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More than 170,000 homes and businesses in western and northern parts of Michigan’s lower peninsula and 90,000 homes in the Chicago area remained without power Wednesday morning after severe overnight thunderstorms damaged power lines. In Michigan, wind gusts reached about … Source: Claims Journal

PEFKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Middle East worked alongside Greek colleagues in rugged terrain Wednesday to contain flareups of the huge wildfires that ravaged Greece’s forests for a week, destroying homes and forcing … Source: Claims Journal

CHICAGO — Flying taxi developer Archer Aviation is seeking $1 billion in damages from Wisk Aero, a rival backed by Boeing and Google co-founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk Corp, according to a court filing, raising the stakes in a heated … Source: Claims Journal

The Texas power grid operator forecast demand would reach its highest in 2021 on Wednesday and Thursday as homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape another heatwave. The grid, however, also forecast power use would reach that … Source: Claims Journal

Apple Inc. persuaded a federal judge to throw out a $308.5 million jury verdict it lost to a privately-held licensing firm for infringing a patent associated with digital rights management. In a Thursday night decision, U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap … Source: Claims Journal

The driver of a girls home van in which eight children died in a fiery interstate crash in Alabama has filed suit against trucking companies based in California and Georgia and a driver, her lawyers said Monday. The federal lawsuit, … Source: Claims Journal

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Fire claim investigators should carefully document evidence and be prepared to prove their conclusions to a skeptical jury. If they do their jobs right, most cases will settle long before going to trial, experts told an … Source: Claims Journal

Porsche SE, Volkswagen’s largest shareholder, is facing a lawsuit in the United States over claims related to the carmaker’s diesel emissions scandal. The suit, filed with the Supreme Court of the state of New York in April, targets Porsche SE … Source: Claims Journal

A federal judge on Monday ordered Netflix Inc. to face a defamation lawsuit by former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein over her portrayal as a racist and unethical villain in “When They See Us,” a 2019 miniseries about the Central Park … Source: Claims Journal

Prince Andrew was sued in New York by a woman who claims she was recruited by Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager and “lent out” to powerful men, including the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, for sexual purposes. Virginia Giuffre … Source: Claims Journal