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A coalition of engineers and architects advised Florida to require new building inspections and regulations in an attempt to prevent another tragedy like the Surfside condominium collapse that killed 98 people in June, the Associated Press reported. Allen Douglas, executive director of the Florida Engineering Society and the American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida, agreed that th...

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested 45 migrants at three locations with the assistance of local partners. On Oct. 28, RGV agents received information that a residence in Mission was harboring smuggled migrants. Agents responded to the location with Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office and encountered 13 migrants illegally present in the United States. The...

Credit: denisismagilov/Adobe Stock Welcome to the Law Firm Disrupted, a briefing from Law.com reporter Dan Packel that surveys new competitive pressures on law firms and how their managers are coping, plus insights on the tactics and tech employed by would-be disruptors. Have an opinion? Email me here. Want to be alerted to this dispatch in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here. Data point ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP (“Scott+Scott”), an international shareholder and consumer rights litigation firm, is investigating whether Tuya, Inc. (“Tuya”) (NYSE: TUYA), or certain of its officers and directors, violated federal securities laws by making materially misleading statements to investors. If you purchased Tuya securities and suffered a loss, you are...

BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - Law enforcement is on scene of a barricaded subject near Arab. According to Sgt. Clark Parrott with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, they are assisting the Bollinger County Sheriff’s Office. Highway 51 is blocked in the area. Copyright 2021 KFVS. All rights reserved.

Assemblyman John McDonald speaks on Sheridan Street in Albany about a change to state code enforcement. A new law will make it easier for local governments to pursue demolition orders for derelict buildings. Prior to the recent change to code enforcement law, local governments looking to see a building demolished or compel the owner to fix it had to petition the Supreme Court in the judicial ...

New York State Capitol building in Albany New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed legislation expanding the state’s whistleblower law to extend protections to independent contractors and former employees who report dangerous or illegal business activities. The measure (S.4394A/A.5144A) amends the state’s current law protecting employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing, and enhances p...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday revived a constitutional challenge to a New York City law that prevents commercial landlords from collecting past-due rent from tenants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A divided panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court held that a Manhattan federal judge had improperly dismissed the lawsuit, and remanded the case for a possible...

DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Tuesday, Oct. 26 Assist other agency, County Road 12 NW, Garfield. Criminal damage to property, someone took Halloween mailbox cover, County Road 21 SW. Assist other agency, Lake Burgen. Assist other agency, West Hope Avenue, Nelson. Motorist assist, vehicle stalled in the middle of the road, Interstate 94, Evansville. Wednesday, Oct. 27 Driving complaint, ambu...

Former Portsmouth Police Department Officer Brent Stokes resigned from the force in May and was decertified as a Virginia law enforcement officer in June. He’s the subject of an ongoing investigation by the PPD. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A former Portsmouth police officer who is under investigation resigned from the force and was banned from working in Virginia law enforcement. Brent Stokes ...