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News Tipoffs - Rhode Island Editors Newsletter for Wednesday October 01, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Citizens Disability to Pay $1 Million over FTC Charges that it Made Tens of Millions of Illegal and Misleading Calls to Consumers Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * Citizens Disability to Pay $1 Million over FTC Charges that it Made Tens of Millions of Illegal and Misleading Calls to Consumers Nationwide * Citizens Disability, LLC and its subsidiary will pay a $1 million penalty to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made tens of millions of illegal calls to consumers, including to numbers on the Do Not Call (DNC) registry, and that they misr  more

EEOC Sues Option Care Health, Inc. for Pregnancy Discrimination
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Option Care Health, Inc. for Pregnancy Discrimination * Federal lawsuit says company failed to provide employee with reasonable accommodation for pregnancy and forced her resignation BOSTON -- Option Care Health, Inc., a nationwide provider of infusion-therapy services, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for symptoms   more

EEOC Sues Roofing Company for Constructive Discharge
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Roofing Company for Constructive Discharge * Federal lawsuit says A.W. Farrell & Son forced roofer to resign by failing to address complaints of sexual harassment by his supervisor BUFFALO, N.Y. - A.W. Farrell & Son, Inc., part of a group of related commercial roofing companies operating in New York and Pennsylvania, violated federal law when its failure to address sexual   more

FBI and Webster Police Department Announce $25,000 Reward in 1978 Missing Child Case
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * FBI and Webster Police Department Announce $25,000 Reward in 1978 Missing Child Case The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Webster Police Department are investigating the suspicious disappearance of Andrew J. Amato, last seen in 1978, and are continuing to ask the public for its assistance in locating him or his remains. The FBI is also offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information  more