Charter Spectrum Hit With $7.3B Verdict in Texas over Murder of 83-Year-Old July 27, 2022 Charter Communications was hit with a combined $7.37 billion verdict – including $7 billion meant to punish the company –...
Woman Pleads Guilty in Louisiana Staged Auto Collision Scheme July 27, 2022 United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Stacie Wheaton, age 51, of Fairburn, Georgia, pled guilty on July 21,...
North Texas Grass Fire Torches 20 Homes July 27, 2022 By Terry Wallace A grass fire apparently sparked by a mower swept about 300 yards across a tinder-dry open field to a suburban...
Texas School Mask Mandate Ban Upheld by Federal Appeals Court July 26, 2022 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins Texas Governor Greg Abbott can maintain his ban on school mask mandates, a federal appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel...
Alex Jones’ Defamation Trial Set to Begin in Texas July 26, 2022 By Jim Vertuno Jury selection was set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host...
U.S. Sues Chicken Producers, Alleging They Conspired to Keep Wages Down July 26, 2022 By Michael Hirtzer and Leah Nylen US poultry producers Cargill Inc., Sanderson Farms Inc. and Wayne Farms LLC agreed to pay $84.8 million restitution for conspiring...
New Orleans Man Latest to be Sentenced in Staged Auto Accident Case July 25, 2022 United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Larry Williams, age 49, of New Orleans, was sentenced last week for...
New Orleans Approves Some Police Use of Facial Recognition July 25, 2022 The New Orleans City Council has reversed itself and approved police use of facial recognition software and cellphone surveillance towers...
Texas DWC Seeks Comments on Benefits Forms Changes July 22, 2022 The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on revisions to two forms: DWC...
$6.3 Million Settlement Reached over Arkansas Dump Site Fire July 22, 2022 A $6.3 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that claimed smoke from an underground fire at a dumping...