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US Safety Board to Determine Cause of Washington Air Collision That Killed 67

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Jan. 27 hearing to determine the probable cause of a fatal collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter in January 2025 that killed 67 people. Last …

‘Call Your Mother’ Bagel Shop Settles With ‘Call Your Bubbi’

The District of Columbia-based bagel chain Call Your Mother Corp. has settled its trademark infringement complaint against a New Jersey bagel shop called Bubbi Bagels for using “Call Your Bubbi” in its marketing. Call Your Mother alleged that the use …

Capital One $425M Depositor Settlement Wins Preliminary Approval

A federal judge granted preliminary approval on Monday to Capital One’s revised $425 million class action settlement with depositors who said they were cheated out of high interest rates, two months after an earlier accord was rejected. U.S. District Judge …

Alliant Latest to Sue Howden US Over Alleged ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Poaching

Alliant Insurance Services is the latest to join a group of brokers suing new competitor Howden US over what it calls Howden’s “smash-and-grab” strategy to take teams from other brokers. The suit also names three former employees—Jessie Guerrero, Christina Murphy, …

Spanish Bishops to Allow Government to Oversee Compensation for Sex Abuse Victims

Spain’s Catholic bishops agreed to let the Spanish government’s ombudsman have the final say in the church’s compensation of victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes are too old to be prosecuted. The …

Musk’s X Probed by UK Over Grok’s Thousands of Sexualized Images

U.K. regulators have opened a probe into Elon Musk’s X as backlash mounts worldwide over the thousands of sexually suggestive images generated by the artificial intelligence tool Grok on the social media platform. The U.K. communications regulator Ofcom said Monday …

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the Boy Scouts of America’s landmark $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims in a case involving a group of abuse survivors who wanted to pursue lawsuits against …

Door of Swiss Bar Where 40 Died in Fire Was Locked, Reports RTS

A service door that might have offered a second escape route at the Swiss bar where a deadly fire claimed 40 lives on New Years Eve was locked at the time of the incident, one of the managers told Swiss …

Stellantis Europe Chief Concerned at ‘Misalignment’ in EU Regulation

The size and shape of any future investments in Europe by carmaker Stellantis will hinge on decisions on auto industry regulation, the carmaker’s head of Europe said on Friday, expressing concern at what had been announced so far. The EU …