Officials with Burlington School District on Thursday introduced plans to sue Monsanto after PCBs had been discovered within the constructing and soil throughout renovations at of Downtown Burlington High School.
In an announcement, Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, says Monsanto “voluntarily stopped producing PCBs 45 years ago and its conduct has been appropriate at all times.” School officers are planning to demolish the present constructing and construct a brand new faculty in the identical space.
Scammer sentenced for promoting knock-off navy gear
A New York City man, Ramin Kohanbash, 52, who ran a scheme that offered $20 million value of substandard counterfeit Chinese-made clothes and equipment to the U.S. navy — doubtlessly placing active-duty service members in peril — has been sentenced to greater than three years in jail, federal prosecutors stated.
Storm rained bother on Maine
A storm packing sturdy winds and heavy rain lashed the New England coast on Friday with the best affect in Maine, the place greater than 100,000 houses and companies misplaced energy.
The storm introduced a gust of 72 mph , simply shy of hurricane power, to the Isle of Shoals off the Maine and New Hampshire coast, whereas 50 mph gusts hit coastal communities, stated Sarah Thunberg, meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
Compiled from Associated Press experiences
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