Hawaii Study: Nearly 75% of Wildfire Survey Participants Have Respiratory Issues May 20, 2024 By Audrey McAvoy A University of Hawaii study examining the health effects of last year’s deadly wildfires on Maui found that up to...
Colorado City Police Beating Lawsuit Settled for $2.1 Million May 16, 2024 By Colleen Slevin Colorado Springs leaders agreed Tuesday to pay $2.1 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Black man who...
Washington AG Says Catholic Church Stonewalling Sex Abuse Investigation May 13, 2024 By Gene Johnson The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds...
Lawsuit Alleges Decades of Child Sexual Abuse at Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers May 8, 2024 By Sophia Tareen CHICAGO (AP) — Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing...
$24.5M Settlement in New Mexico over Natural Gas Flaring in Permian Basin May 2, 2024 By Susan Montoya Bryan New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in...
Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp Now Faces $30B Claim Demand in Oregon Wildfires May 1, 2024 By Rachel Graf Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp now faces a demand for $30 billion from victims of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day wildfires, an...
Family of Nigerian Businessman Killed in Helicopter Crash Sues Charter Company April 26, 2024 The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others in...
Jury Rules BNSF Contributed to 2 Deaths in Montana Town Exposed to Asbestos April 25, 2024 By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown A federal jury said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago...
BNSF Says It Didn’t Know About Asbestos That’s Killed Hundreds in Montana Town April 23, 2024 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths...
Iowa Governor Signs Measure to Increase Compensation for Boy Scouts Abuse Victims April 22, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa men who were victims of child sexual molestation while they were in the Boy...