WV Volunteer Fire Official Pleads to Insurance Fraud After Burning Down His Home August 23, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A former West Virginia volunteer fire official is awaiting sentencing after he admitted to setting fire to his home, filing...
Scrap Metal Dealer Pleads Guilty in Multistate Catalytic Converter Theft Conspiracy August 23, 2024 A scrap metal dealer with a Virginia shop pled guilty this week to theft and tax charges related to his...
Acquitted Yale Student Sues Women’s Groups for Calling Him a Rapist August 23, 2024 By Susan Haigh An expelled Yale University student who was acquitted of sex assault charges in 2018 is now suing 15 women’s advocacy...
Frequency of Deadly Hurricanes Has Jumped 300% August 23, 2024 New research indicates that what used to be the 100-year hurricane will now happen every 25 years, according to Deep...
Woman Who Faced Eviction Over 3 Emotional Support Parrots Wins $165,000 August 23, 2024 By Karen Matthews A woman who faced eviction from her Manhattan apartment over her three emotional support parrots will be paid $165,000 in...
Amazon Is Boss of Subcontracted Drivers, Labor Board Prosecutors Say August 23, 2024 By Josh Eidelson Amazon.com Inc. was legally the boss of a group of subcontracted delivery drivers, US labor board prosecutors have concluded, rejecting...
Uber to Begin Offering Self-Driving Cruise Cars, Shares Fall August 23, 2024 By Lynn Doan and Natalie Lung Uber Technologies Inc. plans to start offering self-driving Cruise LLC cars to customers on its ride-hailing platform next year. Once...
Montana Asbestos Clinic Seeks to Reverse Court Finding That It Submitted Hundreds of False Claims August 23, 2024 By Matthew Brown An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals court on...
Authors’ Class Action Targets AI Company Anthropic for Copyright Infringement August 23, 2024 By Blake Brittain Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors who say...
Western Alaska Yup’ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms August 23, 2024 By Mark Thiessen Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days...