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Ways to Mitigate Mobile Home Wind Damage Often Ignored, Even as Deaths Rise

Rolling Fork, Mississippi (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were killed by their homes. Angela Eason had visited Brenda Odoms’ tidy mobile home before. It was a place where Odoms, who had many tragedies in her …

Florida Citizens’ Board Approves $36M for New and Improved Clearinghouse Platform

Florida insurance agents will soon be able to access a new online clearinghouse platform designed to make it easier to steer policyholders away from the still-growing, state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The $35.7 million investment, approved by the Citizens Board …

DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Delay Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Settlement

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Purdue Pharma from proceeding with a bankruptcy settlement that protects its Sackler family owners from lawsuits. An appeals court rejected a proposed delay earlier this week, …

Las Vegas Casino Mogul Fined $10M to End Fight Over Claims of Workplace Sexual Misconduct

Casino mogul Steve Wynn has ended a yearslong legal fight with Nevada gambling regulators that started with claims of workplace sexual misconduct, agreeing to pay a $10 million fine and cut ties to the industry he helped shape in Las …

Manhattan Crane Collapse Linked to Owner, Operator With Past Safety Violations

As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan thoroughfare Wednesday, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past safety failures. The tower crane, …

No Sign of Health Risks From New York Solar Farm Battery Fire

Local officials said Friday there`s no immediate sign of health or safety risks from a northern New York solar farm battery fire that burned overnight and may persist for some time. The blaze near the tiny village of Chaumont prompted …

Pelicans’ Zion Williamson and Family Sued for $1.8M by Tech Company

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson, his stepfather and his mother allegedly have failed to pay back $1.8 million of a $2 million loan from a California-based technology company. In a civil lawsuit filed this week …

Three Butler University Soccer Players File Federal Lawsuit Alleging Abuse by Ex-Trainer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Three Butler University women’s soccer players filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging the team’s former athletic trainer sexually assaulted and groomed multiple players on the team. Michael Howell allegedly committed the assaults and other sexual misconduct over …

Nassar Survivors Sue Michigan State, Alleging Made Secret Decisions About Releasing Documents

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Women who were sexually assaulted by former Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit Thursday saying school officials made “secret decisions” about releasing documents in the case. The group of survivors and …

US Lawmakers Turn to Louisiana for Experience on Climate Change Impacts to Infrastructure

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – This summer – as blistering heat waves scorched the Southwest, wildfire smoke from Canada choked much of North America, a drought in the central U.S. devastated soybean and corn crops, and storms flooded parts of …

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