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Personal Data of 700K Retired California Workers And Beneficiaries Stolen
California pension officials say personal information of about 769,000 retired state employees and other beneficiaries – including Social Security numbers – was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in the breach of a popular file-transfer application. The breach of the …
Read More Home Depot Paying $72.5M to Settle California Wage Class Action
Home Depot HD.N has agreed to pay $72.5 million to end a long-running class-action lawsuit alleging the largest U.S. home improvement retailer underpaid workers in California. The preliminary settlement was filed late Thursday in a San Francisco federal court, and …
Read More Texas Cities Experience Highest Ever Recorded Temperatures in Searing Heat Wave
A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation. Readings in Laredo, Del Rio, San Angelo and Junction were the …
Read More Here’s a Look at Some of China’s Recent Deadly and Very Common Industrial Accidents
At least 31 people were killed and seven injured when cooking gas exploded at a restaurant in Yinchuan in northwestern China. It was the latest in China’s long history of deadly industrial accidents, which occur regularly despite government pledges to …
Read More JPMorgan Agrees to Pay $290 Million to Settle Epstein Suit
JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $290 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it knowingly benefited from former client Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking, according to a court filing late Thursday. Lawyers for Epstein’s victims filed a notice of settlement …
Read More Piedmont Airlines Fined $15,000 After Alabama Worker Sucked into Engine in 2022
Piedmont Airlines failed to follow safety procedures before a worker was sucked into a jet engine and killed in December, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a $15,000 citation against the American Airlines subsidiary. “Proper training and …
Read More Atlanta City Clerk Sued for Denying ‘Stop Cop City’ Petition Lets Effort Move Forward
Facing a lawsuit from opponents of Atlanta’s proposed police and firefighter training center, the city clerk on Wednesday approved a petition that seeks to force a voter referendum on halting the complex. The approval of the petition, which the clerk …
Read More Bret Gains Strength in Caribbean as TS Cindy Follows Close Behind
A hurricane watch was issued for St. Lucia as Tropical Storm Bret barreled toward the eastern Caribbean on Thursday at near-hurricane strength. And another tropical storm, Cindy, formed in the Atlantic with a probable track aimed at the eastern United …
Read More Teenage Volleyball Player Who Lost Legs in St. Louis Accident Sues Drivers, City
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A teenage volleyball player from Tennessee is suing the Missouri city of St. Louis and two drivers who struck her in February, causing her to lose both legs. The lawsuit on behalf of Janae Edmondson was …
Read More Nevada Law Signed to Help Homeowners Move from Sinking Nevada Neighborhood
A North Las Vegas neighborhood is marking passage of a state law committing $37 million to help homeowners move from the once- segregated neighborhood where geologic features have made homes crack, sink and sometimes become unsafe. Democratic state Sen. Dina …
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