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07, 2016
Federal Government Sues California Homeowner for $25M over Wildfire
The federal government is suing a California homeowner for nearly $25 million, contending his negligence sparked a 2013 fire in the mountains east of Los Angeles that forced 5,000 people from their homes. The lawsuit says that a short in a …
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07, 2016
Arkansas Company Recalls 5,850 Pounds of Chicken Products
Arkansas-based Simmons Prepared Foods says it’s recalling 5,850 pounds of frozen chicken products that may have been breaded with flour contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Simmons says the frozen, uncooked chicken tenderloins were produced on Jan. 25 and sold in …
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07, 2016
Washington Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect Schools from Quakes: Report
More than 380,000 students in Washington state live in earthquake-prone areas and attend schools built before seismic construction standards were adopted statewide, according to a Seattle Times report. The newspaper, analyzing state data, also reported that more than 31,000 students …
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07, 2016
Vandals Cause $80K in Damage to Oklahoma Grain Elevator
Enid, Okla., police are asking for the public’s help to find whoever caused $80,000 in damage at an area grain company. KOCO-TV reports that someone went into a grain elevator through an unlocked door, opened 190 grain shoots and let …
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07, 2016
$3.5M Settlement for Family of Dead Washington Bicyclist
The city of Seattle, Wash. has paid $3.5 million to the family of a bicyclist who died two years ago in a collision with a truck in downtown Seattle. The Seattle Times reported the payment resolves a claim that the city’s …
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07, 2016
Oklahoma Regulators Probing Oil, Gas Activity Near Site of New Quakes
Oklahoma’s oil-and-gas regulators are investigating a recent cluster of earthquakes recorded near Blanchard, about 30 miles south of downtown Oklahoma City, including three of magnitude 3.0 or higher. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced it is investigating all oil and gas …
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07, 2016
EPA, Forest Service Seek Permanent Firefighters Near Montana Asbestos Site
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Forest Service want to station 10 firefighters near Libby this summer so crews are immediately available to fight any fire that night burn in or near a former vermiculite mine contaminated with asbestos, …
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07, 2016
Failing Illinois Health Insurance Co-Op to Be Shut Down
An Illinois health insurance co-op with 49,000 policyholders in the state has become the latest casualty among a dwindling group of nonprofit alternative insurers set up under the Affordable Care Act. Illinois regulators took steps on July 12 to shut …
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07, 2016
Mid-Market Firms Fall Short on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management: Assurex Global
Middle market businesses in all parts of the world view their exposures to natural catastrophes as increasing but some fall short when managing these risks effectively, according to a new survey of senior executives at more than 80 independent insurance brokers. The survey …
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07, 2016
Baton Rouge Police Sued by ACLU, Other Groups over Protests
Civil rights groups and activists sued Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies over their treatment of protesters rallying against the police shooting death of a black man, saying officers used excessive force and physically and verbally abused peaceful demonstrators. The lawsuit, …