California recorded its second straight year of declining vehicle thefts last year, the California Highway Patrol is reporting. According to the CHP’s, thieves stole roughly 133,000 vehicles in California in 2025, which represents a 25% decrease from the 176,230 vehicles …
US insurance regulators are increasing their scrutiny of complex structured investment products developed by private capital firms, warning that their growing use on insurers’ balance sheets could introduce hidden risks, according to a report by the Financial Times. The concerns, which are linked to transparency, interconnected ownership and long-term performance, were outlined in documents prepared…
By Nathaniel Cline– Virginia Mercury Virginia is closer to regulating self-driving vehicles, which have steadily increased nationwide despite continued concerns over safety. Despite crashes that have led to restrictions in some areas, other states, such as Arizona and Texas, have continued to permit testing and deployment. With interest in the technology growing in Virginia, lawmakers…
First responders hand a woman retrieved from under the rubble of a house destroyed by a Russian guided bomb over to medics in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 2, 2026. Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1623. Russia set new wartime records for both the scale and…
Copper prices have climbed 12.5% since the start of the year, with Nvidia and Broadcom up around the same amount in that time.
Blackstone, KKR and Brookfield have agreed to acquire a 49% stake in a joint venture linked to Kuwait’s national oil pipeline network in a transaction valued at approximately $16bn, according to a report by the Financial Times. The deal is the largest foreign investment in Kuwait’s history and will provide the Gulf state with almost…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators he would support legislation to foreclose the creation of a $1.8 billion government weaponization fund in an apparent concession to win the support of skeptical lawmakers considering his nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Processing Content Blanche committed to helping craft the legislation during a…