December 27, 2023
A tractor-trailer loaded with what authorities believe were gas containers slammed into the bottom of an overhead railroad bridge in upstate New York and exploded last Thursday night as a freight train was traveling on the tracks above. The crash …
December 27, 2023
Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals, resulting in fraudulent Medicaid billing. The settlement announced Friday …
December 27, 2023
New York`s governor vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers` ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she tried to work with …
December 27, 2023
A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,” broke apart, then caught fire after it crashed, killing both occupants, a federal crash …
December 27, 2023
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December 26, 2023
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in central Florida issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the victim was “targeted.” As …
December 26, 2023
Oakbridge Insurance Agency, calling itself one of the largest independent agencies with partnerships around the country, has acquired another Georgia company. Akin Insurance Agency, with offices in Vienna and Cordele, Georgia, specializes in agribusiness insurance and has been a family-run …
December 26, 2023
Floridians concerned about liability when sharing their automobiles with children or friends can relax a bit after the Florida Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the state’s long-standing dangerous instrumentality doctrine. Its decision in Emerson v. Lambert, SC 2020-1311(Fla. Nov. 16, …
December 26, 2023
Georgia authorities were searching for an Atlanta-area landscaper who has been charged with falsely claiming that one of his commercial-grade lawnmowers had been stolen, then collecting $19,000 from his insurance company. It turns out that Bryan Gatlin, 57, owner of …
December 26, 2023
A new Regional Resilience Grant Program aims to protect California communities from climate impacts like wildfire, drought, sea level rise and extreme heat. State leaders have unveiled a $21.7 million funding initiative in the inaugural round of California’s Regional Resilience …