Pelican Energy Partners has acquired Riggins Company, a Hampton, Virginia-based provider of engineered metal fabrication and custom components to the US Navy and its shipbuilding partners, as well as the power, refining, petrochemical and aerospace industries.
The U.S. government announced Monday it suspended funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ housing authority after an investigation found widespread corruption, as residents still struggle to recover from two major hurricanes that hit nearly a decade ago. U.S. Housing Secretary Scott Turner said that nine years after the U.S. territory received $1.9 billion in disaster recovery funding,…
Step2 Company, LLC, a toy and plastic products manufacturer with plants in Northern Ohio, violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to a pregnant employee with disabilities and firing her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the suit, Step2 disciplined an assembly worker, who worked at…
At least 10 workers died and more maybe trapped after an under-construction tunnel at a hydroelectric project collapsed in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim. The tunnel at state-run NHPC Ltd.’s 500-megawatt Teesta-VI project caved in around midday on Monday after a sudden burst of methane gas from the rocks triggered an explosion, the company said…
Patients must meet three conditions to qualify for Medical Aid in Dying.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 27: Jahmyr Gibbs #26 of the Detroit Lions celebrates while scoring a rushing touchdown in the first quarter of a game against the Tennessee Titans at Ford Field on October 27, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Getty Images After going over just two teams with a bye…
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday to deny certiorari in Murrin lets stand a Third Circuit holding that the Sec. 6501(c)(1) unlimited period for the assessment of tax applies when a fraudulent return is filed with the intent to evade tax, regardless of whether the intent is that of the taxpayer or another person, including the…