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Kids keep getting hurt and killed on e-bikes. Should parents be held responsible?
NEW YORK (AP) — As traumatic injuries and deaths surge among children involved in crashes on e-bikes and other electrified vehicles, one California prosecutor is cracking down by pursuing criminal charges against some of the young riders' parents.
It is just one way officials across the country are trying to tackle the gro ... (full story)
Akron legal professionals remember attorney Warner Mendenhall
Known for his political activism, Akron attorney Warner Mendenhall built a mission-oriented practice with a national reach representing whistleblowers in fraud cases under the False Claims Act and defending individuals in property and civil rights matters against institutions and local governments, securing victories in a nu ... (full story)
Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates and citizens across the U.S., announced Aug. 13 that it is making changes to its platform intended to quell privacy concerns and address documented abuses of its system ... (full story)
Will Poulter and the 'Union County' team take their addiction recovery film on an Ohio tour
CLEVELAND (AP) — A movie star, a filmmaker and a chemical dependency counselor are halfway through a multiday road trip around Ohio and things are starting to get a little goofy.
British actor Will Poulter, Ohio-born and Brooklyn-based writer-director Adam Meeks and Annette Deao, the program director of an adult recovery c ... (full story)
John Gotti’s grandson kept trying to delay prison to donate kidney to mother. A judge said enough.
NEW YORK (AP) — Late mob boss John Gotti ’s reality TV star grandson has reported to federal prison after trying to stave off his sentence on fraud charges by saying he was going to donate a kidney to his ailing mother, Victoria Gotti.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Aug. 11 that Carmine Agnello began his 15- ... (full story)