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…
Suedzucker’s annual profit jumps nearly 40% on strong sugar, bioethanol performance
HAMBURG – Europe’s largest sugar producer Suedzucker on Monday posted a rise of almost 40% in full year operating profit as improved sugar and bioethanol markets boosted earnings. Group operating profit in…
Nearly half of crypto owners first bought digital assets in 2021 -survey
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Almost half of all cryptocurrency owners in the United States, Latin America and Asia Pacific purchased the digital assets for the first time in 2021, according to…
The US Has Nearly Recovered All The Jobs Lost To COVID Lockdowns
The US Has Nearly Recovered All The Jobs Lost To COVID Lockdowns Harry Wilmerding on April 1, 2022 The U.S. economy recorded an increase of 431,000 jobs in March as COVID-19 concerns…
Nearly One Year-And-A-Half After The DCNF, WaPo Finally Confirms Hunter Biden Laptop Story
Nearly One Year-And-A-Half After The DCNF, WaPo Finally Confirms Hunter Biden Laptop Story Ailan Evans on March 30, 2022 The Washington Post published two articles Wednesday in which it claimed to have…
Biden Admin Appears To Quietly Discontinue Offshore Leasing For Nearly Two Years, Budget Shows
Biden Admin Appears To Quietly Discontinue Offshore Leasing For Nearly Two Years, Budget Shows Thomas Catenacci on March 30, 2022 President Joe Biden’s budget framework released Monday appeared to suggest the federal…
Police Searching for Man Missing for Nearly Two Weeks
PHILADELPHIA, PA – A man missing for almost two weeks is being sought by the Philadelphia Police Department. This week, the department requested the public’s assistance in locating a 46-year-old Missing Person…
D.C. Man Nearly Falls To The Floor After Winning $100K Scratch-Off Ticket
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – A 35 Year-Old regular lottery Pick 4 player who recently became interested in scratch-off tickets made a great decision this week after buying three Mega 7’s lottery tickets. The…
Drug Dealer Who Attempted to Tamper with a Witness and Make “Hooch” While in Jail Sentenced to Nearly Three Decades in Federal Prison
A drug trafficker was sentenced March 25, 2022, to a total of 29 years in federal prison. Curtis James Johnson, age 36, from Talladega, Alabama, received the prison term after a July…
Hartford Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Recording His Sexual Abuse of a Child for Nearly 3 Years
Leonard C. Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ACOSTA TORRES, 61, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven…
HPM Corporation and Owners Accept Responsibility, Agree to Pay Nearly $3 Million in Restitution and Penalties for Fraudulent Covid-19 Relief Loan
Richland, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that HPM Corporation (HPMC) and its owners have agreed to pay $2,939,400 in restitution…
Benton City Drug Trafficker with Ties to Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced to Nearly 16 Years in Federal Prison
Spokane, Washington – Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian has sentenced Julio Leal Parra, 47, of Benton City, Washington, to 191 months in federal prison for leading and organizing a drug trafficking…
Winning lottery ticket sold in Brooklyn worth nearly $20,000
A top prize in the New York Lottery’s midday Take 5 drawing has resulted in a winning ticket worth $19,812. The ticket was sold at Pennsylvania Meat located at 1115 Pennsylvania Avenue…
Tax Evader Pleads Guilty to Defrauding United States of Nearly Quarter Million Dollars
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA —Christopher Douglas Williams, 60, of Langley, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States of over $230,000 in taxes owed. “I appreciate the work of the Internal Revenue Service in…
Tucson Woman Sentenced to Nearly Five Years for Smuggling Drugs and Undocumented Noncitizens
TUCSON, Ariz. – Yesenia Isabel Mendez, 40, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised…
Hate crimes nearly tripled in New York City in February, Jewish hate crimes soar
NEW YORK, NY – As COVID-19 restrictions across New York City are being lifted, the number of hate crimes reported are also increasing, nearly three times the number of incidents reported last…
Former CEO of Santa Clarita Valley Financial Services Company Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Prison for $2.3 Million Ponzi Scheme
LOS ANGELES – The former CEO of a Valencia-based financial services company was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison for helping to run a Ponzi scheme that defrauded dozens…
Verizon secures contracts worth nearly $1 billion from U.S. defense department
– Telecoms giant Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday it had secured new business worth almost $1 billion from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide technical support and network modernization services.…
Malaysia’s AirAsia X completes debt restructure, to write back nearly $8 billion to profit
– Malaysia’s Airasia X (AAX) said on Wednesday it had completed its debt restructuring, and will write 33 billion ringgit ($7.86 billion) back to profits in the next quarter. Under the airline’s…
Violent robbery spree leads to nearly two decades in prison for Savannah felon
SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison after admitting his role in a series of convenience store armed robberies. Garnell Dewitt Quarterman, 32, of Savannah,…
Rogersville Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Sexual Exploitation, Illegal Firearms, Nearly $1 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Rogersville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for three separate cases in which he was convicted of child sexual exploitation, a nearly $1 million investment fraud…
Two sentenced for illegally obtaining nearly 50 tons of cheese and more
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Two women have been sent to prison following their convictions of conspiracy and committing $1.2 million in food stamp fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Ana Rioja, 51,…
Fort Hall Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years for Assault with a Machete
POCATELLO – A Fort Hall man was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for assault with a dangerous weapon. According to court records, on October 18, 2019, Fort Hall police officers…
Indictment returned for smuggling nearly 80 in trailer
LAREDO, Texas – A 52-year-old legal permanent resident of North Carolina has been charged with human smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Today, a federal grand jury returned the three-count indictment…
Mallinckrodt Agrees to Pay Nearly $234 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Price Increases
BOSTON – Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD, Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), has agreed to pay $233,707,865 as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that…
National Laboratory Pays Nearly $4.8 Million to Settle Allegations it Overcharged Connecticut Medicaid
U.S. Attorney Leonard C Boyle, Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced…
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