EDTX Reaches American with Disabilities Act Resolution with Smith County, Texas Regarding Hearing-Impaired Individuals

TYLER, TEXAS – The Eastern District of Texas announced today that it had reached a cooperative resolution agreement under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Smith County, Texas…

Australia to use facial recognition app to enforce quarantine in South Australia

An Australian state is testing out a new app that uses facial recognition technology to ensure residents are complying with COVID-19 home quarantine orders. The app, listed as Home Quarantine SA in…

US and World News

Justice Department Settles with Newark Public Schools to Protect English Learner Students

NEWARK, N.J. – The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Newark Public Schools to resolve the department’s investigation into the school district’s programs for its English learner students, Acting U.S. Attorney…

New Jersey News·North Jersey News

Did Ilhan Omar commit a felony for failing to report income from her 2020 book deal?

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar possibly committed a felony by failing to report income she may have received from her 2020 book deal in her required financial disclosure forms, a watchdog group alleged…

Politics

Sutter Health and Affiliates to Pay $90 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Mischarging the Medicare Advantage Program

SAN FRANCISCO- Sutter Health, a California-based health care services provider, and several affiliated entities including Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (dba Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, and Sutter Pacific…

Baltimore Home Invasion and Carjacking Assailant Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Federal Prison

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Rashaad Thomas, age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland to seven and a half years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised…

Justice Department Enters Agreement to Ensure Public Transportation for Passengers with Disabilities in the County of Hawaii

HONOLULU – The Justice Department entered into a settlement agreement with the County of Hawaii and the County’s Mass Transit Agency (MTA) to resolve an investigation conducted under Title II of the…

Governor Murphy announces new vaccine mandate for all teachers, state employees

TRENTON, NJ – If you are a school teacher in New Jersey, you must get vaccinated by October 18th. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued a new COVID-19 pandemic executive order as…

New Jersey News·School and Education News

Shenanigan’s bar staff members supplied cocaine to Georgia Southern University students, cops allege

STATESBORO, GA – Since the beginning of 2021, officers with the joint SPD/GSU Impact Team had received reports that cocaine was being distributed by patrons, and in one case staff, of bars…

Georgia News·Police Blotter

Felician Athletics Hires Brick Memorial, CBA Grads To Full-Time Spots

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Felician University Department of Athletics has tapped two internal candidates to fill full-time positions, Director of Athletics Ben “JR” DiNallo has announced. DiNallo has appointed Nicole Aumack ’20…

Jersey Shore News

FDA Issues Warning to Pet Company After Food linked to 130 Dog Deaths

The FDA has issued a warning to Midwestern Pet Foods, maker of SPORTSMiX after more than 130 dog deaths were linked to this product. The following quote is attributed to Steven M.…

Community News·Pets and Animals

University threatens to cut internet access to unvaccinated students

Quinnipiac University in Connecticut will issue fines and cut campus internet access from students who do not get vaccinated, the school’s newspaper said. The Chief Experience Officer of Quinnipiac University, Tom Ellett,…

Connecticut News·School and Education News

Unhappy ending for Winter Haven massage parlor worker after grabbing cop’s ‘pistol’

WINTER HAVEN, FL – On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, undercover detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit conducted an on-going operation focused on identifying possible human trafficking victims and possibly…

Business News·Florida News·Police Blotter

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Settles Fraud Suit Against Tower Maintenance Corp. For False Statements About Disadvantaged Business Participation On Two Federal Construction Projects

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has settled civil fraud claims against TOWER MAINTENANCE CORP. (“TOWER”), a Long Island-based…

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EDTX Reaches American with Disabilities Act Resolution with Smith County, Texas Regarding Hearing-Impaired Individuals

Australia to use facial recognition app to enforce quarantine in South Australia

Justice Department Settles with Newark Public Schools to Protect English Learner Students

Did Ilhan Omar commit a felony for failing to report income from her 2020 book deal?

Sutter Health and Affiliates to Pay $90 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Mischarging the Medicare Advantage Program

Baltimore Home Invasion and Carjacking Assailant Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Federal Prison

Justice Department Enters Agreement to Ensure Public Transportation for Passengers with Disabilities in the County of Hawaii

Governor Murphy announces new vaccine mandate for all teachers, state employees

Shenanigan’s bar staff members supplied cocaine to Georgia Southern University students, cops allege

Felician Athletics Hires Brick Memorial, CBA Grads To Full-Time Spots

FDA Issues Warning to Pet Company After Food linked to 130 Dog Deaths

University threatens to cut internet access to unvaccinated students

Unhappy ending for Winter Haven massage parlor worker after grabbing cop’s ‘pistol’

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Settles Fraud Suit Against Tower Maintenance Corp. For False Statements About Disadvantaged Business Participation On Two Federal Construction Projects

Oklahoma City Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement to Bank to Open Account for Marijuana Business

17 Essex County Cops cited in Attorney General’s “Major Discipline Report”

Pura Vida Boat Trips Owner Indicted And Arrested For Operating Business Without Appropriate Licenses

Here are the illegal guns New Jersey’s most dangerous criminals are carrying in our communities

California orders all teachers to show proof of vaccination or get tested weekly

Four Individuals Charged with Long-Running Global Pump-and-Dump Scheme

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