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Four people were killed and two others were critically injured in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, October 15, 2026. The victims who died were three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher. A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to St. Charles Medical Center…
President Donald Trump has formally invoked presidential communications privilege, a form of executive privilege, to withhold certain documents and testimony in Rep. Joyce Beatty’s lawsuit challenging the planned two-year closure of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Deputy White House Counsel Joshua T. Hoyt signed a declaration, filed October 14, 2026, saying…
Perrigo Company plc has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a proposed nationwide class action by shoppers who allege Perrigo and Gerber Products Company made an anticompetitive agreement that kept store-brand infant formula prices high. The settlement was presented in a motion filed in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, and…
Igloo Products Corp. has won a key procedural step in its insurance dispute with Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company. On October 14, 2026, Law360 reported that a federal judge in Illinois denied most of Allianz’s motion to dismiss Igloo’s breach-of-contract claims. The dispute is about whether Allianz must defend Igloo against lawsuits alleging that…
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) has agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve all claims brought by the estate of Michael Joseph Hailey Jr., who died at Red Onion State Prison in Wise County, Virginia, in November 2025. Hailey, 32, identified as a transgender woman and went by Lilith Marcotte. WRIC ABC 8News reported…
A breach report listed by the Texas Attorney General on October 13, 2026 shows 1,062,060 Texas residents were affected by the CenterPoint Energy data breach. The listed information includes names, addresses, Social Security number information and driver’s license numbers. CenterPoint confirmed in a September 14, 2026 SEC filing that an unauthorized third party obtained customer…
Concord Management Ltd., Watervue Partners, LLC and River Ridge Apartments, Ltd. have agreed to pay $1.85 million to settle class action lawsuits alleging they failed to send Florida tenants security deposit notices in the form the law requires. The deal also requires the companies to stop collecting about $15.99 million in claimed unpaid lease balances…
Starbucks Corporation has agreed to settle a class action over allegedly deficient COBRA health insurance notices. The deal is often described as $775,000, but there is an important distinction: $325,000 is the settlement fund for class members, and Starbucks is separately paying up to $450,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs, subject to court approval. That…
Maria Torres’ lawsuit against Fred Meyer Stores Inc. settled during trial in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon, ending a closely watched dispute over a grocery-store fall that Torres says caused a traumatic brain injury. Trial began October 5, 2026, and Courtroom View Network (CVN) lists the case as settled, with proceedings running through…