East News Happy the Elephant Isn’t a Person, Top New York Court Rules ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top court on Tuesday rejected an effort to free Happy the elephant from the... Read More
News Can Electric Scooters Become a Safer Way to Travel? At first, it seemed as though nothing could go wrong. Dockless shared electric scooters began showing up on the streets... Read More
News Freeport LNG Extends Outage After Fire, Targets Year End for Full Operations Freeport LNG, operator of one of the largest U.S. export plants producing liquefied natural gas (LNG), said on Tuesday that... Read More
International News UK Pubs Giant Takes on Insurer Trio in $1.2B COVID Trial LONDON –– Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2... Read More
West News Maricopa County Settles Jail Attack Lawsuit for Nearly $12 Million PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has reached an $11.75 million settlement in a lawsuit involving a jail... Read More
Midwest News Lawsuit: Death of Black Teen at Juvenile Center Foreshadowed WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed five years... Read More
News Attorneys in Florida Condo Collapse Seek About $100M in Fees Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which... Read More
West News Western Wildfires Force Evacuations in Arizona, California WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires in Arizona and California forced evacuations as crews work to corral the blazes, authorities said.... Read More
Texas / South Central News 5th Circuit: Builder’s Risk Insurer May Recoup Payment for Damage to Docking Facility A doctrine that prevents parties from seeking reimbursement for intangible economic losses caused by maritime negligence doesn’t prevent an insurer... Read More
West News Large Tundra Wildfire in Southwest Alaska Threatens Villages ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska was within miles of two Alaska... Read More