One provides coverage for medically necessary seizure detection devices, and another gives drivers a way to settle disputes with insurers over whether a car should be totaled or repaired.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2026
Since September 2024, emergency maintenance costs have totaled $58 million, according to Wright's letter.
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Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
10 July 2026
As part of the settlement, Lively received zero compensation, but a judge ordered Baldoni to pay the actress’ legal fees, which tabulated to $8 million.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
9 July 2026
Polls closed on June 2 and ballot counting has since proceeded relatively quickly, with county election officials estimating that roughly 9,000 votes remain to be tabulated.
An investigation by the Better Government Association’s Illinois Answers Project enumerated the most striking failings of the city’s anti-displacement efforts.
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David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Design for systems that can absorb a surprise, not systems that assume surprises can be enumerated.
Documents said that same day, someone from the foster home told the original Pembroke Pines Police Department investigating officer Goldbourne was planning to come back and meet with another underage girl.
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Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
15 July 2026
Gerardo Salcedo, the son of the business owner, told ABC7 that investigators had obtained surveillance video that showed a man on a bicycle putting a bottle through the mail slot minutes before the fire ignited.
England tallied a record score against Fiji and its biggest win since beating Chile 71-0 in Lille at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
11 July 2026
As of January, when the Homeless Trust last tallied the county’s homeless population, 605 people were found sleeping on Miami’s streets — just over half of the county’s entire unsheltered population.
Another newspaper calculated the sum to be roughly 3,000 pounds, or something near a half-million dollars today.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2026
Last fall, the Labor Department issued a rule that would take housing costs out of workers' paychecks and change the way wages are calculated — effectively lowering guest workers' pay and making the program cheaper for farmers.
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