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A judge has temporarily blocked the National Science Foundation from dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, a globally significant weather and climate research center based in Boulder, Colorado. Senior US District Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Monday granted a preliminary injunction to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a consortium of institutions that manages NCAR. The consortium sued the National Science Foundation in March, after the federal agency — which provides much of NCAR’s budget — announced plans to break apart the center’s functions. The lawsuit specifically challenged plans to remove supercomputer facilities in Wyoming from under…

The state of New Hampshire is getting tougher with drivers using smartphones or other electronic devices while driving. Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed into law a measure that hikes the financial penalties and adds license suspension for repeat offenses involving the use of a hand-held mobile electronic device while driving. The new law calls for enhanced penalties if the distracted driving violation is a contributing factor in a motor vehicle crash. State law prohibits drivers from holding or using any electronic device—such as cell phones, GPS devices, and tablets—while driving or when temporarily halted in traffic. There is an exception…

Admiral Theatre, Inc., an exotic dance club providing adult entertainment services, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for sex and race discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to the EEOC’s suit, Admiral violated federal law by subjecting female entertainers to hostile and dangerous working conditions where they faced sexual harassment, including egregious physical attacks and assaults from customers, based on sex and race, as well as retaliation for complaining about it. Admiral acceded to customers’ requests for entertainers of certain races, including African Americans,…

Corpus Christi City Council is set to discuss Tuesday whether to revive a controversial and ambitious endeavor to build a desalination plant to convert seawater into drinkable water — a project the council rejected nine months ago over high costs and environmental concerns. A stubborn drought and rising demand has left the city strapped for water, but the coastal community is still divided on whether an expensive plant is worth the cost to taxpayers and the local ecosystem. Desalination removes salt and other minerals from seawater or salty groundwater, but plants are expensive to build and require lots of energy…

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group announced the appointment of Felix Gallagher, PharmD, as Chair of its Board of Directors. Gallagher succeeds Sue Sutter, who has served as Board Chair since 2024 and concludes 21 years of service on the Board. Gallagher has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2021 and brings extensive experience in community pharmacy management and workforce solutions. A 2000 graduate of Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, he is the President and owner of PharmServ Solutions, a company specializing in pharmacist placements across the Midwest. Gallagher will lead the Board in supporting Pharmacists…

Firefighters responding to reports of a gas leak at a Dallas apartment complex had already arrived and were preparing to evacuate residents when the building exploded in a massive fireball, killing three people and injuring several more, the city’s fire chief said Friday. Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief Justin Ball said the first group of four firefighters arrived within two minutes of the call reporting the gas leak on Thursday. “Right before they were going to enter and evacuate, it exploded,” Ball said. Firefighters had been on scene for about 10 minutes, conducting necessary safety protocols that include blocking off the street,…

Navium Marine, the marine-focused specialty MGA operating through The Fidelis Partnership’s (TFP’s) Pine Walk platform, announced it has partnered with the supply chain platform Overhaul, to launch a first-of-its-kind insurance solution built on real-time visibility of AI infrastructure cargo. The Helix Consortium connects Overhaul’s cargo risk management technology with the world’s leading cargo insurance market, Lloyd’s of London, where Navium, supported by capacity provided by TFP’s Syndicates 3123 and 2126, will be followed by 10 other Lloyd’s syndicates. The Consortium offers the world’s first dedicated insurance solution for AI infrastructure cargo, which has been purpose-built to protect shippers during the…

Just hours after a wedding in north Georgia, a helicopter carrying the newlyweds crashed in Dawson County late Friday night, killing the pilot and the groom while injuring the bride, news sites reported. The groom, 25-year-old Dave Fiji, of Snellville, was a pilot for Delta Airlines, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, citing local TV news reports. The name of the helicopter pilot was not immediately available Monday morning. The bride, identified as Jesni Sam, was trapped in the wreckage for six hours before rescue crews found the heavily wooded crash site, the groom’s father said, Atlanta News First reported. The National…

The European Commission may propose leaving the G7 price cap on Russian crude unchanged at its July review, in an effort to curb Moscow’s windfall from the Iran war and the ensuing oil price shock, EU diplomats said on Monday. The Commission floated this idea in meetings with European Union envoys over the weekend as a possible element in its forthcoming 21st package of sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine. The Group of Seven nations and allies, with the exception of the U.S., agreed to set a moving price cap last year to make it more effective. The…

Eric Andersen landed a job that most insurance executives would have long considered too good to be true: leading a strong AIG. Thanks to a dramatic turnaround under his predecessor, Peter Zaffino, American International Group Inc. is no longer battling the regulatory headwinds and financial woes that tarnished the firm’s reputation earlier in the century. But as Andersen, 61, takes over as chief executive officer Monday, he faces a different challenge: a bruised corporate culture. Lauded in the industry for a hard-working ethos and attention to detail, Zaffino, 59, has also perturbed senior executives during his five-year tenure. While some…