Construction Industry Experiences Slowdown As Labor, Supply Shortages Wreak Havoc: REPORT

The construction industry is struggling to recover from the pandemic due to difficulties hiring workers and severe supply chain shortfalls, a report found. Construction contractors project revenue to remain stagnant and below…

September 22, 2021

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Arrests made in California’s biggest student loan debt relief scandal

California News·Police Blotter

OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the arrest of the leader of a nationwide, multiyear, multimillion-dollar student loan debt relief scam. The defendant owned a network of third-party debt relief (TPDR) businesses based…

September 22, 2021

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Religious exemptions under fire as COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates on the rise

Health and Wellness·US and World News

Columbia University’s Robert Klitzman shared a tragic story with CNN Saturday of a woman riddled with cancer who reportedly refused to undergo medical procedures, relied on the power of prayer, and ultimately…

September 22, 2021

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Are Critical Race Theory, Wokeness and COVID-19 making more people pay more attention to school board politics?

School and Education News·US and World News

Despite the recent uproar in school board meetings around the country the trend isn’t unusual historically, and it isn’t clear whether the issues causing a culture war in America’s schools are more…

September 22, 2021

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New Jersey police union chooses not to endorse Jack Ciattarelli or Phil Murphy

Justice Department Reaches $1.6M Agreement to Remedy Title IX Violations at San José State University

Breaking News

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced a settlement with San José State University (SJSU) to ensure that students can attend…

September 21, 2021

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Peruvian National Sentenced to Over 9 Years in Prison for Defrauding Thousands of Spanish-Speaking U.S. Immigrants

Breaking News

A Peruvian national was sentenced to serve 110 months in prison for operating a series of call centers in Peru that defrauded Spanish-speaking U.S. residents by falsely threatening them with arrest, deportation…

September 21, 2021

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Former Air Force contractor sentenced to prison for illegally taking 2,500 pages of classified information

Breaking News

DAYTON – A former contractor with the United States Air Force was sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year and one day in prison for illegally taking approximately 2,500 pages of…

September 21, 2021

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Beaumont Man Guilty of Multiple Armed Convenience Store Robberies

Breaking News

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Moses Ray Rhine, Jr., 21, pleaded…

September 21, 2021

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Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Millions Of Oxycodone Pills Illegally

Breaking News

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RUVIM KRUPKIN, a former New York state-licensed doctor, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for…

September 21, 2021

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United States Reaches $842,500 Settlement with two Public Universities and the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service to Resolve Alleged False Claims for AmeriCorps Funds

Breaking News

Acting United States Attorney G. Norman Acker, III, and AmeriCorps today announced settlements with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC-CH”), East Carolina University (“ECU”), and the North Carolina Commission…

September 21, 2021

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Pittsburgh Man Sentenced in West End Drug Case

Breaking News

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to time served with five years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, Acting…

September 21, 2021

1 min read

Former Fall River Mayor Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison

Breaking News

BOSTON – Jasiel F. Correia II, the former Mayor of Fall River, Mass., was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to defraud investors and extorting and conspiring to extort marijuana vendors…

September 21, 2021

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Men Who Fenced Stolen Diamonds Sentenced to 15+ Years

Breaking News

Five men who purchased jewelry stolen from traveling diamond salesman have been sentenced to a combined 190 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $7 million in restitution, announced…

September 21, 2021

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Kamala Harris Supports Investigation Into Whether Border Patrol Was “Whipping Migrants”

US and World News

Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday that she supports the investigation into whether Border Patrol agents on horseback used their horse reins in an inappropriate manner towards Haitian migrants and that…

September 21, 2021

1 min read

Aiken Co. man pleads guilty to sex crimes against children

Police Blotter·South Carolina News

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – An Aiken County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sex crimes against children. Jacob Sturgell pleaded guilty to one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Third Degree in Aiken…

September 21, 2021

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Charleston man sentenced to 5 years in prison for soliciting a minor

Police Blotter·South Carolina News

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – A Charleston man is going to prison for five years for soliciting what he thought was a minor. Today, Samuel Swim pleaded guilty to Criminal Solicitation of a Minor…

September 21, 2021

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Horry County Man Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges

Police Blotter·South Carolina News

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jonathan B. Wilson, 25, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet…

September 21, 2021

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Republicans Say Biden ‘Bows To China’ After UN Speech

US and World News

Republicans accused President Joe Biden of being weak towards China after his first address to the United Nations General Assembly as leader of the U.S. “Joe Biden failed to even utter our…

September 21, 2021

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Top OPEC Official Blames High Gas Prices On Global Shift To Renewable Energy

US and World News

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the powerful organization that oversees Middle Eastern oil production, blamed high gasoline prices on the shift toward renewable energy worldwide. “I have talked about…

September 21, 2021

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