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Lawsuit Alleges Ex-Harvard Medical Professor Secretly Impregnated Patient

A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation’s largest fertility clinics is being accused of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor, according to a …

Man Sues New York City After 27 Years in Prison Before Being Cleared in Killing

A man who was recently cleared in the gruesome, fiery 1995 killing of a subway token booth clerk sued New York City and two detectives on Monday, saying that “a wanton and reckless” law enforcement culture subjected him to decades …

Massachusetts Farmers Get $20 Million in State Disaster Relief After Rough Year

It was a rough year for many Massachusetts farmers who experienced a deep February freeze, a late May frost event, and catastrophic flooding in July. To help them recover from the damage, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that the state’s Natural …

Trump Again Denied Presidential Immunity Defense in Carroll Defamation Case

A federal appeals court panel has rejected former President Donald Trump’s attempt to shield himself from a defamation suit by claiming presidential immunity. The three-judge Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed with a federal district court that Trump waived …

Risk Manager: Road Design, Not Speed Limit, Key to Stopping Pedestrian Deaths

(The Center Square) – To save the lives of bikers and walkers, the question facing local and state officials isn’t getting speed limits right, but getting road design right. The difference between posted limits and how drivers actually behave can …

New Jersey Brings Civil Suits Against 3 Gun Dealers Over Visibility, Security, Ghost Guns

New Jersey`s attorney general sued three firearms dealers Tuesday, alleging one illegally stored firearms that were visible from outside a store and that the two others tried to sell “ghost guns.” The suits mark the first complaints filed under a …

Lawmakers Urge Expanded Safety and Mental Health Programs for Commercial Fishermen

A federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, a group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska said. The lawmakers want to expand a federal …

New York Law Bars Subrogation by Lloyd’s in LaGuardia Project, Appeals Court Affirms

A federal appeals court has declared that New York law prevents Lloyd’s from recovering some loss payments from Zurich American because Zurich’s insured was also an insured of Lloyd’s in a case involving a construction project at LaGuardia Airport. The …

Horse and Buggy Collision with Pickup Truck Seriously Injures 2 Occupants, Kills Horse

A horse and buggy collided with a pickup truck at an intersection in Maryland, ejecting all four passengers of the buggy and seriously injuring two, authorities said. The buggy was stopped at the intersection Sunday afternoon when the horse “unexpectedly …

Firefighters Find No Victims in Debris of Collapsed Bronx Apartment Building

Firefighters said they didn`t find anybody trapped in an enormous mound of rubble Monday after a corner of a seven-story Bronx apartment building collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves and a convenience store partly buried under bricks …

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