Ex-employees file class action lawsuit against Pirch, claiming illegal layoffs Former employees of Pirch, the high-end kitchen furnishing store that filed for bankruptcy last month, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the retailer. 05/3/2024 - 3:43 pm | View Link
Northwestern Hit with Lawsuit, Civil-Rights Complaints over Concessions to Encampment Organizers Northwestern leaders ignored their policies, opting instead to ‘facilitate, encourage, and coddle a dystopia cesspool of hate’ on campus, the lawsuit says. 05/3/2024 - 7:37 am | View Link
Families of SouthPark construction fire victims file wrongful death lawsuit The families of the two men who died in a construction site fire in Charlotte’s SouthPark neighborhood have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The estates of Demonte Sherrill and Reuben Holmes are suing ... 05/3/2024 - 4:32 am | View Link
Scammers flood US class action settlements with fraudulent claims Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand seats. 05/2/2024 - 7:33 am | View Link
1,000 Oregonians file $30 billion lawsuit against PacifiCorp over 2020 Labor Day wildfires The lawsuit was filed Monday in Multnomah County, with the 1,000 plaintiffs seeking $30 million each in damages. 04/30/2024 - 2:10 pm | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.