Experts told Insider that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, other private reproductive health procedures could be at risk. Lawyers and reproductive health doctors said IVF, contraception, and miscarriage management could be under fire next. “Removing our protection to the right to abortion will just open the floodgates for people to be criminalized for their…
AI in Insurance: How three forward-looking insurers are infusing AI into their front, middle, and back offices
Incumbent insurers have accelerated their use of mature AI deployments in the past year to meet changing customer expectations and better compete with insurtechs. Insider Intelligence details AI use cases within the insurance industry, and explores potential risks to this tech, in our AI in Insurance Report. Do you work in the Fintech industry? Get…
Ted Cruz compares abortion rights protesters outside of Supreme Court Justice Alito’s home to rioters at Jan 6 Capitol insurrection
Sen. Ted Cruz said the Capitol riot was merely “tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.” He compared protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices to the storming of the Capitol. Protests started after a leak indicated the Supreme Court was prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade. Loading Something is loading. Sen. Ted Cruz…
NI Election 2022: Prime minister to visit NI as DUP blocks assembly
Image source, ANDY RAIN/EPABoris Johnson will visit Northern Ireland on Monday amid a power-sharing crisis sparked by rising tensions over post-Brexit trading arrangements, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill has said.It comes as the DUP blocked the election of a Speaker to a new assembly on Friday, meaning it cannot function.The DUP said its actions sent a…
Two women arrested over Stockport nursery baby death
Image caption, Det Supt Phil Duffy said his officers’ thoughts were “very much with the baby girl’s family”Two women have been arrested over the death of an eight-month-old baby following a “medical episode” at a nursery. Police were called to an incident at a nursery in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on Monday.The girl was taken to…
Shireen Abu Aqla: Violence at Al Jazeera reporter’s funeral in Jerusalem
By Raffi BergBBC NewsMedia caption, WATCH: Violent scenes at the funeral of Shireen Abu AqlaIsraeli police have hit mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, whose killing in the occupied West Bank has caused a surge of anger.Her coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of…
Asian shares bounce back, shrugging off inflation concerns
Stocks ended another bumpy week with a gain Friday, but not enough to keep the market from lodging its sixth weekly drop in a row, the longest such streak since 2011By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business WritersMay 13, 2022, 9:12 PM• 5 min readNEW YORK — Wall Street closed out another volatile…
A timeline of billionaire Elon Musk’s bid to control Twitter
Elon Musk announced on Friday that his plan to buy Twitter in a proposed $44 billion deal is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts it hasBy Associated PressMay 13, 2022, 4:54 PM• 3 min readElon Musk announced on Friday that his plan to buy Twitter…
Spain, Portugal sign off on plans to temper energy prices
Spain and Portugal have signed off on a temporary cap on natural gas prices, in a coordinated move described by Portugal’s environment minister as an “unprecedented” bid to temper soaring energy prices and inflationBy ASHIFA KASSAM and HELENA ALVES Associated PressMay 13, 2022, 4:22 PM• 3 min readMADRID — Spain and Portugal on Friday signed…
Pilots at United will vote on contract after tentative deal
United Airlines and its pilots’ union say they have a tentative agreement on a new contractByThe Associated PressMay 13, 2022, 3:44 PM• 2 min readCHICAGO — United Airlines and its pilots’ union said Friday they reached tentative agreement on the outline of a new contract, a notable deal while labor tension has increased in the…