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Virginia Resilience Lab Will Roll With Rising Tides
The Elizabeth River Project’s latest work in Norfolk, Virginia, doesn’t fight the rising tide. It will roll with it. The environmental group is constructing a 6,500-foot resilience lab along Colley Avenue and Knitting Mill Creek. The building has an intentional … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMass. Law Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Obtain Driver’s License Faces Repeal
Massachusetts voters will get the chance to decide whether the state should reject a new law allowing immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses. The secretary of the commonwealth’s office announced late Friday that it had certified … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDecade Old Climate Report Warned of Extreme Weather
Record high temperatures in urban Europe as heat waves bake the planet more often. Devastating floods, some in poorer unprepared areas. Increasing destruction from hurricanes. Drought and famine in poorer parts of Africa as dry spells worsen across the globe. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBlue Origin Rocket Crashes After Liftoff in Florida
A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Monday in the first launch accident for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, but the capsule carrying experiments managed to parachute to safety. No one was aboard the Blue Origin flight, which … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMetLife Poll: Claims Adjusters Seek More Training on Structured Settlements
Nearly 88 percent of claims professionals are familiar with the benefits of structured settlements for personal physical injury clients and 84 percent view them as a prudent recommendation, especially when a minor is involved, according to MetLife’s 2022 Structured Settlements … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreColorado River Nearing Crisis Point 100 Years After Compact
The intensifying crisis facing the Colorado River amounts to what is fundamentally a math problem. The 40 million people who depend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCitigroup Wins Appeal Over Mistaken $500 Million Revlon Wire Transfer
Citigroup Inc. is entitled to recoup about $500 million of its own money that it accidentally wired Revlon Inc. lenders three years early, a U.S. appeals court said on Thursday. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWorkplace Hazards Nets Illinois Truck Repair Company $326,000 in Fines
A 48-year-old worker entered a tanker-trailer in Lemont, Illinois, to inspect it as part of an annual U.S. Department of Transportation requirement and was overcome from exposure to bleach and chlorine gas. The worker was found unconscious in the tanker-trailer, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFormer MLB Pitcher Turned NYC Cop Varvaro Dies in Car Crash
Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to work at the Sept. 11 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLoomis Fargo Still Waits for Restitution in $19 Million Armored Car Heist
During one overnight shift, a bumbling conspiracy of thieves just west of Charlotte, N.C., stole more than $17 million from Loomis Fargo. Paying the money back has taken a lot longer, and time is running out for the U.S. government … Source: Claims Journal
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