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Born After Superstorm Sandy’s Destruction, 2 Big Flood Control Projects Get Underway in New Jersey
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ‘s destruction, two of the largest flood control projects designed to protect the densely populated cities of New Jersey that lie just outside … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWhat is Super Fog? The Mix of Smoke and Dense Fog Caused a Deadly Pileup in Louisiana
The National Weather Service called it “super fog” — a combination of thick smoke from fires in marshy wetlands of south Louisiana and the fog that often hangs thick in the air on cool, windless mornings. It was a deadly … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGerman Authorities Halt a Search for 4 Sailors Missing After 2 Ships Collided in the North Sea
BERLIN –– One body has been recovered, two people have been rescued, and four are missing after two freighters collided in the North Sea off the coast of Germany, the maritime emergency authority said on Tuesday. The Verity, which the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTexas Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Challenge to Public Adjuster Law
Insurers and the Texas Department of Insurance hope to persuade the state Supreme Court to block a constitutional challenge to a law that prohibits roofing contractors from acting as public adjusters on their customers’ damage claims. The high court will … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Now-Closed Christian Boarding School in Missouri
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son`s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave of litigation … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHurricane Otis Lashes Mexico After Landfall Near Acapulco
Hurricane Otis’s top winds are weakening with its move across southern Mexico, drenching the region with flooding rains after coming ashore near the resort city of Acapulco as the strongest storm ever to hit the country. Mexico’s government has sent … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAtlanta Firefighter and Truck Shortages Prompt City to Temporarily Close 3 Fire Stations
ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters. Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith told a City Council committee of the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFour Years After Fire Killed 34 People off Calif. Coast, Captain`s Trial Begins
LOS ANGELES (AP) — By the time the scuba dive boat sank off the Southern California coast after catching fire, 34 people had been killed in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. The Labor Day tragedy in 2019 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreEPA Proposes Banning Cancer-Causing Chemical TCE Used in Automotive Care
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, furniture care and arts and crafts spray coating. The move would end … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNew Deadly Bird Flu Cases Reported in Iowa, Joining 3 Other States as Disease Resurfaces
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic bird flu, causing about 100,000 birds to be killed to prevent the disease from spreading. The Iowa Department of Agriculture reported … Source: Claims Journal
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