Black Franchise Owner, Former MLB Player, Sues McDonald’s for Racial Bias February 18, 2021 CLEVELAND (AP) — The Black owner of 14 McDonald’s franchises says the company has shown more favorable treatment to white... Read More
East News Amid Rising Seas, ‘Dry’ Resort is Wetter Than it Likes February 18, 2021 OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Ocean City, New Jersey is officially a “dry” town. In 1879, four Methodist ministers established... Read More
Midwest News Crews to Lower Spillway Connected to Failed Michigan Dam February 18, 2021 EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Crews will begin lowering a spillway connected to a dam that failed last year and contributed... Read More
Judge Lets Civil Suit in Diplomatic Immunity Case Move Ahead February 18, 2021 FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia is letting a British family move forward with its lawsuit... Read More
International News French Caribbean Fights To Keep Pesticide Case Alive February 18, 2021 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in... Read More
Texas / South Central News Insurer Wins Case Filed by New Orleans Restaurant that Filed Early COVID Claim February 17, 2021 A New Orleans judge denied a motion for declaratory judgment that insurance coverage is owed to a restaurant for business... Read More
Texas / South Central News In Texas’s Black-Swan Blackout, Everything Went Wrong at Once February 17, 2021 The finger-pointing began immediately: It was the frozen wind turbines that foolishly replaced traditional sources. No, fossil fuels were at... Read More
International News Japan’s Stressed Power Grid Faces New Test With Arctic Blast on Way February 17, 2021 TOKYO — Japan’s overstretched electricity grid is likely to receive another Arctic blast in the coming days, which is already... Read More
150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Highlights Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels February 17, 2021 PHILADELPHIA — Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a... Read More
Southeast News Florida Consumers ‘Flabbergasted’ as Property Insurers Push for Double-Digit Rate Hikes February 17, 2021 Florida property insurers are jacking up rates by double-digit percentages, blaming the hikes on lingering damage from past hurricanes, a... Read More