by lpiccitto | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
The catastrophic floods in central Texas on July 4th occurred in an area where fewer than 3% of homeowners have flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program, serving as another example of why Texas has one of the highest …
by lpiccitto | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States. The Education Department on Tuesday opened an investigation into the university’s...
by lpiccitto | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced this month it is introducing a new margin coverage option as a crop insurance endorsement for corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans and spring wheat in select states for...
by lpiccitto | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Construction mogul Jay Cashman says Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s bike lane overhaul is such a disaster that he’s willing to spend as much as $1 million to force the city to redo them. Wu, who is seeking reelection this year, …
by lpiccitto | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
A former Alabama police officer charged with murder for shooting an armed Black man in the man’s front yard during a dispute with a tow-truck driver shouldn’t be granted immunity before going to trial, the state’s attorney general says. In …
by lpiccitto | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most recent review of the facility. Five men and four women …