December 4, 2018
One child was killed and at least 45 other people were injured when a charter bus carrying a youth football team from Tennessee rolled off an interstate off-ramp and overturned before sunrise Monday in central Arkansas, authorities said. Arkansas State …
December 4, 2018
A new computer model is proving significantly more accurate in identifying potentially unsafe restaurants when compared with existing methods of consumer complaints and routine inspections. The model uses machine learning and de-identified and aggregated search and location data from logged-in …
December 4, 2018
Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69. A Dutch court on Monday rejected Ratelband’s request to shave 20 years off his age in a case that drew worldwide …
December 4, 2018
CoverWallet, a technology company that has been on a mission to “reinvent insurance for small business” customers, is now offering its platform for insurance agencies, the company revealed today. With 16 agencies already using the platform, another 100 are on …
December 4, 2018
European Union finance ministers struck a deal on a major reform of banking rules on Tuesday, addressing some of the loopholes exposed by the global financial crisis. The overhaul, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016, sets the level …
December 4, 2018
The supply chain of food and other goods delivered to the Port of Anchorage from the Lower 48 has not been disrupted by the powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage to roads in the Anchorage area. “The ships are coming …
December 4, 2018
Monday marked a return to school and some semblance of routine for thousands of children who lost their homes to a deadly wildfire in Northern California. Schools in Butte County have been closed since Nov. 8, when the Camp Fire …
December 4, 2018
An Essex County, N.J., man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to obtain $74,000 in disability payments by submitting dozens of forged documents to his insurance provider. Major Smith, a former teacher in the East Orange school district, pleaded guilty …
December 4, 2018
Everest Insurance has hired Tim Bunt to its marketing and distribution team as vice president. In this role, Bunt is responsible for business development in the large account space. He will be based in the Everest Stamford, Conn., office and …
December 4, 2018
A key regulator of Wall Street banks has joined the Federal Reserve in warning about risky corporate borrowing that has reached record levels as lender protections are eroded. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency cautioned in its Semiannual …