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Fast Fashion Firms Prepare for EU Crackdown on Waste Mountain
In a warehouse on the outskirts of Barcelona, women stand at conveyor belts, manually sorting T-shirts, jeans and dresses from large bales of used clothing – a small step towards tackling Europe’s towering problem of discarded fashion. Within a year, …
Read More NFL Player’s Home Explosion Caused by Natural Gas, Authorities Say
Fire investigators have determined that a natural gas explosion destroyed Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley’s North Carolina home, killing the NFL player’s father and injuring a family friend, officials announced Tuesday. It wasn`t clear where the gas leak originated, and …
Read More Four Inmates in Problem-Plagued Atlanta Jail Have Died in the Span of a Month
A 34-year-old man who was being held at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta died after he was taken to a hospital. He was the fourth person to die in Fulton County custody in the span of a month. A jail …
Read More Idalia Could Mean New Pressure on Florida Rents, Housing Costs
(Reuters) – Hurricane Idalia is expected to increase insurance costs for Florida commercial real estate, particularly owners of apartments and other multifamily properties already grappling with soaring premiums driven by climate change, industry executives and analysts said. Idalia on Wednesday …
Read More Washington Roofer Who Faked Injury Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
A Pierce County, Washington man who removed and installed roofs while claiming he was too injured to work has pleaded guilty to stealing workers’ compensation benefits. Patrick Dean Farthing, 64, pleaded guilty recently to third-degree theft, a gross misdemeanor. The …
Read More Court Overturns Rejection of Surgeon’s Arbitration Pact Because It Was Not in Spanish
An eye surgeon’s English language mandatory arbitration agreement with a patient is valid and enforceable where the patient claimed if it had been in his first language, Spanish, he would not have signed it. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has …
Read More Forklift Operator Dies in Accident at Boston`s Logan Airport
A forklift operator has died in an accident at Boston`s Logan International Airport, authorities said Wednesday. The 51-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was an employee of a JetBlue contractor. He was trying to drive a forklift through …
Read More Shooting That Wounded 2 at Chicago White Sox Game Likely Involved Gun fired Inside Stadium, Police Say
CHICAGO (AP) – A shooting that wounded two women at last Friday night`s Chicago White Sox-Oakland Athletics game most likely involved a gun that went off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago`s interim police superintendent said. Officials have said little about …
Read More Texas Agency Alliance Adds Four New Independent Member Agencies
Texas Agency Alliance (TAA), an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the South-Central region of the state, announced the addition of four new independent member agencies. These new members bring TAA’s alliance to over 85 independent agencies. The new entrants …
Read More Five More New Orleans Residents Charged for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents
Five more people have been charged with intentionally staging automobile accidents with tractor-trailers in New Orleans to defraud trucking and insurance companies in 2017. United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Antonine Clark, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana; …
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