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California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas
Hundreds of thousands of California homeowners who have failed to find or lost access to home insurance as wildfires in the state become more destructive will once again be able to buy policies under a state regulation announced Monday. The rule will require home insurers that write policies in the state to offer coverage in high-risk areas, something the state has never done, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's office said in a statement. Major insurers like State Farm and Allstate have said they would stop writing new policies in California due to fears of massive losses from wildfires and other natural disasters.
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Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed several workstations and unclassified documents
Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday. The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers may have obtained, but it said in a letter to lawmakers revealing the breach that “at this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information.” “Over the last four years, Treasury has significantly bolstered its cyber defense, and we will continue to work with both private and public sector partners to protect our financial system from threat actors.”
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Jimmy Carter’s conservation legacy
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Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
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Concerns grow after Israeli forces detain the director of besieged Gaza hospital
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AFP
Venezuela fines TikTok $10 million over viral challenge deaths
Venezuela's highest court on Monday fined TikTok $10 million in connection with viral challenges that authorities say left three adolescents dead from intoxication by chemical substances.According to Venezuelan authorities, three adolescents died and 200 were intoxicated in schools across the country after ingesting chemical substances as part of social media "challenges."
Reuters
Factbox-Important days ahead when US Congress convenes
January brings several consequential dates for the U.S. Congress as Republicans consolidate power as a result of last November's elections with full control of the Senate, House of Representatives and White House. The 119th Congress convenes with new members being sworn in. Republicans hold a narrow majority of 219-215 in the House.
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5 people charged in Liam Payne death, friend and hotel workers accused of negligent homicide
One Direction singer Liam Payne, incapacitated by "consumption of various substances," couldn't maintain his balance in a hotel lobby before needlessly falling to his death, Argentinian prosecutors said Monday.
Reuters
US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'
The hackers compromised a third-party cybersecurity service provider and were able to access unclassified documents, the letter said, calling it a "major incident." After being alerted by cybersecurity provider BeyondTrust, the Treasury Department said it was working with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI to assess the hack's impact.
Associated Press
Rhode Islanders' data was leaked from a cyberattack on state health benefits website
Cybercriminals who hacked Rhode Island’s system for health and benefits programs have released files to a site on the dark web, a scenario the state has been preparing for, Gov. Daniel McKee said Monday. The state has an outreach strategy to encourage potentially impacted Rhode Islanders to protect their personal information, according to a press release from McKee's office. McKee said in an afternoon press conference that Deloitte, the company that built and maintains RIBridges, has been in contact with the cybercriminals.
USA TODAY
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Northern lights to ring in 2025? Look to the skies in these 18 states on New Year's Eve.
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Carter was the first president to move the needle, albeit slowly, on gay rights
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CNN
What experts see in the ‘shocking and disturbing’ video of New York man’s fatal beating in prison
Body camera footage documenting the fatal beating of Robert Brooks at the hands of New York state correctional officers has triggered an outpouring of rage and condemnations – and analysis from experts who said the video shows a misuse of force by officers.
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Gusty winds to raise wildfire risk in coastal Southern California into New Year's Day
Winds will continue to kick up over coastal Southern California through Tuesday night and into Wednesday before easing off on Thursday. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the risk of wildfires will increase with the uptick in winds and ongoing dry conditions. Even though this will not be noted as a strong Sundowner and Santa Ana event, the north-to-northeasterly winds produced by an area of building high pressure across the interior Southwest will still cause some trouble. "Winds will tend to
Associated Press
South Korea plane crash is the deadliest in a year marked by several fatal aviation accidents
A Boeing 737-800 plane operated by South Korean budget airline Jeju Air came down with its front landing gear closed and struck a concrete fence Sunday at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea, killing 179 people. Spanish investigators blamed the captain of the KLM 747 for taking off without clearance from air traffic controllers.
AFP
Israel must face consequences over Gaza campaign: UN experts
United Nations rights experts on Monday said Israel must face the consequences of "inflicting maximum suffering" on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, alleging Israel was defying international law and being sheltered by its allies."Rather than abide by these rules, Israel has openly defied international law time and again, inflicting maximum suffering on civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory and beyond.
AFP
More than half of Syrian children out of school: Save the Children to AFP
About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children told AFP on Monday, calling for "immediate action"."Around 3.7 million children are out of school and they require immediate action to reintegrate them in school," Rasha Muhrez, the charity's Syria director, told AFP in an interview from the capital Damascus, adding "this is more than half of the children at school age".
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