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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eight years into a U.S. program to control damage from feral pigs, the invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a multibillion-dollar plague on farmers, wildlife and the … Source: Claims Journal

DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — A commuter bus smashed into 16 cars at a San Francisco Bay Area shopping center on Friday, injuring four people, one of them critically, authorities said. Shortly before noon, the SamTrans bus smashed into the … Source: Claims Journal

An auto insurance policy that includes coverage for both uninsured and underinsured motorists does not require the insurer to pay the policy limits twice, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled. The high court reversed a ruling by a Richmond city judge … Source: Claims Journal

Meta Platforms Inc. “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a women’s truckers organization alleged in a civil rights complaint. “Facebook’s algorithm regularly acts like recruiters in the 1960s (and even … Source: Claims Journal

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) said on Friday it would appeal a New York court’s ruling in a lawsuit brought against the bank by an entity of U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Cerberus had alleged that CIBC … Source: Claims Journal

The owner and operator of an Arlington-based insurance agency was sentenced earlier this month for fraudulently receiving disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). Patrick Quinn was sentenced to one year and … Source: Claims Journal

HONOLULU (AP) — Prayer. Bombs. Walls. Over the decades, people have tried all of them to stanch the flow of lava from Hawaii’s volcanoes as it lumbered toward roads, homes and infrastructure. Now Mauna Loa — the world’s largest active … Source: Claims Journal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Financial technology firms abdicated their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open and keep workers employed during the pandemic, a report by a House investigations panel … Source: Claims Journal

MIAMI (AP) — An Atlantic hurricane season that had 14 named storms officially ended on Wednesday, leaving residents in the Florida Keys to celebrate even as others around Florida and Puerto Rico continue to grapple with the damage caused by … Source: Claims Journal

Progressive Partners with Motive to Curb Commercial Auto Claims Motive, a fleet management company formerly known as KeepTruckin, has announced a partnership with Progressive Commercial to offer Motive’s market-leading AI-based safety solution to Progressive Commercial customers. The new partnership is … Source: Claims Journal