March 14, 2024
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — There was no green beer, no pickup trucks towing parade floats or throngs of tourists in gaudy green outfits. Instead, just a few dozen of Savannah’s early Irish immigrants marched a half-mile from a hotel near …
March 14, 2024
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge cut bond by nearly $1.9 million on Tuesday for a man accused of fleeing from police during a car chase and causing a crash last January that injured Gayle Manchin, the wife of …
March 14, 2024
Texas fires released roughly 3.4 million metric ton of carbon dioxide in January and February, according to a new analysis. In January, Texas fires pumped out 440,400 tons of CO2 emissions, according to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service data shared with …
March 14, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden Tiger and Markel. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Tiger Taps Byler From Carpenter to Lead US Casualty Division Howden Tiger, the reinsurance and capital advisory arm …
March 14, 2024
A small plane crash in a remote area of central Oregon has killed everyone on board, local authorities said. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said a 911 call around 7:40 p.m. Sunday reported the crash outside the city of Madras, …
March 14, 2024
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid out $364 million on flood claims from Hurricane Idalia, the storm that swamped part of Florida in August. That’s a fraction of the $3.2 billion NFIP paid after Hurricane Ian, a much larger …
March 14, 2024
At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated by environment agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution and consumer safety. While the United …
March 14, 2024
UnitedHealth Group said Wednesday evening that its unit Change Healthcare’s pharmacy network was back online, weeks after a cyberattack had a knock-on effect across the country’s healthcare system that depends heavily on insurance. Change Healthcare processes about 50% of medical …
March 14, 2024
Twenty armed people have boarded a cargo ship off the coast of Somalia and have taken control of it, a maritime security firm said on Tuesday. The vessel is the latest to be targeted following a resurgence of attacks by …
March 14, 2024
A massive explosion killed two people and destroyed a house in the Pittsburgh area near the Ohio River, authorities said Tuesday. Aerial images from the scene in Crescent Township in the northwest Pittsburgh suburbs showed smoking ruins with the structure …