Owner of Jet Charter Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations Regarding Misappropriation of Payment Protection Program Loan

Miami, Florida – Seth A. Bernstein, the owner of jet charter company All in Jets LLC dba JetReady, located in Florida, has agreed to pay $287,055 to settle allegations that he misappropriated…

Accident victim passes one week later, investigation continues

NEW CASTLE, DE – Last Saturday night (Aug 21), at approximately 9:30 p.m., patrol officers from the New Castle County Division of Police were dispatched to the intersection of Centerville Road and…

Delaware News·Police Blotter

Second Man Charged in Deaths of Smuggled Chinese Migrants

SAN DIEGO – Saad Ali Awan, a U.S. citizen living in El Centro, appeared in federal court today to face charges that he was part of a conspiracy to illegally transport three…

Convicted Felon Guilty of Illegally Possessing Firearm

ALBANY, Ga. – An Albany resident with several prior felony convictions pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm resulting from a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) investigation. Lenwood Thomas, 40, of Albany, pleaded guilty…

Five Plead Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud Charges

ABINGDON, Va.– Five Southwest Virginia residents who conspired with more than 30 others to defraud the United States government by filing fraudulent claims for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, mail…

Operation Washout River City Announced, Federal Charges Pending in Project Safe Neighborhoods Operation

COLUMBUS, Ga. – The results from a four-day multi-agency operation to curb violent crime in Columbus, Georgia, were announced at a press conference held today, with dozens of repeat violent offenders and…

Biden’s Education Department Won’t Enforce A Key Due Process Protection For Students Accused Of Sexual Assault

The Department of Education announced it would stop enforcing a Trump administration rule designed to protect those accused of sexual assault on college campuses. A district court in Massachusetts upheld most of the Title IX…

School and Education News

Is forcing private schools to mask children a veiled threat to religious liberty?

What was the point of Virginia’s Aug. 13 public health emergency declaration on masks in schools if, as Gov. Ralph Northam asserted a week earlier, school districts were already required by existing law to follow…

School and Education News

Who funds ISIS-K? Here’s what the Treasury Department thinks

The ISIS affiliate group in Afghanistan has largely amassed funding with the help of global terrorist financing networks and its main sponsor, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, according to Treasury…

US and World News

Border officials so overwhelmed, they are having hard time verifying age of young migrants

Customs and Border Protection agents are so overwhelmed with the number of migrants arriving at the southern border they’re having a hard time verifying whether some illegal migrants are minors or adults,…

US and World News

With billions in federal aid for renters, why are so many Americans behind on rent?

Low-income tenants across the country are behind on rent payments because of the pandemic, even as billions of dollars appropriated by Congress to assist renters remain untouched. About $5.2 billion of the…

Community News

Louisiana Governor Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Tropical Storm Ida

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Ida makes its way toward the Gulf coast. The storm, which has triggered hurricane watches in parts of the state,…

Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Woodlands, Texas, man pleaded guilty today for his role in an unemployment insurance benefits scheme to defraud the California Employment Development Department (EDD). According to court documents…

Marin Man Charged With Firearms Trafficking And Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

SAN FRANCISCO – James William Palmer was arrested yesterday and arraigned today on charges of engaging in the unlicensed manufacturing and dealing of firearms and of being a felon in possession of…

Police officer who killed Ashli Babbit at U.S. Capitol speaks out “I saved countless lives”

WASHINGTON, DC – Lt. Michael Byrd showed absolutely no remorse, no regret, and no mercy over hiss killing of an unarmed woman, U.S. Capitol rioter Ashli Babbit. Instead, he referred to himself…

D.C. News·Politics

Supreme Court blocks Biden eviction moratorium

The Supreme Court ordered the Biden administration on Thursday to stop enforcing the federal eviction moratorium recently extended to October. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the high court ruled that…

Community News

Investigation reveals Apple allows underage children access to adult-themed content

Apple allows underage users to access dating and [censored]ography applications, according to a recent investigation by a technology watchdog group. The findings, released by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) Wednesday, reveal that users with…

Tech and Gaming

Texas Governor Abbott bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday banned government-issued vaccine mandates despite the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. Abbott’s executive order applies to all government-run entities with the exception of…

Politics

Ciattarelli’s latest Phil Murphy ad is completely off-message and doesn’t address the core problems

It’s almost as if New Jersey Republican candidate for Governor Jack Ciattarelli is afraid to hit Phil Murphy where it will hurt the most, in the face. Instead of focusing on the…

In the News

Eight Indicted in Nationwide Grandparent Fraud Scam

Assistant U. S. Attorney Oleksandra “Sasha” Johnson (619) 546-9769 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – August 25, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Eight people are charged in a federal grand jury indictment unsealed this week,…

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