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Law Firms Allegedly Filed Fraudulent Claims With NFL’s $1B Concussion Settlement Fund: Report
The court officials overseeing the NFL's $1 billion-plus settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding ...
Federal Judge Sends Bayer’s $7.25B Roundup Settlement Back to Missouri State Court
A federal judge on Wednesday returned Bayer's proposed $7.25 billion settlement of Roundup lawsuits to the Missouri state court, overruling the objections of some cancer victims who said the state ...
Some States Forging Ahead With AI Regulations Despite Trump’s Warning
Six months after President Donald Trump warned states not to regulate artificial intelligence, they are increasingly doing just that. Congress has stalled on producing federal regulation of ...
U.S. Senators Cite Reuters Report in Request for Review of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Safety Data
Two U.S. senators are asking the nation's traffic safety regulator to examine Tesla's self-published crash statistics for its "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) driver-assistance system, following a Reuters ...
Maintenance, Weak Safety Often Cited in Skydiving Plane Crash Probes
Poor maintenance is often a factor when skydiving planes crash, as one did in Missouri on Sunday, and the National Transportation Safety Board has said in past investigations that weak oversight of ...
U.S.-Iran Deal Promises End to War but How it Will Work Remains Unclear
Doubts swirled around the U.S.-Iran interim deal to end the war in the Middle East as shippers said it could take weeks for confidence to return after any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and ...
Scientists Concerned El Niño Will Be Big, Bad and Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires
El Niño, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Niño, a natural ...
U.S. High Court Rebuffs Challenge to New York Law Allowing Suits Against Gun Industry
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a gun industry challenge to a New York law that permits lawsuits against gun makers, wholesalers and dealers for endangering people's safety through sales ...