Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP and Nathans & Biddle, LLP reached a historic $48 million settlement in the case of three Baltimore men who were wrongfully convicted at age 16 of the 1983 murder of DeWitt Duckett at Harlem Park Junior High School. Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins—known as the Harlem Park Three—were … Read more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the state has secured a settlement with Marriott International, Inc., that resolves an investigation into a breach of one of the company’s reservation databases. The breach exposed 131 million guest records pertaining to customers in the United States and these records included contact information, gender, dates of birth, legacy … Read more
The United States on Friday, October 18 reported a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for the past year, widening from 2023’s level on greater spending, including for interest on the public debt. The overall deficit expanded by $138 billion for the year ending September 30, said the Treasury Department. The nation’s debt remains a key … Read more
During the open enrollment period for 2024 health coverage, more than 21.4 million people enrolled in private qualified health plans (QHPs) through the Marketplaces (exchanges) nationwide. This was a 31% increase over the previous record high set in 2023, when 16.4 million people enrolled in Marketplace QHPs. In addition to the 21.4 million QHP enrollments, … Read more
Enlarge / A cow grazes in a area at a dairy farm on April 26, 2024, in Petaluma, California. The outbreak of H5N1 hen flu in US dairy cows has now unfold to a few herds in California, the biggest milk-producing state within the nation with round 1.7 million dairy cows, federal and state well … Read more
