The Texas joint venture between QatarEnergy and Exxon Mobil Corp. has started liquefied natural gas production from the first of its three trains at the facility, marking a major milestone for US exports of the fuel as global supplies dwindle. The move sets the stage for Golden Pass LNG to deliver its first cargo from its facilities located in Sabine Pass, Texas, QatarEnergy said in a statement Monday. Global exports from the 18 million tons per annum project are now expected to start in the second quarter of this year. Golden Pass, a terminal near the Texas-Louisiana border, is poised…
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Silver Cross Hospital, based in New Lenox, Illinois, violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee who requested to be exempt from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because of her religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. According to the EEOC’s suit, a certified surgical technologist first requested a religious accommodation from the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in August 2021 because of her Christian beliefs. The hospital denied her request for an accommodation, and retaliated by terminating her employment in November 2021, even though she could have…
Ayvaz Pizza, LLC, doing business as Pizza Hut, which operates more than 350 Pizza Hut restaurants around the country, including multiple locations in the Houston area, will pay $35,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a former female assistant manager of a Pizza Hut restaurant in Porter, Texas was subjected to a hostile work environment by her supervisor after she broke off their romantic relationship. On Oct. 14, 2022, she complained of the harassment to…
A suburban Detroit school district has agreed to give First Amendment training to staff to settle a lawsuit by a teenager who said a teacher humiliated her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of U.S. support of Israel’s war in Gaza. The agreement with Danielle Khalaf and her father also includes a $10,000 payment by an insurance company on behalf of the teacher, according to a court filing. The Plymouth-Canton district did not admit liability. But Superintendent Monica Merritt praised Danielle for “showing courage and speaking up about the incident.” “Our mission is to foster…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is seeking more information on the government’s agreements with participating vendors, along with records related to any evaluations on accuracy, bias or hallucinations in their technology.
Convergence driving new risk profiles Modern data centers are no longer purely real estate or technology assets. Instead, they combine high-density computing, advanced cooling systems and, increasingly, dedicated power generation. This evolution has created exposures that do not fit neatly within traditional construction or property insurance policies, said Brown.
The devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires that struck the Los Angeles area in January 2025 served as a real-world stress test for outstanding wildfire catastrophe bond structures, while also increasing investor confidence in allocating to the wildfire peril, according to Swiss Re Capital Markets.In its recently published ILS market insights report, Swiss Re Capital Markets, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond structuring division and investment banking unit of the global reinsurer, outlined that one of the defining themes of the cat bond market in 2025 was the rapid expansion of coverage for wildfire risk, alongside traditional peak perils. However,…
A 120-year-old Hawaii dam that reached worrisome levels during heavy rains and devastating flooding, prompting thousands of residents to evacuate for fear of life-threatening failure last week, will soon be taken over by the state. The state’s land board on Friday voted to acquire certain irrigation lands from Dole Food Co., clearing the way for the state to take over the aging dam and move forward on at least $20 million in repairs and an expansion of the spillway. Related: The Scope of Damage From Hawaii’s Floods Becomes Clearer The earthen structure was built in 1906 to increase sugar production…
When Matthew Allan realized nearly $100,000 in Bitcoin was missing from his Coinbase account, he wasn’t too worried. He had signed up for Coinbase One, a $29.99 monthly subscription that promised up to $1 million of account protection. Coinbase’s response? Allan was out of luck. During five months of back-and-forth with the company, Coinbase maintained that “customers are responsible for any activity that occurs on their account, even when those devices or credentials are compromised,” according to court records. And Allan wasn’t eligible for account protection anyway, the firm said, because he hadn’t turned on certain security settings required by…
In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company’s profits and the lives of some of the world’s most fragile people: preterm infants. The upshot, she wrote in an email: Babies fed rival Mead Johnson Nutrition’s acidified liquid human milk fortifier — a nutritional supplement used in neonatal intensive care units — developed certain complications at higher rates than those given an Abbott fortifier, a researcher at the University of Nebraska had found. At least one of those complications can be deadly. The Abbott scientist, Bridget Barrett-Reis, described the results in the…
The European Commission was hit by a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of internal data, months after another incident potentially exposed some staff details. The European Union’s executive arm experienced a breach on March 24, a spokesman said. The attack struck the commission’s Amazon Web Services account before being detected and blocked. An internal investigation is ongoing to establish the extent of the breach, he said. “I can confirm that the commission discovered a cyber-attack, which affected part of our cloud infrastructure,” spokesman Thomas Regnier said. “The commission’s internal systems were not affected by the cyber-attack.” Government…
Toyota Motor Corp.’s Chinese joint ventures are recalling more than 560,000 sport utility vehicles to fix a defect in the second-row seats that could jeopardize passenger safety during a collision. From April 1, the Japanese carmaker and its local partner Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. will recall 317,990 Highlander vehicles, according to a statement from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation on Friday. Its joint venture with China FAW Group Co. will recall 242,170 Crown Kluger SUVs, it said. The recall affects vehicles manufactured between July 2021 and January 2026. A representative for Toyota did not immediately respond to a request…
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Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates at an exclusive private school in Pennsylvania received probation last Wednesday after dozens of victims described the images’ traumatizing effect on them. The boys were 14 at the time. They admitted this month that they made about 350 images, showing at least 59 girls under 18, along with other victims who so far have not been identified. Authorities and the girls themselves said the boys took images of the girls from school photos, yearbooks, Instagram, TikTok and FaceTime chats in 2023 and 2024, and morphed…