A federal jury on Friday ordered two media companies to pay $1.2 million to a freelance photojournalist for their unauthorized use of photographs he posted to Twitter. The jury found that Agence France-Presse and Getty Images willfully violated the Copyright …
China lost almost three times as many children in car accidents as the U.S. last year, even though it has fewer than half the number of vehicles. The government increased penalties this year for failing to fasten seatbelts or using …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to forgive a $16.4 million loan that Gulfport, Miss., received after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in 2005. The Sun Herald reports that Mayor Billy Hewes notified Gulfport city council members …
The leader of upstart automaker Tesla Motors says he is confident that its Model S electric car is safe and will be cleared by a federal investigation into two battery fires. CEO Elon Musk said the fires, which occurred when …
A jury Thursday found manufacturer Advance Cast Stone mainly responsible for the collapse of a Milwaukee parking garage panel that killed a teenager and injured two others in 2010 and awarded $39 million in damages. The civil jury also found …
Authorities are investigating a deadly wrong-way collision that killed two girls after learning the driver allegedly tweeted she was drunk just hours before the accident. Florida Highway Patrol officials said the 20-year-old driver Kayla Mendoza was headed the wrong way …
A jury has awarded a Lowell, Mass., family at least $5 million after finding that medical professionals at Tufts Medical Center were negligent in caring for their newborn son in 2004. The family of Edward Xu alleged in their lawsuit …
The state Department of Transportation and Development has been dismissed from a lawsuit that claims cable median barriers would have prevented a March 2011 crossover crash that killed five Ascension Parish residents on Interstate 10 near Highland Road. The Advocated …
Jurors have awarded a $15 million settlement to the husband of a suburban Chicago high school teacher who died while giving birth. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the wrongful death lawsuit accused two doctors and hospitals of failing to diagnose …
Officials have approved the settlement of a lawsuit filed by a Sullivan County family whose trailer was destroyed during a standoff with law enforcement. The Bristol Herald Courier reports that the Tennessee county’s Executive Committee voted unanimously to pay $110,000 …