18 Years After Katrina Levee Breaches, Group Wants Future Engineers to Learn From Past Failures August 30, 2023 Future engineers need a greater understanding of past failures – and how to avoid repeating them – a Louisiana-based nonprofit...
Kansas College Reaches Settlement in Suit Alleging Discrimination Against Black Athletes August 30, 2023 HIGHLAND, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas community college that was accused of trying to reduce the number of Black student-athletes...
Federal Government Opens Two Areas in Gulf of Mexico for Wind Farms, but No Companies Bid on Leases August 30, 2023 By Emily Foxhall The federal government for the first time on Tuesday opened two areas in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas...
U.S. Department of Justice and Oklahoma Bank Reach Settlement Over Discriminatory Lending Practices in Tulsa August 30, 2023 By Ken Miller The U.S. Department of Justice and a northeastern Oklahoma bank have announced a proposed agreement to settle claims that the...
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Oxendine Fraud Case Headed to Trial August 30, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is headed to trial on health insurance fraud and money laundering charges after a...
Judge Allows Age-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s X to Proceed August 30, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of...
Chubb Loses Bid to Enforce D&O Coverage Exclusions in Opioid-Related Case August 30, 2023 By Chad Hemenway A federal judge in North Carolina has ruled against a Chubb subsidiary in an attempt to rid itself of defense-cost...
Heavy Rains Cause Major Flooding in Parts of West Virginia August 30, 2023 Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said. Gov. Jim Justice...
Vassar College Hit With Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against Women in Pay, Promotions August 30, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Vassar College, founded in 1861 to provide equal education for women, has been hit with a class action suit by...
Idalia Rumbles Ashore as Cat 3, Lashing Tallahassee and Much of Florida and Georgia August 30, 2023 By William Rabb Just when parts of the property-casualty industry thought it was safe to re-enter the Florida market, Hurricane Idalia made landfall...