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Marijuana Dispensary Sues Over Mississippi Regs that Bar Advertising
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The owner of a Mississippi medical marijuana dispensary filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging state regulations that he says censor business owners by preventing them from advertising. After Mississippi legalized medical marijuana for people with debilitating …
Read More Brookfield Reinsurance Completes Buy of Argo Group; Snyder Named Argo CEO
Brookfield Reinsurance’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Argo Group International Holdings has been completed and Jessica Snyder was appointed chief executive officer of Argo. Snyder succeeds Thomas Bradley, who announced that he was retiring upon closing of the deal. Snyder joined …
Read More Former Orlando Museum Director Countersues Over Fake Basquiat Art Scandal
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former executive director of a Florida museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean- Michel Basquiat paintings filed counterclaims Tuesday against the museum, …
Read More White House Proposes Transportation, Commerce Agencies Handle Space Regulations
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a long-awaited proposal to split regulatory powers over emerging private-sector space activities between the U.S. transportation and commerce departments, according to a draft legislative proposal. The plan would expand the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight …
Read More NTSB Begins Investigation of Deadly Ohio Bus Crash Involving High School Students
TNA, Ohio (AP) – A National Transportation Safety Board team was planning to start work Wednesday at the scene of a deadly highway crash in Ohio involving a charter bus filled with high school students that left six people dead …
Read More Mount St. Helens Records More Than 400 Quakes Since Mid-July, But No Signs of Imminent Eruption
More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington`s Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of an imminent eruption, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Most of the quakes over a three-month span beginning in …
Read More Trump Lawyers Focus on Accountants in Fraud Trial
Donald Trump blamed his accountants. So did the two sons he entrusted to run his company. Now, as they mount their defense in the civil fraud trial threatening the former president’s real estate empire, his lawyers are too. Trump’s lawyers …
Read More After Fire Kills 3, New York City Says Businesses Must Do More to Ensure e-Bike Safety
New York City officials say retailers and food delivery companies must do more to halt the proliferation of unsafe e-bike and e-scooter batteries, after a fire blamed on an electric scooter`s lithium ion battery killed three people over the weekend. …
Read More Zurich’s Farmers Group Seeks More Fee Income via Acquisition of 3 Brokers for $760M
Zurich Insurance Group announced that its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc. (FGI), has agreed to acquire three insurance brokers of the Farmers Exchanges for US$760 million. The deal also includes the Farmers Exchanges’ flood program servicing arm. The wholesale brokerages – …
Read More Root Inc. Files for Default in Litigation Against Jailed Former CMO
The nearly year-long saga involving Root Inc. and its former chief marketing officer continues – with him in county jail. Brinson Caleb “BC” Silver, Root’s CMO from November 8, 2021 to November 9, 2022, has been in jail in Butler …
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