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SpaceX lawsuit could be key test of US policy on bias against refugees
A new lawsuit accusing SpaceX of illegally refusing to hire asylum recipients and refugees could be an important test of the U.S. government's stance that national security concerns do not allow companies to discriminate against non-citizens. Elon Musk, CEO of the rocket and satellite company,…#elonmusk #twitter #generalmotorsco #rebeccabernhard #minneapolis #justicedepartment
Source: Reuters: Health - August 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lawsuit claiming HP all-in-one printers are defective can proceed
A screen displays the logo for HP Inc. at the NYSE in New York (Reuters) - A federal judge has rejected HP's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it intentionally designed its all-in-one printers to be unable to scan or fax when they are low on ink, as a means to increase profit by boosting ink…#hpinc #hp #bethlabsonfreeman #sanjose #minnesota #garyfreund #waynemcmath #minneapolis #paloalto #alvhpinc
Source: Reuters: Health - August 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New York City will pay $13m to racial injustice activists
New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept through the city during the summer of 2020. If approved by a judge, the…#newyorkcity #manhattan #georgefloyd #minneapolis #nypd #2020blacklivesmatter #nationallawyersguild #1stamendment #adamasow #georgiapestana
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Insurance companies sue energy corporation after it was blamed for helping start Colorado wildfire
Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado's most destructive wildfire in 2021. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, a few weeks after investigators announced that a sparking power line owned by Xcel was one of…#minneapolis #xcelenergy #colorado #xcel #christian #denver #boulder #xcelenergys #midwest #marshallfire
Source: Reuters: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A woman with a lung condition is suing Delta after she says it gave her an empty oxygen tank on a flight
The incident happened on a Delta flight. Alex Tai/Getty Images A Delta passenger with a lung condition says the crew gave her an empty oxygen tank on a flight. In a lawsuit, Mattie Nash-Jackson says she suffered permanent injuries after struggling to breathe. Nash-Jackson said she had medical…#delta #alextaigettyimages #mattienashjackson #nashjackson #minnesota #deltaflight2606 #minneapolis #stpaul #chicagoohare #copd
Source: Reuters: Health - June 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spotlighting Protester Surveillance: FOIA Lawsuit Edition
Patrick G. EddingtonThis coming May 25 will mark three years since the murder of George Floyd by then ‐Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. That event sparked some of the largest political street protests since the Vietnam War era. In both cases, the federal government’s reaction was to increase domestic surveillance targeting the protesters. This time, however, two federal entities that did not exist during the 1960s protests were key players in responding to the national outcry over Floyd’s murder: the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).The public learned abo...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 2, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Patrick G. Eddington Source Type: blogs
A first-class Delta passenger grabbed a flight attendant and kissed him on the neck, lawsuit says
A file photo of a Delta Air Lines plane. Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A Texas man is accused of causing a security threat on a flight to Alaska. He forcibly kissed a flght attendant who rejected an advance, court documents say. Burk was arrested in Anchorage, but denied the…#deltaairlines #alextaisopaimages #alaska #anchorage #minnesota #dailybeast #davidalanburk #minneapolis #burk #delta
Source: Reuters: Health - April 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Minnesota Settles Vaping Lawsuit Against Juul
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota announced a settlement Monday in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria—the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial—just ahead of closing arguments.
The terms will be kept confidential until formal papers are publicly filed with the court in 30 days, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement.
“After three weeks of trial highlighting and bringing into the public record the actions that JUUL and Altria took that contributed to the youth vaping epidemic, we reached a settlement in the best interest of Minnesotan...
Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: STEVE KARNOWSKI/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaping wire Source Type: news
Minneapolis to pay $8.9M over Derek Chauvin ’s actions before George Floyd ' s death
The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used the same move to kill George Floyd. John Pope Jr. will receive $7.5 million and Zoya Code will…#minneapolis #derekchauvin #georgefloyd #johnpopejr #zoyacode #bobbennett #council #elliottpayne #payne #arizona
Source: Reuters: Health - April 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gardner Builders sues Good Clinic over construction costs
Primary healthcare provider The Good Clinic is facinga new legal challenge after a lawsuit over alleged unpaid construction costs of more than $300,000 was filed in Ramsey County District Court earlier this week.
The $366,957 allegedly owed to Gardner Builders Minneapolis LLC is on top of the roughly $1 million The Good Clinic owes to two other plaintiffs. The clinic chain is also facing an eviction complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court by Excelsior& Grand Apartments LLC in St. Louis …
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New York City Agrees To Pay Hundreds Of Black Lives Matter Demonstrators For Arrest Tactics
Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The New York City government has agreed to pay more than 300 Black Lives Matter demonstrators $21,500 each to settle a lawsuit over the crowd…#newyorkcityagrees #arresttactics #ryanmorgan #epochtimes #newyorkcity #radiocitymusichall #georgefloyd #minneapolis #apphotosethwenig #motthaven
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Breonna Taylor ' s boyfriend settles lawsuits over botched police raid By Reuters
(Reuters) - Louisville will pay $2 million to settle two lawsuits filed by the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by police during a no-knock raid at her apartment in the Kentucky city two years ago, the Washington Post reported. Kenneth Walker filed the lawsuits against the city in…#steveromines #breonnataylor #neitherromines #walker #louisville #bretthankison #minneapolis #kennethwalker #georgefloyd #georgia
Source: Reuters: Health - December 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.
Michel de MontaigneBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Jul 13 2022 (IPS) During the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and fascination how the pandemic swept over the world, while comparing ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts COVID-19 Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
After the Derek Chauvin Verdict
Walter OlsonPolitico invited me to bepart of a mini ‐symposium about the jury ’s verdict finding former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of all three counts (second‐degree unintentional murder, third‐degree murder and second‐degree manslaughter) in the death of George Floyd. Here’s what I wrote.Police are not above the law. And yet it ’s hard to get juries to convict an officer. Social respect for the job often sways the outcome toward acquittal where the facts are ambiguous. They weren’t ambiguous here, thanks to the video. “I feared for my safety” often works as a&...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 21, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
