The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home. “We did it, America! Yeah, we did it! Freedom of speech! Right on! Right on!” the 51-year-old rapper, born Joseph Foreman, shouted outside the courthouse after the Wednesday evening verdict. He later posted the clip to social media. The case tested the limits of parody and the license artists can take in social commentary directed at public figures. The deputies, collectively, sought nearly $4 million in…
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Insurance industry trade associations are applauding a decision to change the homeowners insurance required by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which the trades said will lower costs for homeowners and buyers. The Federal Housing Finance Agency this week announced the quasi-governmental corporations that buy mortgages from lenders will not require properties with a federally backed mortgage to have full replacement cost value homeowners insurance, reversing a change made in February 2024. “Limiting consumers to only the most expensive coverage just made buying a home that much more difficult, and created real harm for the homeowners market,” said Neil Alldredge, president…
The patient initially came to see Mark Supiano in 2017 because her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss. While taking her history and vital signs, Supiano, a geriatrician at the University of Utah, saw one disturbing signal: Her blood pressure was 148/86, above normal despite her taking two medications intended to lower it. “Clearly that was too high,” he said recently. Several factors could have contributed to the high reading, including the anti-inflammatory drug the 78-year-old woman took for arthritis pain, a high-sodium diet, and a lack of regular exercise. She had also told Supiano that she typically…
CRC Group, a wholesale insurance services provider, is leveraging the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to bring capacity to support data center capabilities, which comes as the firm has launched a data centers product on its Insurisk platform.According to the firm, the product is aimed at addressing the insurance needs of the global data center sector including owners, operators, and developers as investment and scale increase. “As demand accelerates for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data center developments, Insurisk has expanded its specialist capacity and underwriting capabilities to support owners, operators, and developers at every stage of the project lifecycle, from construction…
JOEL BERVELL: My guest on this episode of The Dose is someone whose work has captivated audiences around the world, and who is now using her voice to bring attention to a condition that affects millions of women but is still far too rarely talked about: Lupita Nyong’o. You may know her from films like 12 Years A Slave, Black Panther, Star Wars, and so many others, performances that have earned her an Academy Award, an Emmy, and global recognition. But today we’re talking about something much more personal. Lupita has been living with uterine fibroids for years. In fact,…
The scope of what counts as part of a claim is also spelled out. Recoverable soft costs, including architectural and engineering fees, project management oversight, specialized permit fees, and the cost of temporary relocation or bypass measures required to maintain state services during the repair period, must all be included. If the repair of state property triggers a mandatory upgrade to meet current building, safety, or environmental codes, those costs must be documented and included as a mandatory component of the claim.
Air traffic controllers will use radar, not just visual checks, to ensure that helicopters maintain a safe distance from arriving and departing airplanes in the wake of last year’s fatal midair collision near Washington, D.C., federal officials announced Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration said recent near-misses show that previous guidelines for pilots to maintain visual separation between helicopters and airplanes have failed to provide adequate protection around busy airports. Under the new guidelines, air traffic controllers must use radar to keep helicopters and airplanes apart by specific lateral or vertical distances. The new requirement applies to more than 150 of…
Zurich American Insurance Company filed suit on March 18, 2026, in the US District Court for the Central District of California, targeting TForce Worldwide, Inc., a licensed freight forwarder it accuses of ignoring its own verification procedures and, in doing so, enabling the theft of an interstate cargo shipment.
A manager at London-listed insurer Hiscox faces a criminal charge of providing false testimony during an attempted extradition of a former colleague from Greece to Bermuda, court proceedings and filings seen by Reuters show. An Athens prosecutor alleges the manager, who cannot be named under Greek law, submitted false evidence in 2019 and 2020 that was sent to Greece to support a request from Bermuda for the extradition of Yuval Abraham, a former CFO of Bermuda-based Hiscox unit Hiscox Services Ltd. (HSL), court filings show. The Greek case, which has not been previously reported, follows whistleblower retaliation claims and an…
The UK’s city minister will visit European capitals next week in a push to deepen ties with the European Union on financial services as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves seeks to spur economic growth domestically. Lucy Rigby will meet counterparts in Paris, Berlin and Luxembourg to discuss strengthening market links and finding areas where closer cooperation would help firms raise capital, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously in order to discuss plans that have yet to be announced. Six years after Britain left the European Union, Keir Starmer’s Labour administration is trying to forge closer…
By Rachana Pradhan March 20, 2026 Article HTML Rachana Pradhan LISTEN: Fewer breakthroughs. Weaker responses to public health crises. That’s what some former National Institutes of Health scientists predict for the agency as thousands of researchers leave. Workers from the Washington, D.C., region spoke with KFF Health News senior correspondent Rachana Pradhan, and she appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” on March 18 to explain what’s behind the exodus. The past year has been rough for the National Institutes of Health, which underwent cuts to its workforce and research funding. Now, the NIH is facing a new challenge: brain drain. Thousands…
When passengers step onto an airplane, they’re accustomed to turbulence, seat kicking and lengthy tarmac delays. Those are the predictable annoyances of air travel. But a far more serious risk to the safety of flyers has received heightened attention in recent months: toxic fume events. These incidents, where passengers and crew breathe in toxic chemicals from jet engine lubricants, can lead to short-term symptoms like headaches and dizziness to long-lasting injuries including chronic impairment, respiratory illnesses, and mood disorders. A toxic fume event is caused when engine oil or hydraulic fluid enters a plane’s air supply, often because of faulty…
Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other on Friday, a day after Tehran struck an Israeli oil refinery and after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Israel against further attacks on an Iranian offshore gas field shared with Qatar. Israel struck Tehran, targeting the “infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime,” the military said in a brief statement that did not provide details. Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel, the Israeli military said, triggering air raid sirens in Tel Aviv as explosions from air defense interceptors echoed across the city. The war on Iran has killed thousands, mostly…
One Alliance North America Insurance Company becomes the latest first-time catastrophe bond sponsor, as the company is seeking $100 million or more in multi-peril reinsurance from its debut One Shield Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.New sponsors are entering the catastrophe bond market at increasing pace, which is helping to grow the market overall and providing welcome diversification both through the widening range of counterparties and their differing protection needs. One Alliance North America Insurance Company is a US domestic market homeowners and commercial lines specialist, now looking to bring the capital markets into its reinsurance tower on…