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New Texas Law Expedites Medical Benefits for Injured Death Investigation Professionals

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The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) adopted amendments to the Texas Administrative Code, concerning medical disputes for workers’ compensation claims and preauthorization, concurrent utilization review, and voluntary certification of health care. The amendments are necessary to implement Texas Labor Code Section 504.057, which was added by House Bill (HB) 1306, passed […]

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California Attorney General Issues Cease and Desist Letter to xAI

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent xAI a cease-and-desist letter that orders the company to immediately halt the creation and distribution of deepfake, nonconsensual, intimate images and child sexual abuse material. Creating, distributing, publishing or exhibiting child sexual abuse material is considered a crime. Related: Factbox: Elon Musk’s Grok Faces Global Scrutiny for Sexualized AI

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Federal Judge Allows Equinor to Restart New York Offshore Wind Project

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Federal Judge Allows Equinor to Restart New York Offshore Wind Project

A federal judge on Thursday cleared Norwegian offshore wind developer Equinor to resume work on its New York Empire Wind project, which President Donald Trump’s administration halted along with four other projects last month. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington is the second legal setback for Trump’s offshore wind pause this

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Greensill Bank Sues UK Government for $441 Million Over COVID Loan Guarantees

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Greensill Bank Sues UK Government for $441 Million Over COVID Loan Guarantees

Greensill Bank, a subsidiary of collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital, is suing Britain’s business department for just over 330 million pounds ($441.7 million) after it canceled guarantees for COVID-19 business loans, court documents showed. The administrators of the German-based bank sued Britain’s Department of Business and Trade (DBT) last year after the government terminated guarantees

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South Africa Closes Kruger Park as Deadly Floods Kill Dozens

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South Africa Closes Kruger Park as Deadly Floods Kill Dozens

Deadly floods prompted South Africa’s iconic Kruger National Park to shut to further visitors, after extreme rainfall killed dozens in the northeast of the country and neighboring Mozambique. The South African Weather Service on Thursday issued its highest weather warning level for the first time in almost four years, following days of heavy rains that

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Georgia Lawmakers Move to Strike Savannah Ban on Guns in Unlocked Cars

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Georgia Lawmakers Move to Strike Savannah Ban on Guns in Unlocked Cars

Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday gave final passage to a bill that aims to void a city of Savannah ordinance that imposes fines and possible jail time for leaving guns in unlocked cars. The state Senate gave final approval to the measure, which says cities and counties can’t regulate how guns are stored. It also lets

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Trump Nominates WeatherTech’s MacNeil to Be FTC Commissioner

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Trump Nominates WeatherTech’s MacNeil to Be FTC Commissioner

President Donald Trump nominated David MacNeil to be a US Federal Trade Commissioner, according to statement posted on the White House website. MacNeil is the Chief Executive Officer of WeatherTech, an Illinois-based company selling automotive accessories. He will replace Melissa Holyoak, who left the agency late last year to serve as US Attorney for Utah,

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Food Distributor to Pay $1.1 Million Over Deadly Ammonia Release

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a $1.1 million civil penalty settlement with a wholesale food and snack distributor in Massachusetts. The EPA said Home Market Foods violated federal Clean Air Act (CAA) chemical safety requirements at its food processing plant in Norwood and its cold storage warehouse in Norton. The violations involved

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Cyber Breach Affected 750,000 Canadian Investors, Regulator Says

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Cyber Breach Affected 750,000 Canadian Investors, Regulator Says

Personal information of about 750,000 Canadian investors has been impacted by a “sophisticated phishing attack,” according to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, in an update on the fallout from a major breach disclosed in August. Information that might have been exposed includes dates of birth, phone numbers, income, social insurance numbers, government ID numbers, investment

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