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Hub Acquires Maryland’s Sandy Spring Insurance

Chicago-headquartered insurance broker Hub International Limited reports it has acquired the assets of Sandy Spring Insurance Corp. Located in Annapolis, Maryland, Sandy Spring Insurance, a subsidiary of Sandy Spring Bank, offers clients commercial and personal – home, auto and marine …

New York Lawmakers Weigh Legal Protections for Abortion Services

New York would expand legal protections for people seeking and providing abortions in the state under a legislation package that lawmakers began debating Tuesday. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for New York to increase legal protections for abortion services …

Road Safety Strategy Offers Hope for Redesign of Philadelphia’s ‘Corridor of Death’

Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the curb. The thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after a driver racing down Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia struck and killed her 27-year-old niece, Samara Banks, and three of Banks’ …

Victim of New York Subway Shooting Sues Gunmaker Glock and Parent Company

Glock Inc. and its parent company were sued by a New York City woman who was seriously injured when she was seriously wounded by a gunman who opened fire aboard a crowded morning rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn last month. …

Massachusetts Gov. Baker Vetoes Immigrant Driver’s License Bill

Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a bill Friday that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses in Massachusetts. The veto came just a day after the Massachusetts House and Senate gave final approval to the measure, …

Baltimore Settles With Rapper for $300K Over Claims of False Arrest, Police Planting Drugs

A court settlement calls for the city of Baltimore to pay $300,000 to resolve claims that police officers planted drugs on a rapper known as Young Moose. The Baltimore Sun reports that the city’s spending board is poised to approve …

National Grid Worker Electrocuted at Massachusetts Worksite

A 35-year-old employee of utility National Grid died at the hospital after he was electrocuted at a work site in Massachusetts early Thursday, officials said. The worker was alone in an electrical box in Medford when he was electrocuted at …

Rhode Island Becomes 19th State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Rhode Island’s governor signed legislation Wednesday making the state the 19th in the nation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana, an issue that some lawmakers have been working on for years. “Together we got this job done and we got …

People Moves: MEMIC Names White Underwriter for Pennsylvania; World Insurance Hires Robb as General Counsel; S&S Adds Loss Control Specialist White

MEMIC Hires White as Senior Underwriter in Pennsylvania Workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC Group has hired Curtis White as senior production underwriter, responsible for renewals and new business in Pennsylvania. White’s career in the workers’ compensation industry spans 14 years and …

1, 2, 3 FedEx Trucks Crash Into Each Other on Maine Road

ALFRED, Maine —Three FedEx delivery vehicles traveling single file crashed into each other, sending one driver to the hospital and tying up traffic, officials said. The delivery vehicles collided with each other when traffic slowed in front of them late …

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