Monthly Archives: <span>March 2023</span>

Minnesota Youth Vaping Trial of E-Cigarette Maker Juul Opens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will personally open his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial. Minnesota is seeking more than $100 million in …

Man Struck, Killed by Bus While Picking Up Friend at Airport

BOSTON (AP) – A man struck and killed by a bus at Boston’s Logan International Airport was a 47-year-old Lexington resident who had gone to the airport to pick up a friend, Massachusetts State Police said Tuesday. Vishwachand Kolla was …

5th Circuit: Corps Not Required to Reexamine Operation of ‘Polluting’ Spillway

The Bonnet Carré Spillway diverts Mississippi River flood flows away from New Orleans into Lake Pontchartrain, which connects to the Mississippi Channel and eventually the Gulf of Mexico. The spillway has been opened only 15 times since construction was completed …

Union Pacific 2nd Railroad to Drop Push for One-Person Crews

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s longstanding push to cut train crews down to one person as lawmakers and regulators increasingly focus on …

Fire Damages Complex Housing Wright Brothers Plane Factory

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An early morning fire damaged a commercial building complex housing a former airplane factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Ohio on Sunday, authorities said. Dayton fire crews were sent to the site just before 2:30 …

Federal Judge Clears Class-Action Suit Alleging Geico Underpaid Auto Claims

Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents. U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in federal court in Eastern New York has certified …

Flags Ordered to Half-Staff to Honor 7 Dead in Plant Blast

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — The governor of Pennsylvania has ordered commonwealth flags flown at half-staff in honor of seven people whose bodies were recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory. “West Reading, we stand …

Judge Denies Insurers’ Appeal in Boy Scouts Reorganization Plan

A federal judge on March 28 denied an appeal, largely made by insurers, to strike down the Boy Scouts of America’s nearly $2.5 billion reorganization plan approved last year to allow the organization to settle tens of thousands of sexual …

More Relatives of Colorado Shooting Victims Sue Sturm Ruger

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — More relatives of people shot to death at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 are suing gun-maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. over how it marketed the firearm used in the massacre, adding to litigation first filed earlier …

Mississippi Tornado Recovery Tough for Low-Income Residents

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — A massive tornado obliterated the modest one-story home that Kimberly Berry shared with her two daughters in the Mississippi Delta flatlands, leaving only a foundation and some random belongings — a toppled refrigerator, a dresser …