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A Memphis resident who is 60 or older can keep gas, electric and water service on from Dec. 1 through March 1 by enrolling in Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s winter moratorium. The utility’s program page says enrolled customers get uninterrupted service during the coldest months of the year. Customers with a disability also qualify,... The post Memphis customers 60 and older who enroll keep service December 1 to March 1 appeared first on The Financial Wire .

SpaceX lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP, which claims the company violated the Clean Air Act with its use of gas-fired combustion turbines to power its AI data centers. NAACP filed its complaint in April this year against xAI, which is now owned and operated...

A Collierville Thai restaurant that scored a perfect 100 on its health inspection just months ago has been ordered closed after inspectors found live cockroaches crawling among the food. Bangkok Alley failed its October 29 inspection with a score of 64, and owner Ed Cabigao says his staff is now scrambling to clean up before health officials come back to check their work.

More than 380,000 Orange and Seminole county voters had cast their votes heading into Tuesday’s election as two Republican debated the merits of Amendment 3 in downtown Orlando. State Rep. Berny Jacques, a member of the Florida Legislature that voted to put Amendment 3 on the ballot, urged Tiger...

Michael Weed suffered a sudden fall that left him unable to move his arms or legs, a collapse so severe that doctors warned he might never walk again. Five weeks later, he walked out of a physical therapy facility on his own two feet. The fall sent Weed into emergency...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A total of 1,426 measles cases have been confirmed across 44 Pennsylvania counties this year, the Department of Health reported Friday. The DOH reports 268 total hospitalizations and five confirmed measles-associated deaths this year. Of the confirmed cases, only four have been in individuals who were vaccinated against measles.

Ollie's Bargain Outlet opened its first North Jersey store on Thursday, moving into a former Big Lots at 550 Mount Pleasant Ave. in Dover, right next to Home Depot and not far from Rockaway Townsquare mall. The closeout retailer held its grand-opening event at 9 a.m., marking a milestone expansion for a chain that has spent the past two years scooping up vacated Big Lots real estate across the state and the country.

Pike Township's legislative body passed a resolution revoking Trustee Annette Johnson's access to a government-owned vehicle amid scrutiny over how the taxpayer-funded SUV was being used. Board members cited timestamped photos and videos showing her behind the wheel of a township Chevrolet Traverse at a political event. Those images, reported...

Four states bar utilities from shutting off service for unpaid bills during the coldest months, and Montana’s protection starts first, on Nov. 1. New Jersey follows on Nov. 15, and Illinois and Indiana start Dec. 1. The rules differ sharply on who is covered, and Indiana’s covers only households that have already applied for energy […]

A developer is asking Jacksonville planners to approve 234 apartments on the site of the closed Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, a northwest Jacksonville property with a buried history as a city dump for toxic incinerator ash. The proposal from Jabez Apartments and Homes LLC calls for 234 apartments at 4330 Pearce St.