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Fireman’s Fund on Hook for Criminal Defense Costs for ‘Lottery Lawyer’
As the criminal trial of a New York lawyer charged with bilking lottery winners out of more than $80 million got underway this week in a federal court in Brooklyn, one insurer was likely watching closely as it will be …
Read More Detroit to Pay $7.5 Million to Man Who Claims Police Switched Bullets
Detroit agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit by a man who claimed police switched bullets to pin a murder on him in 1992. Desmond Ricks was released from prison in 2017 after 25 years, thanks to gun …
Read More Lawsuit Alleges Texas Officer Paralyzed Man in Jail
A man filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a Texas police officer of using excessive force while restraining him in jail and inflicting injuries that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The lawsuit on behalf of Christopher Shaw seeks unspecified …
Read More Yosemite Wildfire Moving Eastward Toward Sierra National Forest
A wildfire that threatened a grove of California’s giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was burning eastward into the Sierra National Forest on Wednesday. The Washburn Fire is one of dozens of blazes chewing through drought-parched terrain in the Western …
Read More China’s Tough COVID Policy Still Drags on Economy
China has been tweaking its stringent COVID curbs but shows no sign of backing off from its “dynamic zero” policy, and has lagged in vaccination efforts that would enable it to do so, casting a heavy shadow over the world’s …
Read More Judge Rejects Virginia County School Board Bid to Halt Grand Jury Probe
A judge on Monday rejected an effort by the Loudoun County School Board to shut down a special grand jury investigating the school system’s handling of two sexual assaults. The school board says the special grand jury empaneled by Republican …
Read More Scrutiny of Alibaba in Record Cyber Breach May Ensnare All China Tech
Questions surrounding Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s role in China’s largest known cybersecurity breach may fuel Beijing’s resolve to clamp down on domestic tech giants and accelerate a move away from their private cloud services. Researchers studying the leaked data of …
Read More EU Court Upholds Greece’s Claim to ‘Feta’ in Snub to Denmark
Greece on Thursday scored a win in its fight to protect their right to the term ‘Feta’ as Europe’s top court reprimanded Denmark for not blocking local companies from using the name for sales outside the European Union. Greece claims …
Read More ‘Red Extreme’ Warning Forecasts Exceptional Heat Wave Next Week for UK
The Met Office has issued the first-ever Red Extreme Heat warning for exceptional heat in the UK, forecasting that next week temperatures could reach 40°C (104 Fahrenheit). The national severe weather warning covers Monday and Tuesday (18th and 19th July) …
Read More Gazprom Says Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Safety Depends on Turbine From Canada
This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday it could not guarantee the safe operation of a critical part of the Nord Stream 1 …
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