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Dallas Air Show Victims Named; NTSB Investigation Underway

DALLAS (AP) – Officials on Monday identified the six men killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show, all of whom were experienced aviators with years of flight training. The Commemorative Air Force, …

Truck Driver Charged After Indiana Crash Injures Hockey Players

WARSAW, Ind. (AP) – A New York truck driver faces more than two dozen felony charges following a weekend collision in northern Indiana between his semitrailer and a Chicago youth hockey team’s bus that injured 16 of the student athletes, …

Illinois’ GCG Financial Rebrands as Alera Group

GCG Financial, a full-service financial services firm, announced that it is changing its corporate branding to Alera Group. The firm was started in 1975 and became one of the founding firms of Alera Group in 2017. The transition to Alera …

PCF Insurance Acquires Wisconsin’s Milz Health

PCF Insurance Services has acquired Milwaukee-based Milz Health Group, a full-service health insurance agency providing coverage to Wisconsin Medicare-eligible individuals and coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Milz provides affordable health care coverage for individuals through an integrated suite of …

People Moves: Yancy President of American Family Group; 16 Promotions at H.W. Kaufman

Yancy Named President of American Family Group Telisa Yancy, president of American Family Insurance Direct, has been named president of the American Family Insurance Group of companies. Yancy’s new role will begin Jan. 1, 2023. Yancy joined the organization as …

Hacker of Crypto Exchange FTX Revealed as One of Biggest Holders of Token Ether

The hacker who raided Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed crypto exchange FTX is now one of the world’s biggest holders of the token Ether. A wallet linked with the exploit swapped about $49 million of stablecoins — mainly Dai — for Ether …

Relation Insurance Buys Garrity Agency in Massachusetts

California-headquartered broker Relation Insurance Services reports it acquired the assets of Garrity Insurance in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Nov. 1. Serving Massachusetts individuals and businesses for more than 100 years, Garrity has offices in Dedham, Marblehead, Salem and Belmont in addition …

Judge Approves $56M Settlement Over COVID Deaths in Veterans’ Home in Massachusetts

A federal judge in Springfield has given the green light to a $56 million settlement between the state of Massachusetts and families of 76 veterans who died from COVID-19 while living in the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in 2020. The families …

FTX’s Bankman-Fried, Celebrity Promoters Sued by Crypto Investors

U.S. crypto investors sued FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and several celebrities who promoted his exchange including comedian Larry David, alleging they engaged in deceptive practices to sell FTX yield-bearing digital currency accounts. The proposed class action filed late Tuesday night …

Two Farmers Indicted in Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraud

Two Kentucky farmers and a relative have been indicted for falsifying crop damage and exaggerating the size of their fields in order to reap crop insurance benefits. A federal grand jury last week charged Randall Taulbee and James McDonald, of …

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