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18 insurance agents quit just minutes apart. Now, their former employer is suing them
14+ hour, 8+ min ago (414+ words) The departing workers generated more than $5 million in annual revenue for Willis Towers Watson, according to court documents Global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Towers Watson has filed a lawsuit in Boston after 18 employees resigned within 44 minutes and…...
Waymo pulls over robotaxi after detecting riders were carrying assault rifle
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (442+ words) Waymo does not allow riders to carry weapons in its vehicles Two minors were arrested last week in San Francisco after a Waymo allegedly detected they were carrying a gun and alerted the police. On September 3, a Waymo employee was…...
Judge rules Trump overstepped his legal authority in effort to keep coal plant open
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Tiananmen vigil group leaders jailed for seven years in Hong Kong
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (313+ words) A Hong Kong court sentenced two pro-democracy activists to seven years in prison on Friday, after they were convicted for inciting subversion, with judges highlighting their use of the phrase "end one-party dictatorship" in their political activities. "By severely punishing…...
Who are the Tiananmen vigil leaders jailed for seven years in Hong Kong?
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (800+ words) A Hong Kong court sentenced two pro-democracy activists to seven years in prison on Friday, after they were convicted for inciting subversion, with judges highlighting their use of the phrase "end one-party dictatorship" in their political activities. Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow…...
What to know about the Tiananmen vigil organizers who are set to be sentenced in Hong Kong
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (763+ words) Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho are three prominent Hong Kong activists who led the group behind the city’s massive annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The three former leaders of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support…...
Ex-Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores seeks release from jail, citing heart ailment
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (441+ words) Venezuela’s former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges. Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while…...
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (421+ words) Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for killing her three young children because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, her lawyer told a judge Thursday, saying the court should decide she’s not guilty by reason of insanity. Eleven of…...
Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (515+ words) A California couple's surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect. McKenna West filed the emergency…...
What next after grandfather found unfit for trial over 16 kids in squalid home
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (493+ words) Child protective services investigated the family in 2020 following reports of severe educational neglect, but permitted the parents to retain custody before closing the file five months later A southern Ohio grandfather whose 16 grandchildren were found living in squalid conditions was…...