COVID-19 likely a Wuhan lab accident, element of the intelligence community says in declassified review

An “element” of the U.S. intelligence community believes COVID-19 entered the human population due to a lab accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to a declassified summary of its 90-day…

Health and Wellness

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

New York City jail that housed Jeffrey Epstein, El Chappo shutting down

Authorities on Thursday announced they plan to shut down a federal jail in New York City where alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell…

New York 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

Browning man sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for kidnapping, strangling woman

GREAT FALLS — A Browning man who admitted to kidnapping a woman and strangling her in two separate assaults in 2020 on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 11 years…

West Linn Man Pleads Guilty for Role in Real Estate, Agriculture, and Mining Investment Schemes

PORTLAND, Ore.—A West Linn, Oregon man pleaded guilty today for posing as a successful real estate developer, hemp seed cultivator, and owner of a precious metals mining venture to fraudulently obtain millions…

Disbarred Lawyer Found Guilty of Multiple Felonies for Stealing Client Settlement Money and Cheating on Federal Income Taxes

LOS ANGELES – A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was found guilty by a federal jury today of 22 felonies for stealing the majority of a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been paid…

Two New Jersey Men Arrested for Mail Theft/Bank Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man and an Essex County, New Jersey man were arrested in connection with two criminal complaints charging them with scheming with U.S. Postal Service…

Federal Judge Sentences Chicago Man to Eight Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun on City’s West Side

CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. EDDIE JONES, 28, illegally possessed the…

Armed methamphetamine trafficker involved in high-speed pursuits on Blackfeet Indian Reservation and in Billings sentenced to 12 years in prison

GREAT FALLS — A Billings man who admitted methamphetamine trafficking and firearms crimes involving two high-speed pursuits was sentenced today to 12 years in prison to be followed by five years of…

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…

Methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to 15 years in prison

BILLINGS — A Michigan man who admitted bringing pounds of methamphetamine to Montana for redistribution was sentenced today to 15 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release,…

Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Procurement Fraud

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Raymond Lofthouse, age 59, of Florida, pled guilty to one count of filing false claims against…

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

Baltimore Felon Convicted for Illegal Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Daniel Blue, age 39, of Baltimore, today to 57 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal…

Essex County Man Charged in Shooting of Two People

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man with a previous felony was arrested today on charges related to the shooting of two people in a housing complex, Acting U.S. Attorney…

New Jersey News

Capitol police officers sue Trump, far right groups over Jan. 6

Seven Capitol Police officers on Thursday filed a civil rights suit against former President Donald Trump, several of his allies and members of far-right groups over their role in the Jan. 6…

D.C. News

Sheriff Grady Judd says get vaccinated…it works

POLK COUNTY, FL – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is a national icon for conservatives. Grady and his deputies have drawn a line in the sand in recent years over common decency,…

Florida News·Health and Wellness

Jobless claims rise as extended unemployment benefits due to expire

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased to 353,000 last week as the economy continues its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics figure released Thursday presents a slight…

Business News

Explosion rocks Kabul Airport hours after Biden administration issues dire warning

The U.S. State Department Wednesday night warned Americans to stay away from the Kabul Airport. It also warned that any Americans stranded outside the gates of the airport were to leave immediately.…

Politics·US and World News

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