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One Man Killed, Another Injured in North Georgia Plane Crash
Nov 21 2018 // A plane crash in north Georgia left one man dead and another injured. Gainesville police say 68-year-old Robert Carlisle Alberhasky of Cumming, who was believed to have been the pilot of the small plane, was killed in the...
One Month Later, Power Fully Restored to Florida Residents Hit by Michael
Nov 9 2018 // Utilities are reporting that all power has been restored in the Florida counties devastated by Hurricane Michael. The utility companies and cooperatives reported Tuesday to the Public Service Commission that they had zero...
Three Workers Hospitalized in Delaware Refinery Explosion
Nov 2 2018 // Equipment failure at a Delaware refinery caused an explosion that has sent three workers to the hospital. News outlets report the Office of the State Fire Marshal said in a release the Delaware City Refinery was the site...
Two Utility Workers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Northeastern New York
Nov 1 2018 // Two utility workers were killed and two others were hurt when their maintenance helicopter got caught on power lines and crashed in rural northeastern New York, state police said. Pieces of the aircraft dangled from power...
One-Quarter of Americans Own a Side Business, Most Go Uninsured: The Hartford
Oct 15 2018 // About 57 million, or 25 percent, of Americans own a side business that is not their primary source of income. The majority of the owners of side businesses surveyed have full-time jobs. About half of side business owners...
Three Dead After Pennsylvania Car Explosion
Oct 3 2018 // A car explosion that rocked downtown Allentown, Penn., left three males dead, including the likely “perpetrator,” officials said Sunday as federal authorities who are leading the investigation looked ahead to...
Three Struck by Train, One Killed in Delaware
Sep 18 2018 // A woman has been killed and two men have been critically injured after being struck by a train in Delaware. Police in Georgetown say the three were hit by a Carload Express train early Sunday morning as they walked on...
Eleven Aboard Flight from Dubai Hospitalized in Apparent Flu Outbreak
Sep 6 2018 // Eleven people on an Emirates airline flight were taken to a New York City hospital suffering flu-like symptoms on Wednesday after scores of passengers and crew complained of feeling sick during a 14-hour trip from the...
Two Counties Declare Disaster After Pennsylvania Flooding
Sep 5 2018 // State emergency officials are working with local authorities to help with recovery from flash flooding in south-central Pennsylvania that led to water rescues and evacuations and prompted two counties to issue disaster...
Two in Serious Condition After Being Rescued from Massachusetts Plane Crash
Aug 27 2018 // Authorities say two people were seriously injured when a plane crashed near a small airport south of Boston, Mass. NBC Boston reports the small plane crashed near Cranland Airport in Hanson on Thursday afternoon and left...
One Year Post-Harvey, Recovery Toughest for the Poor
Aug 24 2018 // Shirley Paley’s life before Hurricane Harvey was already a struggle: The 61-year-old former postal worker was raising her 17-year-old autistic grandson while dealing with a workplace injury that left her legally...
One Drugmaker Sues Another to Pay Damages from Opioid Marketing Lawsuits
Aug 8 2018 // Allergan Plc on Thursday sued Pfizer Inc. to require its rival to cover any damages it is forced to pay as a result of hundreds of lawsuits claiming Allergan deceptively marketed an opioid it acquired from a company Pfizer...
Five Takeaways from California’s Watershed Privacy Law
Aug 6 2018 // California recently enacted a sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is likely to have broad implications for organizations providing services to, or collecting data from, California...
One Year Ago: Reflections on the 2017 Hurricane Season
Aug 6 2018 // It’s hard to believe but August brings us to the one-year anniversary of the watery nightmare that was Hurricane Harvey and the beginning of the remarkable 2017 hurricane season that also featured Hurricane Irma...
Five Vermont Counties Get Disaster Declarations for May Storms
Aug 1 2018 // President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for five Vermont counties that were damaged during severe storms in early May. Republican Gov. Phil Scott says that a preliminary damage assessment by the Federal...
Two More Women Sue New Jersey University Over Alleged Rapes
Aug 1 2018 // Two more women have filed federal lawsuits alleging that a New Jersey university is partly to blame for sexual assaults after they say school officials turned a blind eye to an unsanctioned fraternity known for underage...
Three Workers Hurt in Virginia Custom Machinery Plant Explosion
Jul 27 2018 // An explosion has injured three workers at a company in Virginia that makes custom machinery. News outlets report the employees were hurt Wednesday in the explosion at Thomas Industrial Fabrication in Woolwine, Va. Patrick...
Five Key Takeaways from California’s Watershed Privacy Law
Jul 27 2018 // California recently enacted a sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is likely to have broad implications for organizations providing services to, or collecting data from, California...
Two Women Sentenced in Washington for Insurance Fraud
Jul 26 2018 // Two Washington state women have been sentenced after pleading guilty to committing insurance fraud, the state insurance department announced. The sentencing is the result of an investigation conducted by the Criminal...
Two Illinois IHOP Restaurants to Pay Nearly $1M to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Jul 25 2018 // Two International House of Pancakes (IHOP) franchises in southern Illinois will pay $975,000 and furnish other relief to settle a systemic sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
