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Foxx Latest Celeb Named Under Now-Expired Sexual Assault Law

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has alleged in a lawsuit that actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her at a rooftop bar in New York in 2015, an incident the actor says “never happened.” The lawsuit filed …

Bank Will Offer Accommodation to Employee With Anxiety Disability

Citizens Bank will change its company policy and pay $100,000 to a former employee of its Cranston, Rhode Island call center to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According …

New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury

Typically, workers who are injured during their commute to work aren’t eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. The New Jersey Supreme Court highlighted an exception to that rule in a unanimous decision Tuesday. The high court held that a pest control …

New Jersey Blaze lnjured 8 Firefighters and Displaced a Dozen Residents

Eight firefighters were injured battling a Thanksgiving night fire that displaced more than a dozen residents in West New York, New Jersey, officials said. WABC-TV reports that the fire was in an apartment above a pharmacy on Bergenline Avenue at …

Best Agency to Work For – East Bronze Winner: Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates

Long-Term Thinking Builds Winning Culture When Chip and Ted Gibson got the keys to Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates in 2020, the brothers took over what Chip described as “a great shop.” Three generations of their family members had guided the …

District Police Combating Car Thefts and Carjackings With Dashcams and AirTags

Jeff Pena contacted his father as soon as he heard that police were passing out auto tracking devices to try to stem a sharp increase in carjackings, auto thefts and other crimes in the nation`s capital. “It`s just getting crazy …

School District and Satanic Temple Reach Agreement Over After School Satan Club

An eastern Pennsylvania school district has reached a settlement with The Satanic Temple in a lawsuit that alleged the district discriminated against students by barring one of the group`s After School Satan clubs from using a school building earlier this …

Gallagher Acquires New York’s Hughes Insurance Agency

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Queensbury, New York-based independent insurance agency, Hughes Insurance Agency, Inc. From it headquarters in Queensbury and an office in Albany, Hughes serves the Glens Falls, Lake George Saratoga Springs corridor, as …

New York Contractor Faces $522K in OSHA Penalties for Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards

A federal workplace safety investigation alleges that a Huntington, New York contractor could have prevented a roofer’s fatal fall at a Glen Cove worksite in April by following legally required safeguards designed to prevent falls. The Occupational Safety and Health …

Bill Cosby Accuser Files New Lawsuit Under Expiring New York Survivors Law

A woman who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday under a soon-to-expire New York law that gave victims of sexual abuse …

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