Lyft is paying $1.8 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated California privacy and unfair competition laws by failing to let consumers opt out of the sale or the sharing of their personal information. The settlement also …

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro this week signed legislation meant to improve homeowners’ understanding of potential flood risk during the home-buying process. The new law (House Bill 1704) will require sellers to inform buyers about their home’s flood risk. Under the …

Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. faces $77,800 in fines after an employee nearly became engulfed in hot pulp while attempting to shut off a valve at the company’s Longview, Washington mill. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited the …

A battery system installed in a Buffalo, New York, apartment building will store excess energy when it’s plentiful and power the building when the grid is strained and electricity is costly. The manufacturer and state officials hope it will show …

New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions on companion chatbot behavior, as states increasingly move to protect children who use artificial intelligence, regulate how employers deploy AI systems and push developers to prevent an AI-caused catastrophe. Legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. …

General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold drivers’ private behavior and location data to brokers, who then sold the information to insurers that used it to set and sometimes increase rates. The settlement, announced …

Rainier Partners, a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market services businesses, has acquired Apex Insurance Services, a multi-brand managing general agency (MGA) platform focused on the Texas non-standard auto insurance market. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, Apex manages five MGAs …

Gasoline stockpiles in the Midwest have fallen to an all-time low, raising the threat of persistently high pump prices in the region just days away from a handful of crucial Senate elections. Commercial gasoline supplies declined to 41 million barrels …

New World screwworm was found in Arizona for the first time, as cases of the deadly parasite threatening the US cattle herd spread west into a third state. The US Department of Agriculture confirmed the infection late Wednesday in a …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Wednesday for a global maritime truce after a drone attack sank a Greek container ship off Bulgaria, the latest of a series of strikes on ships in the western Black Sea this month. …

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $604,000 in back wages for 829 workers after an investigation found an Indianapolis-area vehicle parts manufacturer failed to properly calculate overtime wages. Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Toa …

Chris Leming, senior vice president of TROXELL in Springfield, Illinois, has been named President of Big I Illinois. Leming was formally installed during the association’s annual convention, CONVO, on October 15, 2026, at the Peoria Civic Center. He will serve …

A Central Texas volunteer firefighter faces 16 felony arson charges after investigators say he set grass, vehicle, and structure fires in Moore and Pearsall. The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) investigated the fires and arrested 18-year-old Dakoda Winchester on October …

With the all-clear from U.S. agriculture inspectors, Mexican cattle began moving on Monday through a border crossing in New Mexico that had been closed for nearly two years as both nations work to stop the flesh-eating New World screwworm from …

A man acting as an insurance agent—24 years after his license was revoked—and a south Florida insurance agency owner have been charged with taking premium payments and providing fake workers’ compensation certificates of insurance to a contractor. Florida’s chief financial …

Three more insurance carriers have announced reduced rates—for homeowners, condominium units and for auto policies, affecting more than half a million policies in Florida. USAA insurance, catering to military service members and their families, said it had reduced auto rates …

Justin Stoneman has been in the trucking industry for 27 years, operating out of central Michigan’s agricultural heartland. Hauling grain and fertilizer around the Midwest, his 12-odd tractor trailers generated more than $3 million in annual revenue during their best …

A high-speed rail service slammed into another train about 60 miles south of Madrid on Wednesday, killing at least 64 people — the second major accident on Spain’s rail network this year and the deadliest crash in over a decade. …

The negative health impacts of climate change are not only increasing but doing so at a faster pace than a decade ago, according to a major global assessment released Wednesday. The 10th annual Lancet Countdown report — by an international …

Upwind Security, a San Francisco-based startup offering cybersecurity for artificial intelligence and cloud applications, has secured $400 million in fresh financing that values the company at $3.8 billion. Bessemer Venture Partners led the investment, with participation from existing backers including …