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20 05, 2022

Explosion at Maryland Nail Salon Injured 7 Including First Responders

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Seven people, including police officers and EMS personnel, were injured in an explosion at a Maryland nail salon on Monday night, officials said. Baltimore County police officers responded to a disturbance at a Woodlawn nail salon and encountered a person …

20 05, 2022

Two of Central Kentucky’s Oldest Agencies Merge

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Two of the oldest insurance agencies in Central Kentucky have merged. Rightmyer Insurance Agency in Danville, founded in the 1930s, has joined forces with Sam Dexter Insurance Agency, which began in 1954, according to a local news report. The two …

19 05, 2022

California Employers Cited $1.75M in Refinery Worker Death

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The Cal/OSHA Process Safety Management Unit cited Valero Refinery of Benicia and three contractors a combined $1.75 million for serious safety violations following a confined space death of a 35-year-old worker who suffocated in a regenerator overflow well. Cal/OSHA inspectors …

20 05, 2022

‘Borat’ Actor Cohen Drops $9M Suit Against Cannabis Company Over Billboard

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Actor Sacha Baron Cohen has dropped his lawsuit against a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary that used an image of his character Borat on a billboard without his permission. A document filed in Boston federal court on Tuesday said the two sides …

19 05, 2022

U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Projected to Reach Highest Level in 40 Years

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Twenty people per day were hit and killed by drivers last year, according to an analysis by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). Using the latest data available to project the number of pedestrian deaths in each state and nationwide, …

20 05, 2022

Zurich Insurance to Sell Russian Business to Local Team

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Zurich Insurance has agreed to sell its Russian business to members of the local team, it said on Friday, as the Swiss insurer became the latest company to announce its exit from the Russian market. A slew of companies — …

19 05, 2022

Oregon Officials Warn of Difficult Wildfire Season

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Oregon remains poised to see a potentially “challenging” wildfire season this summer, despite a wet and cool spring in much of western Oregon, one of the state’s top fire watchers said Monday. The rain and snow have helped to push …

20 05, 2022

Charges of Violence, Bullying Follow Mass Employee Exodus at Calgary Oil Firm

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When two-thirds of the brokers at a prominent Calgary oil firm quit without explanation around the Easter weekend, the exodus chilled Canada’s oil market. Now, a lawsuit filed against the firm, NE2 Group, purports to offer a window into life …

19 05, 2022

New Jersey Trampoline Park Can’t Enforce Arbitration Clause Against Minor Who Lied

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A New Jersey company cannot enforce an arbitration provision in an agreement signed by a 15-year-old minor who misrepresented his age to gain access to its commercial trampoline park. The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division held that the …

19 05, 2022

Tesla Cut From S&P 500 ESG Index, and Elon Musk Tweets His Fury

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An S&P Dow Jones Indices executive told Reuters on Wednesday it has removed electric carmaker Tesla Inc. from the widely followed S&P 500 ESG Index because of issues including claims of racial discrimination and crashes linked to its autopilot vehicles, …