February 11, 2022
A new task force will look into how to improve the safety at large Houston-area events in the hopes of avoiding another tragedy like last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival, officials said Feb. 9. The task force will review possible …
February 11, 2022
Criminals netted $1.3 billion in ransom payments from hacking victims in the past two years, reflecting a massive surge in cyber-crime that has prompted a global effort to stop it, according to a new report from Chainalysis Inc. The cryptocurrency-tracking …
February 11, 2022
A workers’ compensation judge may not disqualify a treating physician simply because the doctor’s prices exceed the Florida workers’ comp fee schedule, a state appeals court decided this week. “In other words, providers aren’t categorically tainted by higher-than-schedule fees. And …
February 11, 2022
A man discovered stumbling downtown in Lewiston with a severed arm is believed to have inflicted the injury himself, police said. The victim was injured with a band saw used to cut meat, but didn’t work at the market where …
February 11, 2022
Three Washington businesses were fined after workers housed in Thurston County hotels and employed at a Lewis County distribution center got sick with COVID-19, and then walked to the hospital for help and feared they could lose their jobs if …
February 11, 2022
A federal judge has ruled that a Maine hospital violated the state’s equal pay law by paying a female psychologist barely half the wage of her male colleagues. The judge ruled that Northern Light Acadia Hospital violated the Maine Equal …
February 11, 2022
Unlicensed insurance agent Karyl Lynn Reed, 58, formerly of Cosa Mesa, California, was convicted last week on multiple felony counts of embezzlement and white-collar fraud enhancements after defrauding three victims of over $1.4 million. Reed was sentenced to four years …
February 11, 2022
Three Harvard University graduate students said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Ivy League school for years ignored complaints about sexual harassment by a renowned professor and allowed him to intimidate students by threatening to hinder their careers. …
February 11, 2022
Many counterfeit parts have been discovered in U.S. nuclear plants, potentially increasing the risk of a safety failure, the inspector general of the federal nuclear industry regulator said in a report released on Thursday. The report is a blow to …
February 10, 2022
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment. Tesla said on Wednesday the DFEH intended to file a lawsuit. The lawsuit appears to be focused on alleged …