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30 09, 2024

Insured Losses Top $5B With Heavy Flooding But Few Covered by Flood Insurance

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Estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Helene continue to range around $5 billion, not including flood insurance losses, as the death toll in the Southeast continued to rise, approaching 100 by Monday morning. In Florida, the state Office of Insurance …

30 09, 2024

Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for Vermont for Late July Flooding

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President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the severe flooding that hit northeastern Vermont in late July. The declaration makes federal funding available to help communities and individuals in Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties recover from damages …

30 09, 2024

Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers

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Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of ChargePoint Holdings Inc. will make his way to the company’s laboratory in San Jose, California, where he dons safety glasses …

30 09, 2024

Residents in East Palestine Express Distrust Over EPA’s Reporting Practices After Train Derailment

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The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since a Norfolk Southern train derailed and officials released and burned chemicals that spewed a toxic cloud over East Palestine, Ohio, makes it hard for residents to know the …

30 09, 2024

OSHA Cites Company for Multiple Safety Violations Following Cargo Hold Fire in Ohio

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Federal safety inspectors found a crew working aboard the Cuyahoga, a commercial iron ore vessel moored at the Port of Ashtabula, narrowly avoided disaster after a large fire erupted as they welded off paint in a cargo hold, an incident …

30 09, 2024

Appeals Court Sends Back Part of Dakota Access Pipeline Protestor’s Excessive Force Lawsuit

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has sent back part of a lawsuit brought by a protester of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, who alleged excessive force by law enforcement officers. Eric Poemoceah, of Oklahoma, filed the federal court …

30 09, 2024

Texas Farmers and Ranchers Sound Alarm Over Languishing Farm Bill

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LUBBOCK — Federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the economic catastrophe that could happen if a new farm bill isn’t passed by the end of this year, now that the 2018 version has officially expired. Since it was introduced …

30 09, 2024

New Orleans, DOJ Move to End Police Department’s Consent Decree

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end long-standing federal oversight of the city’s police department. The city and the federal government had agreed …

30 09, 2024

House Explosion That Killed 2 Linked to Propane System, Fire Officials Say

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A propane system is believed to have been the source of a massive explosion that killed two people and destroyed a house in the Pittsburgh area near the Ohio River earlier this year, authorities said. A spokesperson for the Allegheny …

30 09, 2024

Jury Awards $2.78 Million to Nanny Over Hidden Camera in Bedroom

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A jury has awarded $2.78 million to an au pair whose employer used a hidden camera to videotape her while she slept in their New York City home. The jury in Brooklyn federal court ordered Michael and Danielle Esposito to …