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Dallas Air Show Victims Named; NTSB Investigation Underway
DALLAS (AP) – Officials on Monday identified the six men killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show, all of whom were experienced aviators with years of flight training. The Commemorative Air Force, …
Read More Truck Driver Charged After Indiana Crash Injures Hockey Players
WARSAW, Ind. (AP) – A New York truck driver faces more than two dozen felony charges following a weekend collision in northern Indiana between his semitrailer and a Chicago youth hockey team’s bus that injured 16 of the student athletes, …
Read More Illinois’ GCG Financial Rebrands as Alera Group
GCG Financial, a full-service financial services firm, announced that it is changing its corporate branding to Alera Group. The firm was started in 1975 and became one of the founding firms of Alera Group in 2017. The transition to Alera …
Read More PCF Insurance Acquires Wisconsin’s Milz Health
PCF Insurance Services has acquired Milwaukee-based Milz Health Group, a full-service health insurance agency providing coverage to Wisconsin Medicare-eligible individuals and coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Milz provides affordable health care coverage for individuals through an integrated suite of …
Read More Judge Approves $56M Settlement Over COVID Deaths in Veterans’ Home in Massachusetts
A federal judge in Springfield has given the green light to a $56 million settlement between the state of Massachusetts and families of 76 veterans who died from COVID-19 while living in the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in 2020. The families …
Read More FTX’s Bankman-Fried, Celebrity Promoters Sued by Crypto Investors
U.S. crypto investors sued FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and several celebrities who promoted his exchange including comedian Larry David, alleging they engaged in deceptive practices to sell FTX yield-bearing digital currency accounts. The proposed class action filed late Tuesday night …
Read More Two Farmers Indicted in Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraud
Two Kentucky farmers and a relative have been indicted for falsifying crop damage and exaggerating the size of their fields in order to reap crop insurance benefits. A federal grand jury last week charged Randall Taulbee and James McDonald, of …
Read More Jury Adds $2.5M in Damages to Rape Verdict as Filmmaker Haggis Vows to Appeal
Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered Monday to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the total to $10 million for a woman who said he sexually assaulted her nearly a decade ago. While accuser …
Read More Viewpoint: The Metaverse – Hype vs Reality
The hype around the metaverse has been matched by the millions of dollars being invested by big tech and big business. With Walmart recently announcing its entry on the online gaming platform Roblox, the message to B2C and B2B companies …
Read More One County in Florida Took the Brunt of Hurricane Nicole with $522M in Damage
Damages are estimated at more than $522 million in a central Florida coastal county where homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean following Hurricane Nicole last week. The damages from the category 1 storm in Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach, …
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