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Baltimore City School District Reports Cyber Incident

Baltimore City public school officials are dealing with a cybersecurity incident that occurred on February 13. Officials said that criminal actors appear to have gained unauthorized access to documents with information belonging to some current and former employees who completed …

Update on New Jersey Wildfire: Suspect Charged With Arson

New Jersey officials announced that a 19-year old man has been charged with arson in connection with the Jones Road wildfire that started on April 22 and has spread throughout the southern Ocean County area. Joseph Kling of Waretown failed …

Maryland Slashes Damages Amounts Allowed in Child Sex Abuse Cases

Maryland, which in 2023 passed the Child Victims Act (CVA) that allows survivors who were victims of sexual abuse as minors to sue their abusers anytime, has now cut by half the amounts that may be awarded in such claims. …

Jury Again Finds NY Times Not Liable in Sarah Palin Defamation Case

A federal jury in Manhattan on Tuesday found the New York Times NYT.N not liable for allegedly defaming Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial about gun control, dealing the former Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate a second loss at trial. …

Update on New Jersey Wildfire: 30% Contained, Evacuation Orders Lifted

A major wildfire in southern New Jersey’s Ocean County expanded last night, leading to the evacuation of 5,000 people and threats to more than 1,320 structures. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported last night at 10 p.m. that about …

Lawmakers Urge FAA to Address Safety Issues at Washington Airport After Incidents

Three senior Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to address significant safety issues at Reagan Washington National Airport and maintain reduced air traffic after a series of troubling incidents. Representatives Rick Larsen and Steve Cohen and Senator …

People Moves: Vermont Mutual’s Clark Named Io International Group Post

Vermont Mutual Senior Executive Assistant Paula Clark was recently named regional vice president of the International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP), announced at the Region I 2025 Conference held in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. IAIP is a community committed to …

People Moves: Falcon Risk Services Appoints Coppola as Head of Management Liability

Falcon Risk Services, an MGA majority owned by HDI Global Specialty, a wholly owned subsidiary of HDI Global SE, announced the appointment of Laura Coppola as executive vice president, head of management liability. . Coppola oversees growth, portfolio management and …

Easter Sunday Fire in Crowded Home in Queens, NY, Takes 3 Lives

Three people died and a fourth was critically injured early Easter Sunday when a fire tore through an overcrowded home in Queens, that had no evidence of a working smoke detector and had blocked stairs and exits, fire officials said. …

NJ Accuses Messaging App Discord of Exposing Kids to Violent Content, Predators

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has filed a lawsuit against Discord, Inc. alleging that the messaging app provider is exposing kids to violent and sexual content and predators and has violated the state’s consumer protection laws. Platkin maintains …

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