BP moves beyond Gulf spill disaster
(AP) - BP's $4.5 billion settlement of federal criminal charges in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the U.S. coast in 2010 is a record amount, and a significant sum of money...
BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the massive 2010 oil spill and will plead guilty to felony counts related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress...
$42.6 million FEMA trailer settlements approved
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge gave his final approval Thursday to a $42.6 million class-action settlement between companies that made and installed government-issued trailer...
Mayweather, Pacquiao settling defamation case
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have reached a confidential settlement in their federal defamation case in Las Vegas...
Diddy settles with victims from 1999 club shooting case
theGRIO REPORT - Sean 'Diddy' Combs has closed one infamous chapter in his career. This week he financially settled claims with the victims of a widely-publicized shooting that took place at Club New York in 1999.
FAMU to try to settle suit over band hazing death
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University wants to try to settle a family's lawsuit against the school over the hazing death of a band member....
Mortgage applications boost Wells Fargo results
(AP) - Wells Fargo's net income and revenue rose in the second quarter, driven by a pickup in lending and a decline in the amount of bad loans...
Wells Fargo to pay $175M in lending settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wells Fargo Bank will pay at least $175 million to settle accusations that it discriminated against African-American and Hispanic borrowers in violation of fair-lending laws, the Justice Department announced Thursday...
Victim gets $3 million from MTA after being dragged by bus
The New York Post reports in 2009 Crystal Wright-Johnson was attempting to board the bus in Queens when the doors abruptly closed on her and the bus began to not only move, but drag her down the street...
No money for forced sterilization victims in NC
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina forcibly sterilized about 7,600 people whom it deemed 'feeble-minded' or otherwise undesirable..
