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Fifteen students in one Florida school district are facing felony charges and prison time for making alleged threats since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. Meanwhile, an autistic Minnesota high school student whose alleged threat led to a six-hour … Source: Claims Journal

When a driver gets into a crash on the highway, auto body repair shops can replace fenders and broken windshields. But who steps in when a vehicle strikes a public monument or demolishes a section of guardrail owned by the … Source: Claims Journal

Aly Raisman spent months urging the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics to get serious about taking a long hard look into how Larry Nassar’s abusive conduct was allowed to run unchecked for so long. Frustrated by what she considers … Source: Claims Journal

Nearly 9,000 homes and other buildings will remain in the floodplains of four Houston-area waterways despite multimillion-dollar flood control projects. Momentum built last month to finish the projects on Brays, Hunting and White Oak bayous and Clear Creek after Congress … Source: Claims Journal

Busted bricks and cracked windows were revealed Monday after some of those most powerful earthquakes in Oklahoma in the past year rattled the northern part of the state. Oklahoma residents have gotten used to feeling rumbles from a spike in … Source: Claims Journal

The North Dakota Department of Transportation is examining an intersection that some consider dangerous between Minot and the Minot Air Force Base. The agency is seeking public input following a recent fatal accident that occurred at the U.S. Highway 83 … Source: Claims Journal

Axa SA Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl is betting the worst is over for insurance. His $15.3 billion purchase of XL Group Ltd., the company’s biggest ever, will make Axa the top provider of commercial casualty coverage just as premiums … Source: Claims Journal

Some Southeast Texas homeowners have raised concerns about houses in neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Harvey being changed from residential to commercial zones. Several displaced residents in Dickinson worry that businesses will buy flood-damaged homes and absorb older neighborhoods, The Galveston … Source: Claims Journal

Parking crashes usually don’t result in serious injuries, but repair costs can quickly mount, along with the hassle of going without the family vehicle while waiting for the body shop to finish work. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has … Source: Claims Journal

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to spend $2.8 billion to make sure its system for writing the software for self-driving cars will be just as efficient as the factories that build them. The company needs faster and more reliable methods for … Source: Claims Journal