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A Mississippi City’s Tax Break Spurred Post-Katrina Building. But Will Homes Stand?

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A Mississippi City’s Tax Break Spurred Post-Katrina Building. But Will Homes Stand?

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Rocking on his front porch overlooking the Mississippi Sound, former Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes questions how anyone wouldn’t want to live there. “People are always going to gravitate to the water,” he said. “And we have a beautiful waterfront.” But it was far from certain that people would return after 2005’s […]

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California Jury Awards $2 M to Protester Shot in Face With Nonlethal Projectile

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020. In the verdict last week, the jury found L.A. County liable for the injuries sustained by the man, Cellin Gluck,

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The Ghost of Hurricane Katrina Haunts Catastrophe Modelers

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The Ghost of Hurricane Katrina Haunts Catastrophe Modelers

When Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in August 2005, causing greater insurance losses than any other natural disaster in history, it became clear that a lot of the city’s flood protection engineering — walls, pumps, levees — had failed. Something else failed, too: Insurers’ catastrophe models. The models at the time overestimated the strength

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NOAA Develops Tool to Predict Hourly US Wildfire Hazards

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NOAA Develops Tool to Predict Hourly US Wildfire Hazards

Scientists at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Global Systems Laboratory said it has developed an hourly assessment of wildfire potential across the U.S. The Boulder, Colorado-based lab’s Hourly Wildfire Potential (HWP) Index, in development since 2019, provides frequent updates based of model-predicted weather conditions to forecast increases and decreases in possible fire activity, including

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Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Pushed Air Pollution to Decade-Level Highs

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Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Pushed Air Pollution to Decade-Level Highs

Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfire season led to a spike in air pollution in the country and in the US, erasing recent progress in cleaning up the air, according to new analysis. The wildfires, which burned 42 million acres of Canadian forest, contributed to air-pollution levels not seen since 1998 in Canada and not seen since

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AM Best Affirms A+ Financial Strength Rating for Allstate Group Members

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AM Best Affirms A+ Financial Strength Rating for Allstate Group Members

Insurance industry rating agency AM Best on Thursday affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) for the Allstate Insurance Group. The Oldwick, N.J.-based firm noted Allstate’s “favorable market position in the private passenger auto and homeowners’ markets” as well as its plan to profit following difficult underwriting and financial results in 2022 and 2023.

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Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official

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Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official

The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country’s only one so far this year and poses no risk to the farm sector, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Tuesday. Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that eats its hosts alive, has moved northward through Central America and southern

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Wildfire Burning in Central California Forest Area Is Latest Blaze of Concern

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Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint

A fast-growing wildfire burning in central California’s Sierra National Forest in Fresno County in a remote area is the latest blaze of concern for firefighters. The Garnet Fire has burned more than 13,900 acres and is 0% contained, according to CalFire. Firefighters were aided by rain on Monday, and were able to keep the fire

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Ford to Recall Hundreds of Thousands of Vehicles Over Instrument Panel, Leak Issues

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Ford to Recall Hundreds of Thousands of Vehicles Over Instrument Panel, Leak Issues

Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 355,000 trucks in the U.S over a issue with the instrument panel display, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Aug. 27. The recall affects certain Ford 2025-2026 models – F-550 SD, F-450 SD, F-350 SD, and F-250 SD – and the 2025 F-150. The instrument panel

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