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Texas Landowners Grapple With a Raft of Gas Pipelines
14+ hour, 16+ min ago (1759+ words) In 2022, Ty and Leslie Eggemeyer received a notice in the mail that would shape the next four years of their lives. Their nearly 4, 000-acre wildlife resort in Lampasas County " featuring everything from giraffes to wildebeests and gazelles " was along the…...
Venezuela Seeks Quake Survivors as Death Toll Hits 589
14+ hour, 4+ min ago (575+ words) The death toll from twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela rose to at least 589 with nearly 3, 000 more injured, as rescue teams desperately clear away rubble to reach trapped victims. Venezuela's political opposition has set up a set up a website to…...
A Super Yacht Armada Came to Miami, Leaving a Marine Graveyard in Its Wake
13+ hour, 38+ min ago (1345+ words) Not far from the super yachts docked outside the island palaces of Miami's new billionaire class, smaller boats abandoned by people who couldn't afford them languish in Biscayne Bay. Since October, Miami Beach police have identified and removed about 140 vessels…...
Missouri Lawsuit Alleges Snapchat's Failures Led to Rape of Minor
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (335+ words) The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court. The lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the…...
Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over Deadly Crash Involving Full Self-Driving
14+ hour, 28+ min ago (322+ words) Tesla Inc. has quietly resolved a lawsuit stemming from a fatal 2023 crash that precipitated a defect investigation into the carmaker's automated-driving technology. The collision involved 71-year-old Johna Story, who had stepped out of her vehicle on an Arizona highway to…...
Deadly Neglect Lawsuits and Fines Follow Ohio Nursing Home Chain
14+ hour, 43+ min ago (1758+ words) A pressure ulcer slowly tore open a hole in the skin over Sam Frank Ray's tailbone, leaving his raw bone exposed over weeks to the infection that eventually killed him, according to a lawsuit his family filed late last year....
Camp Mystic, Where Texas Floods Killed 28, Files Bankruptcy
14+ hour, 40+ min ago (292+ words) Camp Mystic, the Texas girls youth camp where 28 people were killed in flash floods last summer, has filed for bankruptcy. The company filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas on Wednesday, listing assets of between $1 million and $10 million…...
Why the Trump Administration Is Defending Musk's x AI Data Centers in Court
16+ hour, 37+ min ago (597+ words) A lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines used to power adata center for Elon Musk's company x AI Corp. and its AI assistant Grok has become an unexpected test for the US government's authority over air pollution. The US Department of…...
Mamdani Delivers Rent Freeze in Milestone for New York City Tenants
17+ hour, 44+ min ago (617+ words) New York City's Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze rents for roughly one million stabilized apartments, handing Mayor Zohran Mamdani a major political victory and delivering on a central promise that launched him to City Hall. The board voted 7-1 to…...
Fire Extinguished at Monroe Energy's Jet Fuel Refinery in Pennsylvania
18+ hour, 22+ min ago (238+ words) A fire was extinguished in a process unit pump room at Monroe Energy's 190, 000-barrel-per-day refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, the company said in a statement. The exact cause of the fire is unclear at this time, the company said,…...