Middlefield Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding State Jobs Programs

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID KANIA, 62, of Middlefield, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District…

Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related False Claims Act Allegations

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (Archdiocese of New Orleans) has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting…

Republican-Backed Bill Would Decriminalize Marijuana

South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a bill Monday that would decriminalize marijuana nationwide. The bill, titled the States Reform Act, would strike marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act while still…

Aspen Institute Commission Urges Tech Platforms To Censor Misinformation ‘Superspreaders’

A left-leaning research institute urged tech companies Monday to take additional steps to combat misinformation platforms, including censoring certain accounts. The Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder released a report Monday detailing several…

$150K prize won on Willy Wonka Golden Ticket in Toledo

TOLEDO, OHIO – Thomas Evans of Austintown made a stop at Ridi’s on his drive through Toledo and decided to play the Ohio Lottery’s $5 Willy Wonka Golden Ticket™ scratch-off. That fateful stop paid…

Brooklyn Man Wins $500,000 prize in $500,000 Cashword sold in Columbus

COLUMBUS, OHIO – Mohammed Ashraf of Brooklyn, NY, is enjoying his time in Columbus just a little bit more after snagging a $500,000 top prize in the Ohio Lottery’s $10 instant game $500,000 Cashword. https://www.ohiolottery.com/Games/ScratchOffs/10DollarGames/$500,000-Cashword-6…

How Phil Murphy defied the odds and defeated the 2021 red wave in New Jersey

by Campby Mollie Binotto, Campaign Manager, Murphy for Governor Overcoming historical trends and a challenging national environment, Governor Murphy won re-election, beating Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli in the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election. …

New Jersey lawmakers baffled after Murphy sends $1 billion in federal aid to New York

Senator Steven Oroho (R-24) and Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-13) questioned why the Murphy administration would agree to give New York $1 billion of federal transportation aid that should have gone to New…

Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty to Covid-19 Loan Fraud

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Konstantino Zarkadas, a Glen Cove-based medical doctor, pleaded guilty to disaster relief fraud and wire fraud in connection with his receipt of millions…

Owners of Several Chicago-Area Convenience Stores Charged With Defrauding Low-Income Food Program for Women and Children

CHICAGO — The owners of several Chicago-area convenience stores have been charged in federal court with scheming to defraud a low-income food program for women and children. A 16-count indictment returned in…

Paid to lose: Inside the big industry of losing elections within the New Jersey Republican party

Jack Ciattarelli may have lost the race for governor, but that doesn’t matter much to those who ran his campaign. That’s because throughout the ordeal, Ciattarelli spent $13 million dollars on his…

Chris Christie jockeying to lead establishment GOP’s post-Trump revival, but is it working?

There’s a feud brewing at the GOP and it’s being provoked by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie, who left office with the lowest approval rating of any governor in the…

Mandatory School Masking Ends In Florida

Miami-Dade, Broward and Alachua counties are ending mandatory in-school masking following a prolonged legal battle between school districts and the state. “The data do not support any clinical benefit for children in…

Miami Has Its Own Cryptocurrency And Wants To Start Paying Citizens In Bitcoin

Miami will soon start paying its citizens in Bitcoin, the city’s mayor, Francis Suarez, announced Thursday. “We’re going to be the first city in America to give a bitcoin yield as a…

Elon Musk Dumps $5 Billion In Tesla Stock

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk sold about $5 billion worth of shares in the electric car company this week, days after polling Twitter users on whether he should liquidate some of his…

Husband and Wife Team, and Their Inmate Accomplice, Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds and Economic Injury Disaster Loans

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Brandon Segers, 33, and Dionne Segers, 32, both of Philadelphia, PA, and their inmate accomplice, Michael Matthews, 42, of Richmond, VA,…

Texas relative stole New York woman’s million-dollar lottery ticket

MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith and the Glen Cove Police Department announced that a Texas woman was arrested and charged today with stealing nearly $1 million…

Mayor of Stonecrest and bookkeeper arraigned on federal charges relating to theft of COVID-19 relief funds

ATLANTA – Jason Lary, the Mayor of Stonecrest, Georgia, has been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and federal program theft. The charges relate to a scheme to allegedly steal…

$50K prize on 40th Anniversary Millions sold in Eastlake

EASTLAKE, OHIO – Edward Pankuch of Eastlake is enjoying an early holiday surprise, winning $50,000 playing the Ohio Lottery’s $30 scratch-off, 40th Anniversary Millions. https://www.ohiolottery.com/Games/ScratchOffs/$30-Games/40th-Anniversary-Millions He purchased his winning ticket at Circle K #5712, located at…

$500K Cash top prize won in Salem

SALEM, OHIO – Kristina Lenyk of Canfield is enjoying a $500,000 top prize in the Ohio Lottery’s $10 scratch-off, $500,000 Cash. https://www.ohiolottery.com/Games/ScratchOffs/10DollarGames/$500,000-Cash She purchased her winning ticket at Wal-Mart Super Center #2910, located at 2975…

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