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After six years of civil and criminal charges and proceedings, online shopping company eBay and several former executives will pay a total of $55.7 million to settle claims over a relentless cyberstalking and harassment campaign targeting a Massachusetts couple. In …

About 900,000 current and former Origin Energy Ltd. customers had their data accessed in a security breach, the latest in a string of cyberattacks on major Australian companies and essential-service providers. It began examining a possible threat in early July, …

A decades-long crackdown on Google’s business practices in Europe is entering a costly new phase, as the loss of the first case brought against it under new EU legislation opens the door to a wave of private lawsuits demanding up …

Empty supertankers are heading to Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir to collect Saudi crude as observable traffic at the kingdom’s key Red Sea export hub dwindles following threats from Houthi militants. At least eight very large crude carriers are …

Zurich Insurance Group AG let go of more than 12 employees amid enforcement proceedings by the Swiss regulator Finma, Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco said. The regulator also imposed a sales ban on some policies in Zurich’s corporate life and …

The number of software security flaws discovered in popular technology products in 2026 is on pace to roughly double the tally of vulnerabilities that surfaced in 2025, an explosion driven by increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems. The US National Vulnerabilities …

Power sources providing electricity only to data centers and not the public grid may not be subject to federal pollution laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said July 27. The EPA said if the power plants are not supplying electricity …

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has denied a petition seeking a defect investigation into the emergency mechanical door release on about 180,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles. NHTSA said the petition did not present evidence of a likely safety-related …

Howden, the international brokerage that made a much-talked-about entrance into Florida last year with the alleged poaching of more than 200 Brown & Brown employees, now plans to make the state its headquarters for the Western Hemisphere. “Miami is one …

Johnson & Johnson said on July 27 it would pay an estimated $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, in a landmark deal that could end a …

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 …