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A man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Tuesday, authorities said. It was the third death in a week involving encounters with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, following shootings in Texas and Maine. The 28-year-old was among four occupants of a vehicle that stopped in the parking lot of a gas station and convenience store in the St. Augustine area before 7 a.m. During an encounter with agents from ICE and Homeland Security Investigations, the four fled on foot, with one darting across a…

A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in a New York City neighborhood now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said Tuesday. They reported progress on inspections for the disease-causing bacteria — finding traces in dozens of buildings including the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art — but still haven’t pinpointed a source. No one has died in the outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, but 49 patients have required hospitalization, though 34 so far have gone home, city Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said. City data show two new cases were diagnosed from samples taken Sunday and Monday, compared…

Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up last month’s truce, though Iran’s release of a U.S. citizen pointed towards a path to avert the resumption of all-out war. For the first time since a memorandum of understanding paused fighting last month, the United States launched two big waves of air strikes in a single day on Wednesday, mostly on targets near the coast in southern Iran. Iran responded with missiles and drones fired at U.S. military bases in neighboring countries, including a major barrage at a recently…

Palm Beach County commissioners rejected a proposal late Wednesday to build a digital infrastructure hub to house AI data centers and warehouses, voting in line with the ardent opposition from local residents. The facility, known as Project Tango, would have filled dozens of acres of land about 20 miles from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. It faced backlash from residents who feared it would cause power and water bills to spike, an echo of tensions playing out across the country as tech giants sprint to build data centers. Read More: AI Backlash Builds in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Backyard The 5-1…

AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable while affirming the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (ICR) of “a” (Excellent) for Massachusetts-based Safety Insurance Co., Safety Indemnity Insurance Co., Safety Property and Casualty Insurance Co. and Safety Northeast Insurance Co. Collectively, the Massachusetts companies are referred to as Safety Group. At the same time, AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” (Good) of Safety Insurance Group, Inc. of Delaware, the publicly traded parent of Safety. AM Best said the revision of…

The Hanover Insurance Group announced that John C. Roche, president and chief executive officer, plans to retire on Dec. 31 following a distinguished 40-year career in the insurance industry. Richard W. Lavey, chief operating officer of The Hanover and president of Hanover Agency Markets, has been appointed by the board as CEO-elect and will work closely with Roche to ensure a successful transition. John Roche Roche joined The Hanover in 2006 and was appointed president and CEO in 2017. The Hanover said that under Roche’s leadership, the company achieved record operating earnings, outstanding stock price appreciation and strengthened its position…

London’s office market is weighing the possibility of lower prices for properties that don’t come with cooling options such as air-conditioning, according to real estate brokers and consultants. “Heat is now up there as a red flag,” said Chris Cummings, a director at Savills, one of the largest real estate consultants in the UK capital. Buyers looking at office properties that get too hot in the summer — because of an absence of air conditioning and an outdated design — increasingly see “an opportunity to actually negotiate down,” he said. Demand for London offices without AC was already lower than…

The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, hired Sean Rutledge to its Northeast underwriting team as a production underwriter. Based in Massachusetts, Rutledge will partner with agents and employers across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, specializing in small business accounts. Rutledge brings four years of industry experience, with a background spanning both claims and underwriting. He began his career at Travelers Insurance, spending a year in claims before moving into commercial lines underwriting, where he continued to grow his expertise over the next three years. Topics Underwriting Was this article valuable? Yes No Here are more articles you may enjoy.…

Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable “red line,” warning that if U.S. President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran’s infrastructure, it would strike all infrastructure across the Gulf region. The U.S. launched a fifth night of attacks on Wednesday and reimposed a naval blockade of Iran’s ports, which Washington says is aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, closed by Iran last Saturday after a fragile truce collapsed. After the first strikes on Wednesday night, Tehran’s top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf issued a statement saying: “We are in an essential and…

India has directed ship owners, ship managers and recruitment agencies to stop deploying the country’s seafarers on vessels going through the Strait of Hormuz following an upsurge in attacks. Among precautions, there should be no deployment of Indian crew members on vessels undertaking voyages through the waterway “until further orders,” the Directorate General of Shipping said in a post on X late Wednesday. A flareup in hostilities between Iran and the US has seen a spate of strikes on ships in and around the waterway in recent days, including an attack that killed an Indian seafarer. The International Maritime Organization…