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#1 Catholic News Site to Pay $500K to New Hampshire Priest in Defamation Case

Mar 6 2024 // A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the...

#2 Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting

Dec 20 2024 // With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said...

#3 Body of Last Missing Construction Worker Recovered from Baltimore Bridge Site

May 10 2024 // The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives...

#4 Progress Reported in Salvage Operations at Baltimore Bridge Site

Apr 12 2024 // Salvors continue to remove containers from the cargo ship Dali and clear wreckage at the Francis Scott Key Bridge incident site, according to the Unified Command, the group of U.S. Army, Coast Guard and federal, state and...

#5 Russian Oil Finds New Site for Controversial Cargo Switching

Jun 4 2024 // Under pressure from Greece’s navy, traders of Russian oil have found a new place to switch cargoes of crude in the Mediterranean sea, a sign of how hard it will be to clamp down on an activity that has alarmed...

#6 St. Pete Approves New Rays Ballpark and Redevelopment of Current Site

Jul 22 2024 // ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are on track to get a long-sought new ballpark following a city council vote Thursday on a major redevelopment project that also guarantees the team will stay where it is...

#7 Online News Site in Florida Shuts Down After Less Than a Year

Feb 2 2024 // WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Messenger, an ambitious online news site that billed itself as a nonpartisan digital outlet and spent some $50 million ratcheting up its business effort, abruptly shut down Wednesday...

#8 Sony Music Warns Companies to Stop Training AI on Its Artists’ Content

May 17 2024 // Sony Music Group, one of the world’s biggest record labels, warned artificial intelligence companies and music streaming platforms not to use the company’s content without explicit permission.Sony Music, whose...

#9 FAA Finalizes Pilot Training, Certification Rules for Air Taxis

Oct 23 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday finalized comprehensive training and pilot certification rules for flying air taxis, addressing a key hurdle to the deployment of electric vertical takeoff and landing...

#10 Brazil Says Workers at China’s BYD Site Are Victims of Human Trafficking

Dec 31 2024 // Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China’s electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking, Brazilian labor authorities said on Thursday in a growing controversy in...

#11 Supreme Court Keeps New Rules on Sex Discrimination in Education on Hold

Aug 20 2024 // The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request.The court voted 5-4, with conservative Justice Neil...

#12 Get an Education on School Liability and Property Risks

Jun 3 2024 // Discrimination, active assailants and an aging infrastructure — educational institutions today face tough liability and property risks that were uncommon in the not-too-distant past. Pair those with longtime risks...

#13 How Apprenticeship Programs May Be the Best Solution to Today’s Talent Crisis

Feb 19 2024 // Four-year degree required. It’s been a standard part of job descriptions in the insurance industry for the better part of the past two decades. Now, it’s time for an overhaul.The college degree prerequisite,...

#14 Maui County Officials Select Final Disposal Site For Debris From Lahaina Wildfire

Mar 4 2024 // Hawaii officials plan to send debris and ash from the August wildfire that destroyed Lahaina town to Maui’s central landfill.Maui County officials said Wednesday that they picked the permanent disposal site in...

#15 Honeywell Defeats Fired Engineer’s Appeal Over Diversity Training

Jul 11 2024 // Honeywell did not violate workplace anti-discrimination laws by firing a white engineer who refused to participate in mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training after the Black Lives Matter movement began, a U.S....

#16 Exxon Granted Largest US Offshore Carbon Storage Site in Texas

Oct 10 2024 // Exxon Mobil Corp. won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the US.The lease granted by the Texas General Land Office will...

#17 Jury Awards $68.5M to Family of Worker Who Fell to Death at Philly Construction Site

Jul 3 2024 // A Philadelphia jury has awarded $68.5 million in damages to the widow and son of a 38-year-old construction worker who was killed in 2021 in a fall from a fifth-floor balcony at a luxury townhouse site.Siarhei...

#18 Manhattan Tourist Site The Vessel, Closed in 2021 After Suicides, Will Reopen This Year

Apr 16 2024 // The Vessel, a climbable sculpture that drew hordes of tourists to the Hudson Yards megadevelopment on Manhattan’s west side before a string of suicides forced its closure in 2021, will reopen to the public later this...

#19 Staffing Shortages, Reduced Safety Training Fuel Risks for Company Drivers

May 17 2024 // Increased distractions, staffing shortages, and safety risks mean that 60% of company drivers are worried about their personal safety and liability behind the wheel. Over half have been involved in or witnessed an accident...

#20 Firefighters Still on Site More Than Week After Incinerator Trash Fire

Oct 10 2024 // It’s going to take about two weeks to remove smoldering debris from a Maine town’s trash incinerator after a fire burned in the waste for a week, officials said Tuesday.Firefighters have been stationed...