The U.S. Department of Justice last month sued the owners and manager of three apartment complexes in Mississippi, saying they violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against Black potential renters. The lawsuit is against SSM Properties, which owns Oak …
Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, a Republican, has appointed Senator Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, chair of the Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Other Republican members appointed to the committee are: Senator John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, vice chair Senator Warren …
Renters and homeowners in parishes designated for FEMA assistance afterHurricane Delta have until Dec. 16 to register for help, the federal agency said. Federal assistance includes help for temporary housing, rental assistance and repair or replacement of damaged property. Additionally, …
Two individuals in Texas have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas. Demetrius Cervantes, 46, of McKinney, Texas, …
The Rapid City, S.D., Fire Department said it responded to five overnight fires in less than seven hours, including four that are considered suspicious and occurred in the same area. The department said the fires were set in trash cans, …
Two people have sued a suburban Chicago funeral home after discovering that one of them was given the ashes of an elderly woman in a mix-up instead of those of a four-month-old girl. The lawsuit filed in November alleges that …
Officials in southeast Alaska have repeated warnings about possible landslide danger in the community of Haines, where two people remain missing after a large slide last week. Torrential rain across much of the region caused havoc in many communities, including …
The snapshots tell the story of a big man with a big, beaming grin. The McIlvain family passes around the pictures, laughing over their son Charlie’s antics captured through the years: Charlie as a youngster camping with a backpack bigger …
A state court judge held the Nevada unemployment office in contempt and gave it until the end of the month to comply with his July court order to resume paying pandemic relief benefits to almost 9,500 out-of-work gig workers and …
German reinsurance group Munich Re will no longer insure against events canceled due to pandemics, a board member said on Tuesday. The world’s largest resinsurer is making the change after it faced large losses this year in the wake of …
