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Michigan Golf Club Pays $440K Settlement for Alleged Fraudulent Pandemic Loan

RICHLAND, Mich. (AP) — A golf club in southwestern Michigan has agreed to pay $440,000 to settle allegations that it wrongly obtained a loan through a federal program during the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said Monday. Gull Lake Country Club, near …

Missouri Football Field to Feature Shelter Insurance Logo in New Form of Advertisement

When the nationally ranked University of Missouri Tigers football team takes the field Thursday for its season opener against Murray State, fans will notice something unusual on the field: sponsored logos. A new rule change by the NCAA allows sponsorships …

Delaware Top Court Will Hear Drugmakers’ Appeal to End Zantac Lawsuits

Delaware’s highest court said on Tuesday it will hear an appeal by GSK and other drugmakers seeking to end more than 70,000 lawsuits claiming discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer. GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim are asking the court …

Wearable Sensors Can Predict Overheating but Is There Privacy Risk?

On a hot summer day in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, dozens of men removed pipes, asbestos and hazardous waste while working to decontaminate a nuclear facility and prepare it for demolition. Dressed in head-to-toe coveralls and fitted with respirators, the crew …

NC High Court Allows Liquidation of Lindberg Insurers; He Owes $524M in Fed Case

Greg Lindberg, the North Carolina insurance and business executive now awaiting sentencing on a bribery conviction, can’t escape a $524 million arbitration and civil judgment against him, a federal appeals court decided this week. Also this week, the state Supreme …

Ban on Switchblades Violates Second Amendment: Massachusetts High Court

A 1957 Massachusetts law banning the possession of certain switchblades violates the federal Second Amendment right to bear arms, the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled. The state court found that switchblades qualify as “arms” under the Second Amendment and …

Extreme Rain Is a Growing Climate Threat to the Northeastern US

As high temperatures break records around the US and wildfires rip through the West, another climate-driven weather hazard — extreme rainfall — is pummeling the country’s Northeast and scientists say it will get worse as the climate changes. That will …

Highstreet Acquires Wingert Insurance Agency in Washington

Highstreet Insurance Partners acquired Wingert Insurance Agency in Mill Creek, Washington. Wingert President Jason Wingert and Agency Vice President Shelley Wingert will continue leading their team at Wingert’s current location. Wingert provides employee benefits and property/casualty services to clients across …

Unusually Cold Storm That Frosted West Coast Peaks Provides Hint of Winter in August

Ski season is still at least several months away, but the unusually cold storm that frosted West Coast mountain peaks late last week brought a hint of winter in August. The calendar briefly skipped ahead to November as the system …

Judge Weighs Resolution of $38 Million Damages Dispute in Youth Center Abuse Case

The $38 million verdict in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center remains disputed nearly four months later, with both sides submitting final requests to the judge this week. “The time is nigh to have the …

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