March 12, 2026

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Cornerstone counseling center faces more adversity with insurance issues

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services will stop insurance coverage for some clients at Cornerstone on July 24, says the counseling center’s founder Joshua Pierce. Funding from insurance coverage was a problem for Cornerstone last month, but the counseling has since been paid, Pierce says. John Logan, a Cornerstone client, says

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Insurance

New Orleans woman booked with murder killed over insurance | Crime/Police

An Orleans Parish magistrate found probable cause last week to charge a woman accused of killing her boyfriend in order to cash in on his $1 million life insurance policy.  Commissioner Jonathan Friedman kept 37-year-old Kyana Traylor’s bail at $500,000 at a preliminary hearing on July 8, during which New Orleans detective Michael Haynes testified

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Technology

Central Police Department unveils new technology in attempt to stop drivers from speeding

CENTRAL, La. (BRPROUD) — The Central Police Department is unveiling new technology as they attempt to combat a big issue in the city, speeding.  “It’s a big thing here. We’re, we’re actually radaring people in excess of 20 and 30 miles an hour over the speed limit, sometimes more,” said Roger Corcoran, Chief of Police

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Energy

Renova Energy furloughing staff amid SunPower crisis

Explore the Coachella Valley: The windmills Take a closer look at the windmills around Palm Springs. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun The Coachella Valley-based solar panel installation company Renova Energy is putting its employees on furlough for at least three weeks following the ongoing collapse of the partner company that provides the solar panels it installs

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Houston surrogacy escrow company SEAM stole millions from prospective parents to fund lavish lifestyle, lawsuit says

CNN  —  Arielle Mitton’s world turned upside down when she learned the $50,000 she borrowed to pay for surrogacy had disappeared from her escrow account. “That was the hardest day for me,” she told CNN in a video chat. “I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep.” Her surrogate was 12 weeks pregnant, and in a cloud

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Energy

Town Announces Launch of Valley Green Energy

Source: amherstma.gov Town Manager Paul Bockelman and Sustainability Director Stephanie Ciccarello announced on July 19 a new program that will be offered to Amherst residents and businesses this fall that will lower energy costs in an environmentally sustainable way.  Amherst, along with Northampton and Pelham, have signed electricity supply contracts with First Point Power that

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Energy

Battery farms to store green energy are needed, but where should they go? King County considers

Solar panels and wind turbines don’t generate power 100% of the time, so large battery energy storage systems help even out the power. Now, the King County Council is deciding where and under what conditions those battery systems should be allowed. The King County Council wants to regulate battery energy storage systems. Councilmember Sarah Perry

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Energy

Is Andrew Forrest’s energy dream in peril? The future of green hydrogen in Australia explained | Hydrogen power

The iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest has long vowed to transform Australia’s energy landscape with green hydrogen made from renewable energy, even turning up to 2023’s Cop28 in a ship dubbed the “Green Pioneer”. But pundits wondered whether the green dream had come crashing down to reality after Fortescue announced this week that it was

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Insurance

Microsoft Outage Could Produce ‘Insurance Catastrophe’

Insurers reportedly could be facing hundreds or thousands of business interruption claims resulting from the Microsoft outage that began late Thursday (July 18). Economic damages from the event, which crippled industries and inconvenienced consumers around the world, could amount to tens of billions of dollars, Reuters reported Friday (July 19). Nir Perry, CEO at cyber insurance risk platform CyberWrite, said

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Tax

Tax free weekend: Find out what’s exempt and how to save big

JACKSON, Tenn. — Parents, the time is approaching for you to gather the kids and head out to save on back to school items. Tennessee’s tax free weekend is coming up, so hold off on back to school shopping for the kiddos until then and you can save big! You won’t have to pay sales

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