Airbus and Air France pleaded not guilty to manslaughter on Monday at the start of a new two-month trial over France’s worst air disaster, 16 years after a Paris-bound jet crashed into the Atlantic, killing all passengers and crew. A …
Month: September 2025
OpenAI to Bring Parental Controls in ChatGPT After Teen’s Suicide
OpenAI is rolling out parental controls for ChatGPT on the web and mobile, following a lawsuit by the parents of a teen who died by suicide after the artificial intelligence startup’s chatbot allegedly coached him on methods of self-harm. The …
New Zealand to Ease Strengthening Rules on Quake-Prone Buildings
New Zealand is changing the way it assesses earthquake-prone buildings in an attempt to reduce costs and confusion for owners. The government is implementing clearer definitions to identify buildings that pose a genuine risk to human life in medium and …
Jaguar Land Rover Seeks £2 Billion Lifeline to Tide Over Cyberattack
Tata Motors Ltd.-owned Jaguar Land Rover is raising £2 billion ($2.7 billion) loan from global banks as the luxury carmaker seeks to ease the financial strain of a cyberattack that forced it to halt production, according to people familiar with …
Sony Financial Soars in Spinoff Listing in Tokyo Trade Debut
Sony Financial Group Inc. surged in its Tokyo debut on Monday after a rare spinoff-listing by Sony Group Corp.,which is sharpening its focus on its entertainment and image sensor businesses. The shares opened at ¥205 and rose as high as …
Judge Rules Feds Can’t Withhold Disaster Relief Until States Cooperate on Immigration
A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Wednesday that it’s unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get funding for disasters, which is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A coalition of 20 state …
Boeing to Pay $50,000 Over Suicide of Quality Inspector
Boeing Co. agreed to pay at least $50,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of John Barnett, a whistleblower who took his own life last year. Barnett, a former Boeing employee, died in March 2024 at …
Hanover Must Pay Rock Singer $2M in Case of Memphis Studio Arson, Court Says
Recording artist John Falls finally should see more than $2 million from a Hanover American insurance policy in the long-simmering case of an historic Memphis recording studio that was damaged in an arson fire and resulted in the studio owner …
Former Police Officers Convicted in Arson and Fraud Conspiracy
A federal jury found two former Maryland police officers guilty of wire fraud, arson and insurance and bank fraud. Philip James Dupree, of Pikesville and Mark Ross Johnson, Jr., of Camp Springs were found to have conspired with others to …
Plane That Overshot Virginia Runway Is Third Stopped By a Safety System This Month
No injuries were reported after a commercial regional jet overshot the designated touch down zone at a Virginia airport amid heavy rain last Wednesday night, but was stopped in a safety area at the end of the runway, officials said. …








