June 29, 2021
The European Union gave its formal blessing to a decision guaranteeing the free flow of data between the bloc and the UK. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, on Monday adopted so-called adequacy decisions that will allow companies to …
June 29, 2021
BRUSSELS – The European Commission plans to update its rules on worker safety to reflect the shift millions employees made to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and to reflect the anticipated digital and green recovery. During the pandemic, …
June 29, 2021
Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown’s death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit with the county whose SWAT team fired the tear gas. St. Charles County agreed to pay …
June 29, 2021
As South Dakota anticipates a state Supreme Court decision on whether recreational marijuana will become legal in July, state lawmakers and city governments are moving forward with their own pot plans. Officials across the state have warmed to the idea …
June 29, 2021
More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal arrest, police brass are still trying to blame his death on a car crash at …
June 29, 2021
An unidentified former Chicago Blackhawks player says in a lawsuit against the team that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted him in 2010 during a playoff run to a Stanley Cup title and that the team did nothing after he informed …
June 28, 2021
The owner-operator of an Olympia, Wash., dry cleaning business faces a felony charge alleging he stole workers’ compensation benefits by faking the severity of his injury. Byung Sung Kang, 54, is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday in Thurston County Superior Court …
June 28, 2021
Residents in the Detroit area were cleaning up June 27 after flooding in the area overloaded sewer systems, damaged homes and knocked out power for thousands. Bags of trash lined neighborhood streets in suburban Grosse Pointe Farms as garbage trucks …
June 28, 2021
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has extended its mandatory data call to selected insurance carriers seeking certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to on or after Dec. 1, 2019, through the end of the …
June 28, 2021
The death toll from the collapse of a Florida beachfront condo building has risen to nine as search-and-rescue efforts continue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said. One person died in the hospital, and workers pulled four more bodies from the …