Family of Black Girls Handcuffed, Held at Gunpoint in Colorado Reach $1.9M Settlement February 8, 2024 By Colleen Slevin The four Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying “no” and “mommy” as a police officer who had...
Court Nixes ‘Wrongful Life’ Framing in Upholding $38M Fertility Malpractice Award February 8, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that claims involving the evolving field of assisted reproductive technologies can be decided using...
Johnson & Johnson Worker’s Lawsuit Alleges Company Overpaid for Drugs February 8, 2024 By John Tozzi and Chris Dolmetsch Johnson & Johnson was sued by an employee who said the company’s health plan wasted workers’ money by paying inflated...
Recent Earthquakes in Oklahoma Serve as a Reminder of Ongoing Risk February 8, 2024 By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking...
Kansas Banker Charged With Embezzling $47M to Buy Crypto February 8, 2024 By Amanda Albright The former chief executive officer of a Kansas bank was charged with embezzling $47.1 million from the lender to buy...
Allstate Reverses Q4 Loss With Benefit of Low Cat Losses, Auto Rate Increases February 8, 2024 Allstate Corp. fourth quarter 2023 net income attributable to common shareholders was about $1.5 billion, reversing a loss of $303...
Wisconsin Governor Declares Flood Insurance Awareness Week February 7, 2024 Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has proclaimed February 4-10, 2024, Flood Insurance Awareness Week in Wisconsin to recognize the state’s increasing...
Texas Got Early Warnings About Costly Grid Policy, Records Show February 7, 2024 By Rachel Adams-Heard and Naureen S. Malik Texas grid officials received repeated warnings last summer that their efforts to shore up the state’s increasingly strained electric grid...
Oklahoma Man Falsely Identified as Racist Announcer Awarded $25M February 7, 2024 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma jury awarded a man $25 million on Monday after finding the state’s largest newspaper...
People Moves McCarthy Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Chicago; Rockford Mutual Promotes Team Members February 7, 2024 McCarthy Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Chicago Connor McCarthy has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., as vice...