Lehigh Acres Couple Indicted For COVID Relief Fraud

Fort Myers, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Amber Rewis Bruey (34) and Anthony James Bruey (35), a married couple from Lehigh Acres,…

Hundreds Of Thousands Still Without Power As Louisiana Region Recovers from Ida

Hundreds of thousands of people have yet to regain power as states recover from the destruction of Hurricane Ida, ABC News reported. Over 884,000 continue without electricity in Louisiana, and 14,000 are…

US and World News

Supreme Court takes no action after Texas abortion ban goes into effect

Texas’ highly disputed abortion ban went into effect early Wednesday morning, uninhibited by any action from the Supreme Court. Abortion providers had filed emergency requests to block the enforcement of the Heartbeat Act (S.B.…

Health and Wellness

Baltimore County Hit Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Murder-for-Hire and Extortion Charges

Baltimore, Maryland – Stepfen Gerard Gaither, age 30, of Randallstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges for a murder-for-hire conspiracy and for interstate communications with intent to extort, in connection to…

Rescue crews cope with the gruesome task of recovering remains of deceased migrants in West Texas

Rescue crews are struggling emotionally and physically to retrieve migrant remains in West Texas, according to the Border Report. Rescue crews in Hudspeth County, Texas, recovered the remains of 13 migrants so far this…

In the News

Mom with past vaccine reactions stripped of custody of son for not getting COVID-19 vaccination

An Illinois mother says a judge stripped her of custody of her son earlier this month because she is not vaccinated against COVID-19. During a child support hearing on Aug. 10, Cook…

Illinois News

Newark Mayor: Cops, firefighters are potential superspreaders and must get vaccinated

NEWARK, NJ – With just 47% of the population of Newark, New Jersey being fully vaccinated, Mayor Ras Baraka said it’s now up to the city’s police and firefighters to vaccinate to…

New Jersey News·North Jersey News

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…

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…

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

More unaccompanied minors for Joe Biden, this time from Afghanistan

At least 30 Afghan children have arrived in the U.S. alone as refugees and were taken to federal shelters where officials hold unaccompanied migrant minors, CBS News reported Friday. The Afghan children…

US and World News

Portland police officer shot while assisting on federal warrant arrest

PORTLAND, OR – On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 6:27 a.m., Portland Police North Precinct Officers responded to an apartment building the 1600 Block of North Willis Boulevard when a federal agency…

Police Blotter

Police searching for man who exposed himself to cashier at Deltona CVS

DELTONA, FL – Do you recognize this man? If so, Deltona Police would like to speak to you about helping them learn his identity. Earlier this week, he exposed himself to a…

Florida News·Police Blotter

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

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

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,…

Dangerous new border crossing tactic: Migrants hiding in railcars, buried in powdered clay

LAREDO, Texas – In two separate events over two days, Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station rescued undocumented individuals who used railcars in an attempt to further their dangerous…

Police union threatens lawsuit over De Blasio vaccine mandate for cops in NYC

The largest New York Police Department labor union privately told members it would sue the city if officers were forced to get a coronavirus vaccine, the New York Post reported. “If the…

New York News·Police Blotter

Manalapan man charged for murder in Freehold driveby shooting

FREEHOLD, NJ – A Manalapan man has been charged in this week’s fatal shooting in Freehold Borough that took the life of an 18-year old man. Lamin Conteh, 23, has been taken…

Monmouth County News·New Jersey News

CDC says vaccinated far less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 despite waning immunity

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday showed vaccinated individuals are far less likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19, even though immunity appears to decrease over time. Approximately 3%…