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New York City’s Department of Buildings issued a stop-work order at a Manhattan office tower that’s being converted into apartments weeks after authorities evacuated one of the largest residential conversions due to structural concerns. Officials visited 222 Broadway as part …

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said police detained a 15-year-old suspect after a Sunday shooting in which three people were killed and others were wounded. At least two people exchanged gunfire at the event, Wilson said in a news conference Monday …

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that Craig J. Sutton, the owner of Tri County Fence and Deck, was sentenced for 43 felony counts and ordered to repay more than $257,000 in restitution. Sutton engaged in a pattern of fraudulent …

One man from Baltimore and another from Philadelphia have been sentenced for their roles in transporting stolen motor vehicles as part of a scheme that also involved as many as eight other defendants. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of …

A Michigan man was sentenced last week for his role in a Detroit auto theft ring from 2023 to 2025, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. Amarion Jordan, 23, of Inkster, was sentenced to 5-20 years’ incarceration after pleading guilty to …

The U.S. will resume importing a limited amount of cattle from Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday. The decision comes as a flesh-eating parasite outbreak continues. In a statement, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said it is …

More than a third of Americans are facing a scorching heat that threatens to topple temperature records and stress power grids as homeowners and businesses crank up air conditioners to seek relief. More than 134 million people are under some …

Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC lost its bid Friday to escape a court case dangling the specter of legal liability for false statements made by an artificial intelligence chatbot. A Delaware Superior Court judge let the conservative activist Robby Starbuck move …

The industry trades have come out to support the latest effort on Capitol Hill to thwart staged accidents. Sen. Ashley Moody on July 22 introduced the Staged Accident Fraud Prevention Act. About a year ago, Representatives Mike Collins and Brandon …

Tampa-based Praxis Reciprocal Exchange, approved to do business in Florida in September 2025, has named Ross Bowie chief executive officer, the company announced. Bowie comes to Praxis after two years as president, chief risk officer, then CEO of Private Client …

New Hampshire officials ere investigating a fire on board The Dive, a floating bar and restaurant on Lake Winnipesaukee. The State Police Marine Patrol received reports of a fire on board The Dive, a floating bar and restaurant, which was …

A Massachusetts jury has awarded $56 million to a 78-year old man who suffered catastrophic physical and brain injuries after his car was hit by an Amazon delivery van in 2024. In addition to the amount of the award, the …

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said wildfires in the southwest are a major economic setback for the region as businesses and tourists were forced to evacuate. “Everyone is fully mobilized in response to the ecological and social disaster,” Lescure said …

French and Spanish firefighters preparing to battle wildfires for a sixth consecutive day face worsening weather conditions as temperatures are forecast to rise further. With more than 300,000 people evacuated across the two countries through the weekend, a French official …

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the US-Iran war has brought home how vital maritime trading routes are to a country like Australia, which conducts 99% of its global trade by sea. Protecting Australia’s supply of critical goods …

For insurers, the periodic El Niño climate phenomenon has traditionally lowered the risk of costly Atlantic hurricanes, but decades of population growth along coastal areas and rising property values are forcing them to rethink that assumption. Marked by warmer-than-average sea …

The Trump administration is facing a fresh legal challenge to the president’s latest round of global tariffs that took effect Friday. Small businesses filed a pair of lawsuits in the US Court of International Trade accusing President Donald Trump and …

A federal judge on July 24 dismissed a lawsuit accusing Abbott Laboratories of defrauding shareholders by downplaying and trying to evade its responsibility for a 2022 recall of powdered infant formula, and lying about its commitment to quality and product …

Dozens of boats in a marina in Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad floated in a green slurry — all that remained after the waters of the Danube receded by several hundred meters, while barges were moored in the deeper …

A Hong Kong-flagged supertanker bound for Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu has U-turned just before reaching the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint, where recent attacks were launched by the Houthis as part of a blockade on ships linked to the …