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New York Governor Plans Center to Coordinate Public, Private Cybersecurity

New York wants to improve its cybersecurity defenses and will open a joint operations center in the coming months to coordinate between government agencies, critical businesses and utilities, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. Hochul said the Brooklyn-based hub will have a …

Phishing Scam Costs Massachusetts Town $102K

The Massachusetts tow nof Tewksbury has been cheated out of more than $100,000 in a phishing scam, but hopes to recover most of the money through insurance claims, the town manager said. An employee of Tewskbury received a seemingly legitimate …

Pennsylvania Adopts Exception to Ban on an Insurer Subrogating Against an Insured

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has sided with an insurer seeking subrogation for payments it made to an injured worker before it was determined the insurer was not obligated to make the payments. The state’s highest court (6-0) adopted an exception …

Accuser Seeks Trump’s DNA, Not Deposition, in Defamation Suit

A lawyer for a woman who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s and then filed a defamation lawsuit against him said o Tuesday that she will not seek to depose Trump prior to trial because …

New Hampshire Reaches $25M Deal With Monsanto Over PCB Pollution

New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with agrochemical giant Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution in waterways and other state-owned property, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday. The state alleges that the contamination …

Delaware Poultry Farm With 1.2 Million Birds Hit by Lethal Flu

A commercial poultry farm in Delaware with 1.2 million birds has been hit by a highly lethal form of bird flu, the state said on Wednesday, significantly expanding an outbreak that has killed U.S. chickens and turkeys. The outbreak brings …

Person of Interest Sought in Deadly Baltimore Fire in Vacant Rowhouse

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has published a video of a man considered to be a “person of interest” in a vacant rowhouse fire that killed three Baltimore firefighters last month. The Baltimore Sun reports that …

Virginia Lawsuit Blames Amazon Demands on Delivery Drivers for Crash

A North Carolina motorcyclist who lost a leg after a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit arguing that unrealistic expectations for the tech giant’s delivery drivers have led to negligence. According to his lawsuit, filed in …

Delaware Residents Near Guard Base Report High Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’

Residents living near an Air National Guard base in northern Delaware have average blood levels of certain toxic manmade chemicals that are significantly higher than the national average, according to a report by federal researchers. The Agency for Toxic Substances …

Massachusetts House Passes Bill to Let Immigrants Get Driver’s Licenses

The Massachusetts House has approved a bill that would let immigrants in the country illegally obtain state driver’s licenses. If passed into law, Massachusetts would join 16 other states and the District of Columbia which already have similar laws. The …

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