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A modest 3% decline in pedestrian deaths in the first half of last year comes amid a decade-long rise in deaths of people walking in the U.S., a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association shows. Drivers killed 3,304 …
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A forklift driver for Frito-Lay who injured his achilles tendon playing in a company basketball game is not covered by workers compensation. The Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (VWCC) upheld the denial of benefits because the employee’s voluntary participation in the …
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A powerful late-winter storm is battering the central and eastern U.S. with heavy rain, snow and wind, canceling hundreds of flights and leaving more than 400,000 homes and businesses without power. The storm hit parts of Texas with nickel-sized hail …
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CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. has named Tim Welsh president. Welsh will have a lead in marketing-facing functions, helping customers with their digital transformation. Welsh joins CCC from U.S Bank, where he was vice chair, consumer and business banking. Welsh previously …
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismissed another Biden-era lawsuit, this one targeting some of the world’s largest banks for allegedly rushing out a peer-to-peer payment network that then allowed fraud to proliferate. The agency dropped the case against JPMorgan Chase …
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A group of lobster fishermen can sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation, a federal court has ruled, over a report that described Maine lobster as an unwise choice for consumers. The threat to a rare …
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U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward a bid by two American gun companies to throw out the Mexican government’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding illegal firearms trafficking to drug cartels and fueling gun violence in the southern …
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A class action lawsuit filed in Texas alleges GEICO doesn’t abide by its Accident Forgiveness program when a driver with an unblemished record gets into a first, at-fault accident. Texas resident Christopher Cude sued GEICO on Feb. 25, alleging the …
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday closed a preliminary evaluation into about 72,926 General Motors hybrid vehicles over concerns related to its battery control module. The probe was opened in 2023 to investigate allegations regarding motive …
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A group representing U.S. airlines plans to urge federal aviation officials to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., following a January collision by an Army Black Hawk into an American Airlines regional jet that killed …
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