Archive for May 2023

State attorney generals in New York and California on Thursday launched a joint investigation into allegations that female employees of the National Football League (NFL) have been subjected to sex discrimination and harassment. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New … Source: Claims Journal

SPENCER, Iowa (AP) – Opponents of planned liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in the Midwest won a victory when an Iowa judge ruled that a state law that gives surveyors the right to enter private property is unconstitutional. In his ruling … Source: Claims Journal

BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts man who spent 32 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of setting a fire that killed eight people will receive $13 million from the city where he was arrested. “One of the things … Source: Claims Journal

Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma, despite the carrier’s assertion that Illinois public policy forbids it from reimbursing the drugmaker for the cost of settling allegations … Source: Claims Journal

One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant in a business park in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Five workers were in the building at the time of the explosion. Four … Source: Claims Journal

GEORGETOWN –– An Exxon Mobil unit is in breach of insurance obligations for its first offshore oil project in Guyana in part due to errors by the environmental regulator, a Guyanese court ruled on Wednesday, a decision the government rejected. … Source: Claims Journal

PUNTO FIJO –– More than half of the 22 oil tankers in Venezuela’s fleet are so run down that they should be immediately repaired or taken out of service, according to an internal report from state-run oil company PDVSA that … Source: Claims Journal

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) Torrential rains caused flooding in western and northern Rwanda, killing at least 129 people, a public broadcaster said Wednesday. The death toll “continues to rise,” the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency said Wednesday. “This could be the highest disaster-induced … Source: Claims Journal

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Computer scientists who helped build the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence technology are warning of its dangers, but that doesn’t mean they agree on what those dangers are or how to prevent them. After retiring from … Source: Claims Journal

BOSTON (AP) — A man is accused of phoning in bomb threats to Harvard University and demanding a large amount of Bitcoin in return, federal prosecutors said. William Giordani, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiracy … Source: Claims Journal