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29 05, 2020

New Hampshire Man Charged in Scheme that Used Bitcoin to Buy Personal Data

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A New Hampshire man has been charged in a fraud scheme that involved using Bitcoin to buy stolen personal data belonging to people across the country, officials said. Jonathan Nguyen, 23, of Windham, was charged Tuesday in federal court with …

1 06, 2020

Oklahoma Opioid Settlement Money Going to Cities, Counties

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Almost $23 million in opioid settlement funds will go to municipalities and counties throughout Oklahoma that have been impacted by the crisis of opioid addiction. The funds are from settlements reached by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter with opioid manufacturers. …

29 05, 2020

Farm Workers Getting Sick, Spreading Coronavirus As Peak Produce Season Begins

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All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-19 this month. In New Jersey, more than 50 workers had the virus at a farm in Gloucester County, adding to nearly 60 who fell …

1 06, 2020

Lexington Insurance Wins Texas Battle of Hurricane Harvey Deductibles

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In a case of competing deductibles, a federal appeals court has sided with an insurer and against the owner of two Houston office buildings, holding that a larger windstorm deductible applied to flood damage caused by Hurricane Harvey rather than …

29 05, 2020

Maine’s AK Insurance Joins Satellite Agency Network Group

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AK Insurance of Westbrook, Maine, recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. AK Insurance was founded in April 2020 by owner Alex Kapothanasis and provides a full line of property …

1 06, 2020

Minnesota Worker Sues Iowa City after Electrocution

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A construction worker from Minnesota who was electrocuted and fell from a building is suing the city of Sibley, Iowa, for negligence. Victor Maldonado, of Worthington, Minnesota, alleges in a lawsuit that the city knew the high-voltage power line was …

29 05, 2020

Virus from Africa Kills Horses in Thailand, Showing Dangers of Biosecurity Gaps

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When horses suddenly started dying in Thailand as the nation locked down to stem the spread of COVID-19, researchers feared the cause was another deadly bat-borne virus that could kill humans. “We had no idea what was causing it,” said …

1 06, 2020

Georgia Nursing Home Cited for Delayed Reporting of Virus-Infected Workers

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The federal agency that oversees workplace safety said Friday that it had issued its first citation in the U.S. related to the coronavirus outbreak: against a Georgia nursing home that delayed reporting the hospitalization of six infected workers. The Occupational …

29 05, 2020

Agency Says Asbestos Cleanup Complete in Montana Superfund Site

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of all required cleanup activities within a unit of a Montana Superfund site. The federal agency removed a portion of an asbestos-contaminated mining operation in Libby from its National Priorities List, The …

1 06, 2020

South Carolina Business Owners Assess Damage After Protests

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Some business owners in Charleston, South Carolina, swept up broken glass, boarded windows and took stock of ransacked shelves Sunday morning after protests erupted into violence in South Carolina. Broken glass littered sidewalks outside storefronts in downtown Charleston, where restaurants …