Employer must pay .5M after newborn died in mother’s arms following work-from-home denial

An Ohio jury awarded $22.5 million to the estate of a newborn girl after finding her mother’s employer refused to let her work from home — a decision jurors concluded led to the baby’s death. The case centered on Chelsea Walsh, a claims associate at Cincinnati-based Total Quality Logistics, who requested to work remotely during a high-risk pregnancy after undergoing a medical procedure — a request the company denied. Walsh spent three days in the office against her doctor’s advice before going into labor on the evening of Feb. 24, 2021, the lawsuit alleges. The company later reversed course after…

Pentagon makes another large deployment of Marines toward Iran

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is deploying another three-ship expeditionary unit — with about 2,500 Marines aboard — to the Middle East, the second such dispatch in a matter of days as President Trump attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. The San Diego-based USS Boxer amphibious assault ship and…

Amazon plans smartphone comeback more than a decade after Fire Phone flop

In 2014, Amazon introduced its first smartphone, hoping to take on Apple and Samsung. Instead, the Fire Phone — overseen directly by founder Jeff Bezos — was scrapped in barely over a year, one of Amazon’s highest-profile flops. Now, Amazon is dialing up a new phone. The latest effort, known internally as “Transformer,” is being…

Trump orders ‘exclusive window’ for annual Army-Navy football game

The annual Army-Navy football game is going exclusive. President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday to establish an “an exclusive window for the Army-Navy Game, during which no other college football game is broadcast.” The order comes as the College Football Playoff has expanded from four to 12 teams,…

Pink and Carey Hart Split Again After 20 Years of Marriage

Pink and Carey Hart have called it quits again. The “Raise Your Glass” singer, 46, and the former motocross racer, 50, have split after 20 years of marriage, a source tells Us Weekly. People was first to report the news. Reps for Pink and Hart did not respond to Us‘ requests…

Jack Dorsey’s chilling warning about job apocalypse – as he cuts 4,000

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is axing more than 4,000 employees at his fintech company Block — slashing the workforce by nearly half in what he called a necessary shift toward ‘intelligence tools.’ Dorsey sent a letter to shareholders saying the company, which owns Square, Cash App and Afterpay, will reduce…

Mohamed Diawara’s attitude proves unshakable amid Knicks changing role

MILWAUKEE — Mike Brown said Mohamed Diawara’s unflappable attitude has made him feel better about removing the rookie from the rotation so Jeremy Sochan can get a chance. “Yes, it can [hurt his confidence],” Brown said. “But that’s my job more than anybody else’s is to make sure I communicate…

3 common heart health myths a cardiologist wishes you’d stop believing

When it comes to matters of the heart, there’s more to consider than hitting your weekly cardio goals at the gym. With new technologies like smart beds that register abnormal rhythms and T-shirts designed to alert wearers to underlying heart conditions, patients have more tools to measure and track their…

MLB could be staring at longer lockout after Tony Clark’s ouster

Tony Clark had to go as the head of the players union with the combo of a federal investigation hanging over his head and an “inappropriate” relationship with his sister-in-law/employee. But here’s what’s concerning for fans: The chances for a protracted lockout and missed games may have increased with Clark’s…

Tim Walz unveils anti-fraud package after Trump threatens to halt Medicaid funds

Gov. Tim Walz denounced the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold federal funds from Minnesota as another step in a “retribution” campaign as he unveiled a package of legislation Thursday intended to fight fraud in public programs, a persistent problem that provided an impetus for the federal government’s immigration crackdown…

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