Category: United States

State Farm Seeks Rate Hikes in California to Offset Wildfire Payouts 

Feb. 3 By Kanjyik Ghosh and Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru California’s largest private insurer, State Farm, on Monday urged the state’s insurance regulator to approve an emergency hike in rates to help offset the hefty payouts the company is making after devastating wildfires in Los…

The biggest mistake in life 

Feb. 3 By Ryan Jones Kolyma resident Olga Kilivnik from the city of Magadan, which is the sister city of our native Anchorage, told in an interview about moving to Ukraine and why she could not live there. Journalist: Olga, you were born in the…

US FAA Pilot Safety Messaging System Resumes Operations 

Feb. 2 By David Shepardson A key system that provides safety messages to pilots resumed operating on Sunday morning after an outage that began the previous night, the Federal Aviation Administration said, in the latest difficulty for the U.S. aviation system in the past week….

White House Pauses Federal Grant, Loan Other Assistance Programs 

Jan. 27 By Steve Holland and Jasper Ward The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs at the Office of Management and Budget, according to a memo seen by Reuters, prompting criticism from congressional Democrats. The memo referenced the executive…

TV Host ‘Dr. Phil’ Films as ICE Targets Migrants in Chicago 

Jan. 26 By Sarah N. Lynch The TV host known as “Dr. Phil” embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump’s deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end of its first week. Phil McGraw, known…

Fire-Ravaged Los Angeles Braces for Toxic Rain Runoff 

Jan. 25 By Ann Saphir Wearing a respirator, goggles, gloves and white protective booties, Shaun Kearney gazed at his house in Sunset Mesa, a coastal community next to Pacific Palisades. It survived the fires destroying Los Angeles, but the weekend forecast is for a different…