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Senators, Business and Labor Feel Their Way on Virus Liability

Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of President Donald Trump, says that regulators have a role to play in the workplace. The government must …

$100,000 Worth of Copper Stolen From North Dakota Business

Fargo police say burglars stole $100,000 worth of copper from a business over the weekend. The Forum newspaper reports that Dakota Electric Construction Co. reported the theft of 52 large spools of copper, which can bring high prices when sold …

Facebook Page at Miss. Crime Scene Leads to Arrest

A Facebook page left up on a computer at a burglary scene has resulted in the arrest of a Jackson, Miss., man. The Clarion-Ledger reports that prosecutors told a judge Monday that the Facebook page is a key piece of …

Fire Destroys Montana Landmark, Owner Injured

A weekend fire destroyed a landmark business in eastern Montana and the owner remains hospitalized after suffering smoke inhalation. Fort Peck’s Gateway Inn Bar and Supper Club, built in 1933, caught fire at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Glasgow assistant fire …

Bangkok Reinforcing Flood Defenses, Death Toll 315

Soldiers, civil servants and families worked frantically Tuesday to add more than 1 million sandbags to Bangkok’s vulnerable northern flood defenses after the city’s governor warned they were needed to keep waters from swamping the capital. Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra said …

Nationwide and Harleysville Combine

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Group Inc. today announced they have entered into an agreement under which Harleysville will combine with Nationwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Harleysville Mutual policyholders will become policyholders …

Pa. Man Gets 5 Years in Arson of Home, Business

A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting fire to his home and an attached business in rural western Pennsylvania. Fifty-six-year-old William Russell, of Waterman, was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in Pittsburgh. He …

Ariz. Governor Asks Feds for Fire Disaster Declarations

Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for wildfire disaster declarations for Cochise and Apache counties. Letters Brewer sent Wednesday ask the SBA to help residents and businesses harmed because of the Wallow and Monument fires. An …

California Business Owners Arrested for Premium Fraud

Valery Alena Thompson, president and CEO for Russell/Thompson, Inc., and her husband Earl James Thompson, a manager there, have been charged with one count each of violating section 11880(a) of the California Insurance Code for failing to report $900,000 in …

Wisconsin Residents Deal with Tornado’s Impact

Residents already devastated by the April 10 tornado that ripped through the area now must deal with the storm’s aftermath slowing an already fragile economy. Lincoln County had the 10th-highest unemployment rate in the state – 10.8 percent – before …