Stories from United States

Datavant Group, formerly CIOX Health, has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a class action lawsuit concerning HIPAA violations. The settlement addresses alleged breaches of patient privacy and data security.

A potential tornado was detected 6 miles north of Coffeeville, Alabama, or 18 miles southeast of Butler. It is moving northeast at 20 mph and is expected to remain over rural areas of northwest Clarke County.

An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration regarding access to abortion for veterans. The lawsuit concerns policies related to reproductive healthcare for service members.

Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox that resolves a critical flaw causing the browser to crash on Intel's 13th and 14th generation Raptor Lake CPUs. The patch addresses stability issues for users with these processors.

Ireland's Bow Street Academy Acting School has established its first campus in Los Angeles. The new facility is located at the Lot At Formosa.

A CISA contractor left sensitive data, including AWS GovCloud admin keys and Kubernetes configurations, on a public GitHub repository for 183 days. Secret scanning was deliberately disabled on the repository. A contractor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has leaked sensitive data. The extent of the leak and its implications are currently being assessed. The breach raises security concerns regarding government contractor access. The source confirmed the data breach and the contractor's involvement.

Musician George Clinton is suing Universal Music Group, alleging that over $1.1 million in royalties have been withheld for more than three years. The lawsuit was posted on Bluesky Social.

NASA announced plans to compete the next contract for managing and operating the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This decision opens the door for other organizations to bid on the management of the agency's federally funded research and development center.

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NASA announced an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and advance the National Space Policy. These changes are intended to position the agency more effectively for future endeavors.