachusetts man is facing charges of arson and insurance fraud in connection with a fire that consumed a building he owned in Great Barrington. The building held apartments and a retail shop but was vacant when it went up …

Update: Aon and Willis Terminate $30B Merger; Aon to Pay $1B Break-up Fee

Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson announced that the firms have agreed to terminate their $30 billion business combination agreement and end litigation with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The proposed combination was first announced on March 9, 2020 …

Software Firm Attacked on July 4 Mum on How It Got Decryption Key

The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key that will decrypt all of the more than 1,000 businesses and public organizations crippled in the global incident. …

Global Supply Chains Driven to Breaking Point on New COVID Wave, Natural Disasters

LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South African ports. Events have conspired to drive global supply chains towards breaking point, threatening the fragile flow of raw materials, …