The city of Boston is immune from liability for a shooting that took place at a city school in 2022 even though the school’s improper use of its metal detectors allowed the shooter to enter the school with a firearm. …
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Alaska’s largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot by a police officer. Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s office said in a …
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A New Hampshire town’s attempt to force a bakery to remove or alter its painting that shows sunbeams shining down on a mountain range of doughnuts, a muffin, a cinnamon roll and other pastries is unconstitutional, a judge ruled in …
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Criswell Chevrolet, Inc., a Maryland car dealership group, violated federal law by refusing to allow a parts department worker to have a service dog at work as a reasonable accommodation for his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from combat duty …
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Extreme heat levels of are expected in the western United States later this week, raising the risk wildfires and heat-related illnesses and putting a strain on power grids. Meteorologists at AccuWeather say a strong dome of high pressure will be …
First Heat Wave of Season to Bake West, Increasing Wildfire Risk Read More »
President Donald Trump green-lit disaster relief for eight states on Friday, assistance that some of the communities rocked by natural disasters have been waiting on for months. The major disaster declaration approvals allow Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Fidelis Insurance Group and Everest Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Fidelis Insurance Group Promotes Greenwood as Chief Underwriting Officer for Bermuda Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based …
An auto mechanic was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to repay $1.37 million to his victims for defrauding a Missouri customer, among others, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri announced last week. Beginning in November …
Mechanic Sentenced to Prison, Must Pay $1.3M for Defrauding Missouri Customer Read More »
As the US heads into peak hailstorm season, homeowners that have installed solar power face the prospect of chunks of ice damaging their panels. “Those instances of damage are rare, but the more extreme weather gets with climate change, it’s …
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Four years after it was founded, Florida-based Slide Insurance plans to go public. The holding company for the Tampa-headquartered company, which has more than 343,000 policies in Florida, last week filed registration paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. …
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