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Report Shows How Guns Move From Southern Stores to Northern Crime Scenes
A shooting in Boston. A carjacking in Washington, D.C. A robbery in New York. All were carried out with guns that were among hundreds bought in the South and trafficked north to cities with some of the nation’s strictest firearms …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 1:23 PM |
Georgia Could Become First State With Weapons Detection in All Public Schools
Georgia could become the first state to require every student to be checked for weapons when arriving at a public school each day. A bill is nearing passage that would require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 12:56 PM |
FEMA to Offer $1 Billion for Disaster Resilience After Lawsuit
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant program it had previously canceled and criticized as being wasteful. The move was prompted by an order from a US …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 12:42 PM |
US Jury Verdicts Against Meta, Google Tee Up Fight Over Tech Liability Shield
Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children have found Meta and Alphabet’s Google liable, potentially teeing up an appeals fight that could reshape how …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 12:28 PM |
Housing Finance Chief Pulte Makes Insurance Fraud Allegations Against NY AG James
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte has sent letters to the Department of Justice encouraging prosecutors to open new fraud investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James related to real estate. Pulte wrote separately to the US attorneys …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 11:59 AM |
UK Car Insurer First Central Is Said to Tap Banks for London IPO
First Central Group Ltd., the UK vehicle and home insurer, has appointed investment banks as it prepares for a potential initial public offering in London, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has lined up Deutsche Bank AG …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 11:07 AM |
Britain to Intercept Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Ships in UK Waters
The UK will interdict and board Russian “shadow fleet” vessels in its waters, increasing European pressure on Moscow over tankers exporting sanctioned crude in transactions that help fund the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said the …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 10:49 AM |
Uber, Autonomous Mobility Firms to Launch Europe’s First Commercial Robotaxis
Uber Technologies and autonomous mobility companies Verne and Pony.ai have partnered up to launch Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service in the Croatian capital Zagreb, with plans to expand to other cities, they said on Thursday. Robotaxis are rapidly expanding into …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 10:20 AM |
Iran Is Reviewing US Ceasefire Plan but Denies Talks; Trump Says Tehran Wants Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was desperate to make a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, contradicting the Iranian foreign minister who said his country was reviewing a U.S. proposal but had no intention of holding talks …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 9:47 AM |
Rich Britons Reap Biggest Benefits From UK State Flood Program
It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a legal anachronism, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to help those most exposed to flooding has ended up favoring the country’s richest property owners. Economists at the Bank of …
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 9:08 AM |
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