Texas county rules out lawsuit over chemical plant fire
The top official of an east Texas county that evacuated 60,000 residents last week after a petrochemical plant exploded and caught fire said on Tuesday he does not plan to sue the company, and will leave potential litigation to environmental bodies.
Officer stabbed, student shot in altercation at Wisconsin high school: police
A Wisconsin high school student on Tuesday stabbed a school resource officer, who responded by shooting the teenager, police said, in the second such incident over the last two days in the state.
Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuses began by 1985, targeted 13-year-old, lawsuit claims
Financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls and young women began as early as 1985 and targeted victims as young as 13 years old, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by nine accusers against his estate.
New York gave homeless ‘offer they can’t refuse,’ New Jersey mayor’s lawsuit claims
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s administration has sued New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, accusing the fellow Democrat of dumping his city’s population of homeless people on New Jersey’s biggest city.
U.S. senators call for banning, prosecuting ‘slumlords’ of military housing
U.S. senators on Tuesday demanded the Defense Department crack down on private landlords who provide substandard housing at military bases with criminal prosecutions or contract cancellations, citing Reuters reports of slum-like living conditions and f…
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward BP unit in Montana Superfund case
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to shield a unit of British oil major BP Plc from claims seeking a more extensive cleanup of a Superfund hazardous waste site in Montana than what federal environmental officials had ordered.
U.S. regions hard hit by opioids to ditch class action, pursue own lawsuits
Local governments in regions hard hit by the U.S. opioid epidemic have opted out of massive litigation taking aim at the drug industry over the crisis, potentially weakening a novel legal mechanism created to help settle thousands of lawsuits.
U.S. shoppers, mostly online, spend 16% more over holiday weekend
A record number of U.S. consumers spent more online and in stores over the holiday weekend for everything from clothing to toys, the National Retail Federation said on Tuesday.
Student, officer wounded in second Wisconsin school shooting
An armed student confronted a police officer and both were wounded on Tuesday in the second high school shooting in Wisconsin in two days, both of which prompted lockdowns.
New Jersey mayor sues New York City over moving homeless with ‘offer they can’t refuse’
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s administration has sued New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, accusing the fellow Democrat of dumping his city’s population of homeless people on New Jersey’s biggest city.
