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Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley are accusing one of their former defense attorneys of legal malpractice that they say led them to be convicted and imprisoned, separating them from each other and their family, ruining their reputations and costing them millions. The Chrisleys were initially indicted in August 2019 and a jury in Atlanta convicted them in June 2022 on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion. Todd Chrisley was sentenced to serve 12 years in federal prison while Julie Chrisley got seven years. Both were released last year after President Donald Trump pardoned them. The lawsuit filed…

Residents in tornado-ravaged areas in Illinois and Indiana were grappling with the damage to their homes and neighborhoods on Friday, after the strong line of storms barreled through communities south of Chicago and left trails of destruction. Cleanup efforts were underway, and utility companies said power restoration efforts could extend into next week. Thursday’s storms ripped roofs off of buildings, flattened homes, brought down scores of trees and power lines and caused hundreds of thousands of power outages and major air traffic disruptions. Officials said there were no reports of deaths or life-threatening injuries, though there were several people treated…

The Louisiana State Senate confirmed four of Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple’s key senior staff appointments to their positions during the 2026 Legislative Session. Whitney Greene, who joined the department on March 23, was confirmed as Executive Counsel, where she serves as the Commissioner’s senior legal advisor and assists with policy. Dominique Jones was confirmed as Deputy Commissioner for the Office ofInsurance Fraud. She began her career at the LDI (Louisiana Department ofInsurance) in 2007 as an attorney with the department‘s Legal Division before becoming Insurance Administrator for the Office of Insurance Fraud in October 2021. Adam Patrick was confirmed as…

Louisiana and Texas, including Houston, will get hit with flooding rains for the next few days as a potential tropical storm tries to spin up across the western Gulf. There is a moderate level 3 risk of heavy rainfall across coastal Texas for the next three days, the US Weather Prediction Center said. Flood warnings and watches span central and eastern Texas to Mississippi, with up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain forecast, the National Weather Service said. “A very impressive setup for flash flooding will begin to unfold along the Gulf Coast of Texas today,” Joe Wegman, a…

Tugboat, a consumer insurance platform that helps homeowners with property damage and insurance claims, announced an oversubscribed $3 million in seed funding to scale its platform and offer expanded claim support for homeowners. The round was led by ResilienceVC with participation from South Dakota First, gener8tor, Sure Ventures, Acumen America and other investors. Tugboat was founded by former insurance adjusters Cameron Mooney and Aaron Mooney. The company gives homeowners access to information used by carriers use to manage their exposure for $99 per year. The platform is managed by an agentic AI pipeline, and it nalyzes carrier correspondence, generates denial…

Willis, a WTW business, unveiled a new version of its Climate Diagnostic model to help risk managers better understand and respond to climate‑driven volatility affecting property insurance markets. Embedded within WTW’s Risk IQ platform, Climate Diagnostic is a climate risk technology capable of predicting the current and future impact of floods, windstorms and other material climate threats on an organization’s assets, business activities and supply chain. As extreme weather events become more severe and frequent, insurers worldwide are responding either by increasing the cost of property insurance or withdrawing from vulnerable regions entirely. With the costs of protection predicted to…

The extraordinary move by the US to bar foreign access to Anthropic PBC’s best AI models underscores the Trump administration’s newfound willingness to exert control over a pivotal industry. It also reminds Silicon Valley that it’s working with an imperfectly understood technology with uncertain impact. Washington has taken the unprecedented step of ordering the AI startup to disable access to its most advanced AI platforms for all foreign nationals. The US government issued the order after discovering it’s possible to “jailbreak,” or bypass the guardrails, of the Fable 5 AI model Anthropic released just days prior. The swiftness of the…

British forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the English Channel early on Sunday, the first UK-led operation of its kind targeting Russia’s so-called shadow fleet. Royal Marine Commandos and officers from the National Crime Agency boarded the Smyrtos in UK territorial waters, according to the government. The six-hour operation was supported by Royal Navy ships, military helicopters and an RAF P-8 maritime patrol aircraft. The vessel will be moved to an anchorage off England’s south coast while authorities continue their investigation and monitor for environmental or safety risks. The UK said the action was carried out under domestic and…

The operation by conventional minesweepers and state-of-the-art underwater drones could continue for 40 to 50 days before many insurance, shipping or oil companies are confident enough to sail through, according to assessments from five Western maritime security sources. That could potentially hold up tens of millions of barrels of oil, in addition to the oil supply from the Gulf already blocked since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, according to estimates based on pre-war flows. Every export barrel from the Gulf is crucial given stockpiles in the world’s largest economies are headed toward their lowest levels…

Blake Lively can recover some legal costs from fellow actor and director Justin Baldoni but not punitive damages and other relief she sought after settling her legal claims over their 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” a judge ruled Friday. Judge Lewis J. Liman said in a written decision that Lively can recover legal fees and costs related to her defense against a countersuit Baldoni brought against her after she sued him in December 2024. In his written ruling Friday, Liman cited a California law designed to protect survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination from retaliatory lawsuits meant to intimidate…