8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (287+ words) A Long Island contractor has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud that officials contend resulted in the underpayment of insurance premiums by more than $160,000. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced that Joseph Arthurs, of Patchogue, and his company,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (200+ words) A Louisiana man has pled guilty in federal court to committing arson in connection with the malicious burning of St. John Chapel in Caldwell Parish in the early morning of March 27, 2026. Anthony Dillon Jr., 19, of Columbia, faces a mandatory minimum…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (247+ words) Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul last week filed a lawsuit against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric, Inc. (ABC) for its deceptive business practices that mislead consumers, most often senior citizens, to sign a contract for home repair work at inflated…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (477+ words) Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry, like the one that hit an Anne Arundel County hospital last week, are becoming increasingly common and state-level policymakers should prepare for even more, an expert said Tuesday. His comments come just days after Luminis…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (404+ words) California faces a short but sharp rise in temperatures that will boost electricity demand as unusually warm nights offer little relief. Heat advisories will cover much of California’s coast and Central Valley, including the Bay Area and Los Angeles, through…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (322+ words) Two brothers caught in a sting operation orchestrated by North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance and state regulators have been sentenced to restitution and community service after pleading guilty to deliberately damaging roofs in North Carolina. Robert Bentley also is barred…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (291+ words) Three Texas homeowners filed a federal racketeering lawsuit last week alleging that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association fraudulently reduced claim estimates for properties damaged by Hurricane Beryl. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, alleges TWIA…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (443+ words) For over four decades, Swingle Collins & Associates has built a reputation for doing what’s right for its clients and for the people who work at the Dallas, Texas-based agency. The firm’s leadership team works intentionally at investing in talent and…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (201+ words) After a years-long investigation involving state and local law enforcement teams, Florida authorities have charged seven people in a $100 million workers’ compensation payroll scheme that paid workers in cash and defrauded insurers of premiums. The defendants, some of them related,…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (302+ words) Officials in Akron, Ohio, have fired a police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old boy while also announcing that the city has agreed to pay $4.75 million to the teen’s family. The settlement, which still needs a judge’s approval, came after…...