Archive for June 2023

JPMorgan Chase announced a tentative $290 million settlement Monday with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein who had accused the bank of being the financial conduit that allowed the financier to continue operating a sex trafficking operation. Epstein was arrested in … Source: Claims Journal

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – The driver of a bus was charged Monday after the vehicle carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing 10 people and injuring 25 in the nation’s most deadly road … Source: Claims Journal

The number of crimes against jewelers jumped to 2,211 in 2022, the largest number ever recorded, according to an annual crime report by the Jeweler’s Security Alliance. The total was 31.1% above the 1,687 crimes reported in 2021. “Crime trends … Source: Claims Journal

WINNIPEG, Manitoba –– Canada’s worst-ever spring wildfire season has forced its forestry industry to shutter sawmills, driving up lumber prices and setting production back for months just as housing construction has slowed due to higher costs and a tight labor … Source: Claims Journal

Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge in Manhattan federal court blamed ChatGPT last Thursday for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. Attorneys Steven A. Schwartz and Peter LoDuca are facing possible punishment over … Source: Claims Journal

DARAGA, Philippines (AP) – Philippine authorities were evacuating more than 2, 000 cows and water buffaloes away from a restive volcano to minimize potential losses in case of a major eruption, officials said Sunday. The farm animals were being herded … Source: Claims Journal

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — So many people knew something wasn’t right at the 116- year-old Davenport apartment building. The structural engineer who documented the shaky wall. The head of a masonry company who wouldn’t let his workers onto the … Source: Claims Journal

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – An elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed early Sunday in Philadelphia after a vehicle caught fire, closing the main north-south highway on the East Coast and threatening to upend travel in parts of the densely populated Northeast, … Source: Claims Journal

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside: illegal growers who offer huge amounts of cash to lease or buy land and then leave behind … Source: Claims Journal

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators have ruled a fire that damaged several houseboats on Lake Powell, a popular destination on the Utah-Arizona line, was an accident, the National Park Service announced Friday. However the source of last week’s blaze at … Source: Claims Journal