January 28, 2025
New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young girl who was sexually abused by an older child during a summer camp trip sponsored by their church. In a …
January 28, 2025
A private investigator embroiled in a corruption scandal that rocked New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade was the first to plead guilty to a slew of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery, according to court records. …
January 27, 2025
Fourth quarter 2024 net income at W.R. Berkley Corp. jumped 45% compared to a year ago to about $576 million. For the year, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based commercial insurer said it booked record income of about $1.8 billion compared to about …
January 27, 2025
New York City is walking back a proposed rule change that would have required taxi and rideshare drivers to be covered by a “solvent and responsible” insurance carrier, after Uber Technologies Inc. warned the mandate risked leaving thousands of drivers …
January 27, 2025
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation this month released a report on fatal occupational injuries in Texas for the 2023 year, finding that fatal injuries were slightly down compared to the year prior. There were 564 fatal …
January 27, 2025
Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), …
January 27, 2025
The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion of data centers, driving up a surge in electricity demand in Texas and across the country. Texas’ main grid operator …
January 27, 2025
Fire investigators have asked Southern California Edison Co. to preserve its equipment near the site where the deadly Eaton fire began earlier this month. The Los Angeles County Fire Department, the lead agency investigating the blaze, asked the utility to …
January 27, 2025
Residents challenging Norfolk Southern’s $600 million settlement for the disastrous East Palestinetrain crash have asked a court to reject a judge’s order requiring them to put up an $850,000 bond to continue their appeal for higher compensation and more information …
January 27, 2025
Merck & Co. is facing its first jury trial over claims the company wrongfully marketed its lucrative Gardasil cancer vaccine as safe, the latest high-stakes litigation for the pharmaceutical giant. Lawyers for a Los Angeles woman will argue Monday that …