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Delaware Taps Artificial Intelligence to Evacuate Crowded Beaches
Delaware’s low elevation mixed with crowded beaches and limited exit routes make the state particularly vulnerable to massive flooding, but officials hope an influx of federal infrastructure money will trigger future evacuation plans automatically via artificial intelligence. The Biden administration … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreThree People Killed When House Explodes in South Dakota
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a house explosion that killed a young girl and her grandparents and left two young children hospitalized with burns. The house about 11 miles southwest of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFla. Claims Adjuster Charged with Filing $24K in Fraudulent Auto Claims
Florida investigators have charged a former Progressive Insurance claims adjuster with fraud, alleging that she used claimants’ identities to submit fraudulent auto claims, then pocketed almost $24,000 in settlements. Kiyuana R. Pasley, 41, of Homestead, was an adjuster at Progressive … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreReport Alleges Workers’ Comp Abuse in New York Correctional Unit
A report by the New York State Inspector General alleges “egregious” abuse of a workers’ compensation loss wage benefit provision by state corrections and institution safety officers. The report blames a 2016 labor agreement with the state’s correction agency’s Security … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJapan Nuclear Watchdog Asks Fukushima Plant Operator to Assess Reactor Risk
TOKYO (AP) – A nuclear watchdog has asked the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to assess possible risks resulting from damage that was found in a key supporting structure inside one of the three melted reactors. A … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUnusual Battle of Climatic Titans Will Steer Hurricane Season
Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural weather event dramatically dampens … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAfter Typhoon Mawar, ‘What Used to Be a Jungle Looks Like Toothpicks’
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Many residents of Guam remained without power and utilities Thursday after Typhoon Mawar tore through the remote U.S. Pacific territory the night before and ripped roofs off homes, flipped vehicles and shredded trees. There were no … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTV Station Airs MMA Partner’s Admissions During Staff Meeting
A New Orleans television station broadcast an audio recording of a founding partner of the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm admitting that his law firm used a roofing company and a marketing firm to sign on clients. 4WWL’s Eyewitness … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUS Forecasters Call for Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
HOUSTON – The Atlantic hurricane season will bring an average number of ocean storms and hurricanes this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. NOAA forecasters estimate 12 to 17 named storms of which five to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreContractor Says it has Settled Lawsuit with Sick and Dying Coal Ash Workers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led to a slew of illnesses, including fatal cancers, have reached a settlement with the contractor who … Source: Claims Journal
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