1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (227+ words) A group of California consumers claimed in a lawsuit that gas station owners including Walmart Inc. , Marathon Petroleum Corp. , BP Plc and 7-Eleven Inc. are using artificial intelligence to illegally manipulate pump prices in the state that already has the…...

17+ hour, 14+ min ago  (214+ words) Firefighters are making progress on a large blaze at a warehouse that blackened the skies near downtown Los Angeles and prompted shelter-in-place orders in the area due to the risk of hazardous air. Fire crews were able to remove the…...

23+ hour, 46+ min ago  (915+ words) The business jet barreled cockeyed down the dark highway, knocking down one light pole after another, an orange glow of sparks trailing it. From a distance, Ivan Franco thought it must be a car. But as he approached in his…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (202+ words) A property management company is paying $7 million for what the California Attorney General calls an "algorithmic rent alignment scheme." California Attorney General Rob Bonta worked on the settlement as part of a coalition of nine attorneys general with Liv Cor…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1743+ words) You'd have to roll back the calendar a few decades to find a time when competitive moves by the nation's biggest auto and home insurer were described with the phrase, "The big dog is off the porch." Still, against the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (563+ words) Hail volatility and aging roofs are driving higher residential replacement severity, a new study by data analytics and technology provider Verisk finds. Roof losses didn't slow despite a 20% decline in overall claims volume in 2025. Data showed that average U. S. residential replacement…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (288+ words) A 36-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced for computer fraud after causing more than $860, 000 in losses, Acting U. S. Attorney John G. E. Marck announced. Maxwell Schultz, Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty Nov. 18, 2025. Senior U. S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal has now ordered him to serve 24 months…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (207+ words) The fire threat across the U. S. West will rise Friday and remain dangerous through Saturday for many areas, including Northern California, as lightning strikes risk igniting dry vegetation. Critical fire weather conditions and dry lightning will prevail across the western U. S. , with…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (489+ words) Meta Platforms has lobbied the U. S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families, according to a source familiar with the matter…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (325+ words) California homeowners pay 41% below the national average for homeowners insurance, a study from Lending Tree shows. Lending Tree's State of Home Insurance: 2026 report, which is based on rates publicly sourced from insurer filings, shows California homeowners paid an average of…...