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New York Jury Convicts Lawyer, Doctor in $31M Trip-and-Fall Insurance Fraud

A New York attorney and surgeon were convicted by a Manhattan jury of six counts of fraud for participation in an illegal scheme that included false insurance claims and unnecessary surgeries for alleged injuries from staged trips and falls, a …

Transgender Worker Sues New Hampshire Employer Alleging Bias in Health Plan

A transgender woman in New Hampshire filed a discrimination complaint Friday against the manufacturing company where she works as a machinist, challenging its exclusion of gender-transition health coverage. The complaint against Barrington-based Turbocam, which makes parts for the HVAC, automotive, …

Massachusetts Adds Cannabis Risks Curriculum to Driver Education Program

Beginning next month, Massachusetts will adopt a curriculum designed to educate teens on the risks of driving while under the influence of cannabis. Under the program, as of Jan. 1, Massachusetts will become the first state that has legalized the …

Virginia Beach Settles With Lynch Family Over Police Shooting

The city of Virginia Beach will pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a Black man who was shot by police during a chaotic night of violence on the city’s oceanfront last year. The city and …

Kinsale Acquires Property in Richmond

Specialty insurance business Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired real estate property adjacent to its current headquarters in Richmond, Virginia for $76.2 million, through a wholly owned subsidiary. The property is comprised of two office buildings totaling …

Virginia County School Administrators Facing Trials Over Response to Sexual Assaults

Three separate trials will be held next year to adjudicate charges against the former superintendent of a northern Virginia school system as well as the system’s primary spokesman. Ex-Superintendent Scott Ziegler and spokesman Wayde Byard made initial appearances Tuesday in …

8 Hurt in Fire at New York Police Evidence Warehouse

Eight people suffered minor injuries Tuesday in a fire at a New York Police Department warehouse that houses DNA evidence from crime scenes as well as cars, e-bikes and motor scooters, police and fire officials said. The fire at the …

Fire on Vermont Dairy Farm Destroys Barn, Kills 40 Cows

GRAND ISLE, Vt. (AP) — Fire has destroyed a Grand Isle dairy barn and killed about 40 cows trapped inside, Vermont State Police said Tuesday. A neighbor spotted the flames coming from the north end of the barn Monday evening …

Monsanto Balks as Vermont City Sues Over PCB Contamination of School

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The school board in Vermont’s largest city on Monday sued the manufacturer of chemicals that are forcing the city to tear down its high school and build a new one at an estimated cost of more …

Alcohol Causes 1 in 20 Deaths in Massachusetts, Boston University Report Shows

Alcohol kills on average 2,760 people a year in Massachusetts and the health, safety and economic toll of liquor on Bay State residents outstrips revenues from state alcohol taxes. Those are among the findings from a new report from Boston …

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