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Nursing Home Chief Acquitted in Patients’ Hurricane Deaths

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge acquitted on Friday a Florida nursing home administrator accused of causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after Hurricane Irma in 2017, saying that his employees had provided care and prosecutors had not …

Mesa to Settle With Parents Whose Son Was Killed by Officer

PHOENIX (AP) — The parents of a Texas man fatally shot five years ago by a Mesa police officer at an Arizona hotel has agreed to settle their legal claims against the city over their son’s death. The Arizona Republic …

Judge Acquits 4 in Florida Insurance Fraud Case

A federal judge has acquitted four former insurance company executives on charges of defrauding $20 million from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. A court clerk on Thursday confirmed that U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ordered the verdict Tuesday night in …