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Accuser Seeks Trump’s DNA, Not Deposition, in Defamation Suit

A lawyer for a woman who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s and then filed a defamation lawsuit against him said o Tuesday that she will not seek to depose Trump prior to trial because …

New Hampshire Reaches $25M Deal With Monsanto Over PCB Pollution

New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with agrochemical giant Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution in waterways and other state-owned property, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday. The state alleges that the contamination …

Delaware Poultry Farm With 1.2 Million Birds Hit by Lethal Flu

A commercial poultry farm in Delaware with 1.2 million birds has been hit by a highly lethal form of bird flu, the state said on Wednesday, significantly expanding an outbreak that has killed U.S. chickens and turkeys. The outbreak brings …

Person of Interest Sought in Deadly Baltimore Fire in Vacant Rowhouse

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has published a video of a man considered to be a “person of interest” in a vacant rowhouse fire that killed three Baltimore firefighters last month. The Baltimore Sun reports that …

Virginia Lawsuit Blames Amazon Demands on Delivery Drivers for Crash

A North Carolina motorcyclist who lost a leg after a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit arguing that unrealistic expectations for the tech giant’s delivery drivers have led to negligence. According to his lawsuit, filed in …

Delaware Residents Near Guard Base Report High Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’

Residents living near an Air National Guard base in northern Delaware have average blood levels of certain toxic manmade chemicals that are significantly higher than the national average, according to a report by federal researchers. The Agency for Toxic Substances …

Massachusetts House Passes Bill to Let Immigrants Get Driver’s Licenses

The Massachusetts House has approved a bill that would let immigrants in the country illegally obtain state driver’s licenses. If passed into law, Massachusetts would join 16 other states and the District of Columbia which already have similar laws. The …

Maine Eyes Additional Funding to Fight ‘Forever Chemicals’

Maine lawmakers are going to consider more funding to fight “forever chemicals” as more farms discover contamination. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — known as PFAS — have been found in hundreds of farm sites where sludge or papermaking waste containing …

People Moves: Johnston, Skiba Join Irwin Siegel; MEMIC Adds Newton, Cosey; O’Neill Joins McGriff

Irwin Siegel Adds to Executive Management Team Rock Hill, New York-based program manager Irwin Siegel Agency (ISA) announced two additions to its executive management team. Jennifer Johnston has joined the company as vice president of Underwriting in ISA’s newly formed …

Officials Quarantine New York Site After Bird Flu Detected

A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York, federal authorities confirmed Saturday. Samples from the flock were tested at the Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center and …

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