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Mechanic Charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide in Fatal NYC Elevator Plunge

An elevator mechanic’s failure to execute basic safety procedures caused an elevator at a New York City building to plunge six stories and crush a co-worker to death, prosecutors said Tuesday. Mechanic Peter Milatz, 67, was charged with criminally negligent …

One Worker Missing After Explosion at Massachusetts Chemical Plant

One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant in a business park in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Five workers were in the building at the time of the explosion. Four …

Workers Recall ‘Rotten Egg’ Smell Before Chocolate Factory Blast

Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs” before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety officials said Tuesday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s …

In Reversal After NYC Transit Exit, Twitter Restores Free Access for Public Services

In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts after New York City’s transit agency said earlier this week …

Massachusetts Man Sentenced in Luxury Car Insurance Fraud Scheme

A Holbrook, Massachusetts man has been found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years in the Norfolk House of Correction for damaging luxury cars bought under false pretenses in order to collect insurance proceeds. Attorney General Andrea Joy …

Manhattan DA Brings Charges in Alleged Affordable Housing Construction Fraud

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced indictments charging eight individuals and six companies with fraud and corruption within the construction industry, including conspiring to fraudulently use minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) as pass-through entities to obtain contracts …

People Moves: Hunter Joins Lockton Re in Stamford; Risk Strategies Names Rosenzweig in New York

Hunter Joins Lockton Re in New Stamford Location Jaimie Hunter has joined Lockton Re as a senior broker supporting client development with a focus on casualty business in North America. Hunter will be based in Lockton Re’s new Stamford, Connecticut …

Richmond National to Expand Headquarters in Virginia

Richmond National Group, Inc., a specialty excess and surplus lines insurance company, said it will invest $350,000 to expand its headquarters in Virginia’s Henrico County. The company said it will add 7,200 square feet of office space to its existing …

Securities Broker Robinhood’s Fight Against Fiduciary Rule Before Massachusetts Court

Massachusetts’ highest court on Wednesday will consider whether to revive a state fiduciary duty rule that was central to an enforcement action securities regulators filed against the online brokerage Robinhood. A subsidiary of Robinhood Markets Inc. and Massachusetts Secretary of …

Trial Begins for Limousine Firm Operator Over New York Crash That Killed 20 in 2018

Nearly five years after a stretch limousine packed with birthday revelers careened down a hill and off a road in rural upstate New York, killing 20 people, the operator of the company that rented out the vehicle is going on …

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