A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a white Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop last year, ruling that the trooper’s actions did not violate the law. On Wednesday, …
Big data centers in Ohio will have to pay a minimum of 85% of the energy they need to cover the costs of grid improvements under a settlement submitted Wednesday by one of the state’s largest utilities. The pact was …
Jack Stinnett got life-changing news in 2020 when he learned the lump that appeared on the side of his neck was tongue and mouth cancer. He and his wife Karen quickly enrolled him at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, …
Landmark Admin filed a notice of data breach last week after detecting suspicious activities on its system in May. Landmark is a Texas-based company that provides third-party administrative solutions for life insurance carriers, Approximately 800,000 users’ data were exposed in …
A Pasco farm labor contractor faces nearly $140,000 in fines for violations uncovered during a Washington State Department of Labor & Industries investigation that include withholding information from worker. According to the L&I, there are more than 250 licensed farm …
Los Angeles County has sued beverage makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the public about the environmental impact and recyclability of their containers. The county in a lawsuit …
The Philadelphia police department did not violate the First Amendment rights of several officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued her ruling Monday, …
Jaywalking — that time-honored practice of crossing the street outside of the crosswalk or against the traffic light — is now legal in New York City. Legislation passed by the City Council last month officially became law over the weekend …
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has been awarded a $3.2 million, five-year grant to develop an evidence-based secure firearm storage intervention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The grant is from the National Institute of Nursing Research of …
On November 5, Delaware voters will decide who will be the state’s insurance commissioner. Incumbent Trinidad Navarro is running for re-election. He won more than 70% of the vote in the Democratic primary in September. Navarro was first elected commissioner …