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Cyber Attack Disrupts Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack. The company was working to restore print operations after a cyber incursion that prevented the printing of the …

Broadway Theaters, Insurer Agree to End COVID-19 Business Loss Claims

An owner of Broadway theaters and Pacific Indemnity Insurance Co. have voluntarily agreed to end their remaining litigation over COVID-19 coverage claims. Under the stipulation filed May 11, each party will bear its own attorneys’ fees and other costs. The …

Massachusetts AG Reports $6.15M Settlement With CVS Over Workers’ Comp Drugs

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office reports it has reached a $6.15 million settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to resolve allegations of overcharging for prescriptions for workers’ compensation patients. Officials allege that the pharmacy failed in some instances to …

Police Seeks Witnesses to Crash That Killed 4 When SUV Rear-Ended Tractor-Trailer

Connecticut state police are seeking witnesses as investigators try to determine the cause of a crash that killed four people on Interstate 95 in Stamford. All four victims were in an SUV that rear-ended a tractor-trailer that had slowed for …

Seafood Company Denies Discrimination Claim by Immigrant Worker

A Massachusetts seafood business said Thursday that it did not discriminate against an immigrant worker who complained to the state. The worker, Paula Fortes, is a Black woman who immigrated to the U.S. from Cape Verde, an island nation off …

New Hampshire High Court Rejects Cat Urine Analogy in Overturning Hotels’ COVID Insurance Win

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has overturned a trial court that had found for a group of 23 hotels claiming they were entitled to insurance payments for business interruption losses caused by contamination of their properties by COVID-19. Agreeing with …

New Hampshire Lab Error Incorrectly Led to Salad Greens Recall

A laboratory error incorrectly caused a recall announcement for a brand of salad greens, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said. The products from lef Farms are safe and the recall has been canceled, the department said …

New York Apartment Fire That Killed 3 Blamed on Homemade Vape Pens

A fire that killed a mother and two daughters in New York City was apparently sparked by homemade vape dispensers that the father of the family was assembling to sell, officials said. The fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. …

New York AG Sues Manufacturer Over Magazine Lock Used in Buffalo Massacre

New York’s attorney general sued a gun accessory manufacturer Thursday for selling a lock that can be easily removed to attach high-capacity magazines, which are illegal in the state. The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers in …

Connecticut Lawmaker, Other Driver Both DUI in Fatal Crash

A Connecticut state representative and a wrong-way driver were both over the legal limit for alcohol when they were killed in a highway crash in January, according to government officials and state police. Middletown Democrat Quentin Williams, 39, died in …

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