Nearly $1 million lottery prize claimed in Poconos
Monroe County lottery player wins $925,843.50 Cash 5 with Quick Cash jackpot on ticket sold in Pocono Township Middletown, PA – A Pennsylvania Lottery player in Monroe County is holding a ticket…
Disgraced Crypto Ex-CEO Was Plotting To Spend Nearly $1 Billion Boosting Dems, Reshaping American Politics: REPORT
Disgraced Crypto Ex-CEO Was Plotting To Spend Nearly $1 Billion Boosting Dems, Reshaping American Politics: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on November 23, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX,…
Former Amtrak Employee and Her Husband Plead Guilty to Charges for Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $1 Million in COVID Jobless Relief
LOS ANGELES – A former Amtrak employee pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for conspiring with her husband to steal nearly $1 million in COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) benefits…
Meriden Man Sentenced to Nearly 8 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KERVIN DIAZ, 39, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 95…
Santa Clarita Man Sentenced to Nearly 6½ Years in Prison for Stealing $1.7 Million from Investors via His Real Estate ‘Coupon Bond’ Scam
LOS ANGELES – A Santa Clarita resident who invested in real estate and sold “coupon bonds” that promised regular interest payments on top of principal repayment was sentenced today to 77…
Bapchule Man Sentenced to Nearly Six Years for Shooting
PHOENIX, Ariz. – On November 1, 2022, Anthony Manuel, 38, of Bapchule, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 71 months in prison, followed by three years…
Brazil’s Buffett-backed StoneCo nearly doubles profits on more users, bigger prices
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s StoneCo nearly doubled its third quarter profit, the payments firm said on Thursday, as it posted earnings that surged past analyst forecasts on the back of higher…
Nearly half of world population suffers from oral diseases – WHO
(Reuters) – Nearly half of the world’s population, or 3.5 billion people, suffer from oral diseases, the majority of them in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.…
Nearly 50,000 California University Employees Strike, Demanding Higher Pay
Nearly 50,000 California University Employees Strike, Demanding Higher Pay Reagan Reese on November 15, 2022 Thousands of campus employees walked off the job to strike on Monday at several California universities, according to…
Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Stealing Nearly $5.5 Million in COVID Jobless Relief and for Drug Trafficking
SANTA ANA, California – A downtown Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to federal drug trafficking and fraud charges, admitting, among other things, that he fraudulently obtained nearly $5.5 million in…
IMF gives final approval for nearly $1bn in financing to Costa Rica
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave final board approval to grant Costa Rica a $725 million sustainability loan, the Fund said in a statement Monday, directed at the…
Levittown Physician Agrees to Pay Nearly $490,000 to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Violations
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Kenneth Fox, D.O., has agreed to pay $489,025 to resolve allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to…
US Looks To South Korea To Fill Ammunition Backlog After Sending Nearly A Billion Rounds To Ukraine
US Looks To South Korea To Fill Ammunition Backlog After Sending Nearly A Billion Rounds To Ukraine Micaela Burrow on November 11, 2022 The U.S. has for the first time struck a…
Lacey Republicans send Democrats packing in nearly 3 to 1 election sweep
LACEY, NJ – Republicans in Lacey Township maintained control of the township governing body sweeping their Democrat opponents for three seats in Tuesday’s election. Republicans Steven Kennis and Peter Curatolo defeated Democrats…
Elon Musk Offloads Nearly $4 Billion In Tesla Stock As Shares Continue To Tank
Elon Musk Offloads Nearly $4 Billion In Tesla Stock As Shares Continue To Tank John Hugh DeMastri on November 8, 2022 Tech mogul Elon Musk sold 19.5 million shares in the electric…
Killer gets 20 years for murder of World War I veteran nearly 50 years later
NEW YORK, NY – A man who was accused to have murdered a World War I veteran and dumping his body near a Queens home in 1976 has been sentenced to 20…
Former bank teller sentenced for taking nearly $100,000 from bank
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – David Paul Ritter, a former bank teller at Summit Community Bank in Salem, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for taking nearly $100,000 from…
Colorado man who defrauded Montana family of nearly $400,000 in African gold investment scheme sentenced to 27 months in prison
GREAT FALLS — An investment scheme in which a Colorado man admitted to defrauding a Montana family of $391,280 by purporting to invest the money in gold in Africa was sentenced today…
70-year-old woman nearly struck by bullet fired into her home during drive-by shooting
North York Borough – A 70-year-old woman was nearly struck by a bullet fired into her home on 10th Avenue in near North Duke Street in North York Borough. Today, the Northern…
U.S. job growth seen smallest in nearly two years in October, unemployment rate up
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employers likely hired the fewest workers in nearly two years in October and increased wages at a moderate pace, suggesting some loosening in labor market…
Exclusive-Shell’s flagship LNG trading made nearly $1 billion loss in Q3 -sources
By Ron Bousso, Marwa Rashad and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) – Shell’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading division recorded a loss of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter of the year,…
U.S. manufacturing activity slowest in nearly 2-1/2 years in October -ISM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace in nearly 2-1/2 years in October while a measure of prices paid by businesses for inputs slid for a seventh straight…
Police searching for woman reported missing for nearly two weeks in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance locating 54-year-old Missing Person Michele Baker. She was last seen Tuesday, October 18, 2022, on the 14xx block of Ritner Street. She is 5’2”,170lbs,…
School District Pulls Nearly 100 Books From Library Shelves Following Parent Complaints
School District Pulls Nearly 100 Books From Library Shelves Following Parent Complaints Reagan Reese on October 27, 2022 A South Carolina school district has removed 97 books from its libraries following complaints…
Grand Rapids Man Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Prison For Unlawfully Possessing Firearms
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Ernest James Jones, Jr., 22, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for…
Volkswagen, Continental announce nearly $1 billion in Mexico investments
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Auto manufacturing companies Volkswagen and Continental both pledged major investments in Mexico on Thursday totaling nearly $1 billion, one of the biggest sums for the sector to be…
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