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Rally Race Through Maine Forest Canceled After Opening Day Fatality

A competitor was killed in a crash on the first day of a rally race through a forest in western Maine, leading organizers to cancel the event`s second day. Erin Kelly, a 48-year-old woman from Marshall, Virginia, was killed Friday …

Connecticut Sues Nursing School That Closed Abruptly, Leaving Students in Lurch

Connecticut`s attorney general has sued a for-profit nursing school and its owner, alleging they left hundreds of students in the lurch when the school abruptly closed its three campuses in the state in February while reaping millions of dollars in …

Vermont Prepared for Epic Flooding. It Wasn’t Enough.

In Windham, Vermont, a wooden A-frame house that normally evokes blustery winters sits on a roadway transformed by record rainfall into a river. Twenty miles away in Bridgewater, a man wades through waist-high waters clutching his belongings. In Montpelier, the …

New York Appeals Court Rules Child Victim’s Act Is Constitutional

A New York state appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of the Child Victims Act (CVA) which granted a one year extension of the state’s statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring court actions. The court …

Judge Orders Trump Ally Bannon to Pay $500K in Unpaid Legal Bills

Steve Bannon must pay nearly $500,000 in outstanding legal fees to his former attorneys, a New York judge ruled. Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump and far-right strategist, was sued earlier this year for allegedly stiffing the …

New York Yankee Uniform Sleeve Gets the Starr Treatment

On July 21, when the New York Yankees open their first homestand after the All Star break, the players’ famous uniforms will look a bit different. They will sport a Starr Insurance logo on the sleeve. The insurer’s jersey patch …

Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Victims Sue Facebook, Amazon, Other Tech Giants

Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, the victim’s relatives said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. “They were the …

World Insurance Acquires New Jersey Transportation Agency, Shield Insurance

Insurance broker World Insurance Associates said it acquired the business of Shield Insurance Services of Freehold, New Jersey on June 1, 2023. Shield specializes in commercial insurance to the transportation sector, with a particular focus in the moving and storage …

Penske Truck Denies Fraudulent Inspection Allegations But Will Pay $3.5M to End Dispute

Penske Truck Leasing Co. will pay up to a $3.5 million civil penalty for alleged fraudulent safety and emissions inspections on fleet trucks and trucks it rented for commercial use. According to Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, the settlement …

Vermont Residents, Businesses Turn to Recovery From Flooding Amid Mud, Debris

Floodwaters receded in Vermont cities and towns pummeled by a storm that delivered two months of rain in two days, allowing officials to focus on recovering from a disaster that trapped residents in homes, closed roadways and choked streets and …

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