Hayley Hodgson, a 26-year-old Australian woman, recounted her two-week confinement in a COVID-19 quarantine camp in an interview with UnHerd published Thursday. “You feel like you’re in prison. You feel …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Federal Indictment Returned Against Nursing Director for Producing Fraudulent COVID Vaccine Cards and Lying to Federal Investigators
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressColumbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia returned a multiple-count indictment in connection with the production of …
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Australian Police Recapture Three Teens Who Escaped COVID Quarantine Compound After Manhunt. They All Tested Negative
Australian police successfully recaptured three teenagers who escaped from a quarantine facility Wednesday after they had tested negative for COVID-19. The teenagers scaled a fence to break out of the …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Owner of local marketing business to pay quarter of a million dollars for committing COVID relief fraud
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus woman was sentenced in federal court here today and ordered to pay a fine of $250,000, the maximum amount allowed by law, for committing COVID …
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Trump Reportedly Tested Positive For COVID 3 Days Before Debating Biden; President discredits report
Former President Donald Trump reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 three days before debating then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden, his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, revealed in his new book. Trump …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Eden Prairie Man Charged with Covid Relief Fraud, Money Laundering
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMINNEAPOLIS – An Eden Prairie man has been arrested and charged for fraudulently applying for more than $2.1 million in COVID-19 relief funds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats. …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
San Fernando Valley Family Members Sentenced to Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Tens of Millions of Dollars in COVID Relief
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressLOS ANGELES – Three members of a San Fernando Valley family have been sentenced – two of them in absentia after they fled justice following their convictions at trial …
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DC Government Used ‘Highly Sensitive’ Phone Location Records To Track Covid Spread
The Washington, D.C., government used phone GPS records provided by a private data broker to track citizens in order to study the spread of COVID-19, according to public records. The …
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CBP’s Baltimore Field Office Reminds International Travelers that New COVID Vaccination Requirements Start Today at Local Airports
BALTIMORE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection reminds travelers that, starting today, foreign nationals boarding flights to Baltimore Washington (BWI), Philadelphia (PHL), Pittsburgh (PIT) and Washington Dulles (IAD), and other …
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West Haven City Employee Charged in COVID Relief Funds Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressLeonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Christina …
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NIH Director Violated Agency Policy By ‘Intentionally’ Misrepresenting Natural COVID Immunity Study, Watchdog Alleges
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins “intentionally misrepresented” the conclusions of an August study on people with natural immunity from COVID-19 in violation of his agency’s scientific integrity policy, …
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‘Obviously Disqualifying’: WHO Nominates EcoHealth Subcontractor To Serve On Revamped COVID Origins Panel
The World Health Organization on Wednesday nominated a Thai doctor with direct ties to EcoHealth Alliance to serve on a new advisory board tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19. …
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Inflation Rises Again As COVID Recovery Slows And Supply Chains Remain In Chaos
The Consumer Price Index increased 0.4% in September, bringing the key inflation indicator’s year-over-year increase to 5.4%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday. The year-over-year 5.4% inflation figure …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Rhode Island Man Who Sought $4.7 Million in COVID Relief Loans Sentenced for Defrauding CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPROVIDENCE – For the second time in one week, a defendant has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, to a significant term of incarceration in federal prison …
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Phil Murphy: Obituaries are the Irish sports pages, gov jokes while reading list of COVID dead
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced his morbid fetish of reading the obituary section of the Asbury Park Press each day. He said it was …
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Parents claim daughter died of COVID after teacher made her “class nurse”
Teresa Sperry was a fifth-grader at Hillpoint Elementary School in Virginia. At just 10-years-old, she died of COVID-19 complications and her family is now blaming the school. Her father Jeffrey …
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SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for perpetrating a hoax related to COVID-19 in April 2020. According to court records, a …
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Fully vaccinated Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Tests Positive for COVID-19
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is fully vaccinated, but on Friday, the court announced he had tested positive for COVID-19. Kavanaugh has no symptoms. “On Thursday, per the Court’s …
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Russia said it was developing plans to ban YouTube after its state-backed broadcaster RT had its German-language channels removed for COVID-19 misinformation. YouTube banned two of RT’s German-language channels on …
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Toms River Schools fought the mask mandate, now experiencing a COVID-19 crisis
by Phil Stiltonby Phil StiltonTOMS RIVER, NJ – The Toms River Regional School District has been one of the staunchest opponents of the Phil Murphy school mask mandate and now, they’re paying for it …
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Americans’ trust in President Joe Biden to offer accurate information on COVID-19 is at its lowest point ever, according to a new poll. Just 45% of Americans say they trust …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Maryland Man Facing Federal Indictment For Fraudulently Obtaining $3.5 Millions In COVID Relief Funds
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Rudolph Elwood Brooks, Jr., age 45, of Bowie, Maryland, with federal wire fraud and money laundering charges. The …
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Tom Brady announces he had COVID-19 after winning 2021 Super Bowl
Tom Brady said Sunday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after winning the 2021 Super Bowl and thinks the virus will be a bigger problem this season. The Tampa Bay …
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Mississippi Governor Reeves Reopens State, Cancels Mask Ban
by Jeff Jonesby Jeff JonesJACKSON, MS – Mississippi Governor John Tate Reeves today declared an end to his state’s business restrictions related to COVID-19 and canceled all mask wearing mandates effective Wednesday. “Starting tomorrow, …
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TOMS RIVER, NJ – Before this weekend the biggest question fans had for Nicole Polizzi was whether or not she’s returning to MTV’s Jersey Shore. Now fans want to know, …