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Illinois to Soon Outlaw Advertising for Firearms Allegedly Marketed to Kids and Militants

PRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use the weapons illegally, as the state continues its quest to …

St. Louis Police Protesters Being Receiving Shares of $4.9 million Settlement

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Some of the people who were arrested during a 2017 protest over the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith have started receiving their share of a $4.9 million …

Wisconsin Teenager Charged After Throwing Gas on a Bonfire, Triggering Explosion

SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) __ A Wisconsin teenager has been charged with triggering a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people. Prosecutors in northeastern Wisconsin`s Shawano County charged Sam Armstrong, 18, on Thursday with 13 counts of injury by …

People Moves: H.W. Kaufman Group Appoints Janis as General Counsel

H.W. Kaufman Group Appoints Janis as General Counsel H.W. Kaufman Group, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich., hired David R. Janis as general counsel and a member of the company’s leadership team. For nearly 20 years, Janis has worked as a …

Poorly Designed Railroad Crossing in Rural Missouri Contributed to Fatal Amtrak Derailment, Investigators Find

A dump truck driver last year may have never seen an oncoming Amtrak train before it was too late, federal investigators concluded in a report, finding that a steep, poorly designed railroad crossing in rural Missouri contributed to last year’s …

Report Says 3 Died of Blunt Force Injuries, Asphyxiation in Iowa Building Collapse

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Three men killed in a downtown Davenport apartment building collapse more than two months ago died of blunt-force injuries and asphyxiation, Iowa’s health agency said. The finding released Monday by the Iowa Department of Health and …

Ohio Utility That Agreed to $230M Penalty Says It`s Now Being Investigated By a State Commission

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio-based utility company says it`s being investigated by a state office focused on organized crime in connection with payments the company made to the state`s former House speaker and a top utility regulator, a news …

Pipeline Operators to Pay $12.5M After Crude Oil Spills in Montana, North Dakota

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the settlement in a 2022 federal court lawsuit. Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and Bridger Pipeline LLC will pay the $12.5 million to resolve the claims made under the Clean Water Act and …

Ohio’s Largest Rivers Show Great Improvement Since 1980s, Officials Say

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio officials say a first-ever comprehensive study of the state`s largest rivers indicates great improvement in water quality over the past few decades. Gov. Mike DeWine and state environmental protection officials said Tuesday that the study …

Norfolk Southern Changes Policy on Overheated Bearings After Ohio Derailment

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings, but it`s not clear why the railroad didn`t make similar changes months …

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