April 19, 2024
Developers, suppliers, and users of artificial intelligence must comply with existing state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data privacy laws, the Massachusetts attorney general cautioned Tuesday. In an advisory, Attorney General Andrea Campbell pointed to what she described as the widespread …
April 19, 2024
Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal agency’s probe into a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory last year, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. District Judge …
April 18, 2024
LEWISBERRY, Pa. (AP) — Three construction workers on a maintenance project along a Pennsylvania interstate were struck and killed by a truck early Wednesday, state police said. Investigators said a 24-year-old man was driving a large box truck at about …
April 18, 2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to address years of reported mismanaging clergy sexual abuse cases. According to the Office of the Attorney General, its investigation found the diocese failed …
April 18, 2024
The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the Ohio River in Pittsburgh to maritime traffic on Tuesday, nearly four days after 26 barges broke loose and floated away during weekend flooding. “The river is open. The Ohio River is open,” Lt. Eyobe …
April 18, 2024
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane has announced she plans to resign effective June 30 and to return to private practice at DLA Piper, the law firm where she was a partner until being appointed commissioner in May 2020. Birrane …
April 17, 2024
Maryland’s insurance regulator is asking insurance companies to do what they can to make sure that individuals and businesses hurt by the Baltimore bridge collapse tragedy do not lose coverage due to non-payment of premium. The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) …
April 17, 2024
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced last Friday the start of a program to help Port of Baltimore businesses retain employees in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The $12.5 million program aims to prevent layoffs while recovery …
April 17, 2024
One of the East Coast’s largest auto recyclers and used parts suppliers has agreed to pay $868,000 in penalties related to 35 workplace safety violations at its Camden, New Jersey facility. The agreement with The Auto Store, operating as My …
April 17, 2024
Hours before leaving port, the massive container ship that caused the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge experienced apparent electrical problems, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday, the same day FBI agents boarded …