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12 10, 2020

$56M Gas Explosions Settlement with Massachusetts Approved

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A $56 million settlement between Massachusetts and the natural gas utility found responsible for a series of explosions and fires in the state in 2018 was approved by the state Department of Public Utilities. The settlement with Columbia Gas of …

8 10, 2020

CoreLogic: Nearly 300K Gulf Coast Homes at Possible Risk From Delta

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CoreLogic an Irvine, Calif.-based global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, has released data analysis showing 293,685 single-family and multifamily homes across Louisiana and the U.S. Gulf Coast with a reconstruction cost value (RCV) of approximately $62.85 billion are …

9 10, 2020

Trench Collapses, Kills Construction Worker in Utah

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Authorities say a 36-year-old man died after the trench he was working in collapsed at a construction site south of Provo, Utah. Spanish Fork Police Lt. Brandon Anderson tells KSL-TV that emergency crews were called to the site late Saturday …

7 10, 2020

Supreme Court Allows Lawsuits Against Fired Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis’ to Move Forward

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The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The high court said Monday it …

12 10, 2020

Container Shipping Group CMA CGM Restores Online Business After Cyber Attack

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CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping group, said it has restored its online business services after a cyber attack last month paralyzed activity. France-based CMA CGM first reported the incident on Sept 28, saying it had shut down access …

8 10, 2020

Waymo Driverless Taxi Now Available to Public in Phoenix

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Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated, robo-taxi ride hailing service in Phoenix, rebooting its effort to transform years of autonomous vehicle research into a revenue-producing business. Waymo, the self-driving vehicle technology unit of Google parent Alphabet, …

9 10, 2020

Las Vegas Fire Agrees to Settle for $280K in Sex Video Case

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The Las Vegas Fire Department has reached a $280,000 settlement with a firefighter after a sexually explicit video of her circulated within the department in June 2018. The firefighter, who resigned last year, sued the cities of Las Vegas and …

7 10, 2020

Supreme Court Hears Google’s Appeal of Oracle’s $8 Billion Copyright Claim

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The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday as it considered whether to protect Alphabet Inc.’s Google from a long-running lawsuit by Oracle Corp. accusing it of infringing Oracle copyrights to build the Android operating system that runs most of …

12 10, 2020

Judge Finds Strems Guilty of Misconduct; Advises 2-Year Suspension, Probation

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After finding Florida attorney Scot Strems in violation of numerous rules regulated by the Florida Bar last month, the court-appointed referee overseeing his case has recommended a 24-month suspension followed by one year of probation. In a report issued to …

8 10, 2020

Chance of La Niña Through Winter Now at 85%, Says U.S. Weather Service

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A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said there is an 85% chance of La Niña conditions continuing through the upcoming Northern Hemisphere winter. The chance of the weather pattern continuing into the spring of 2021, from February to April, …