BALTIMORE, MD – A Miami woman has been indicted on 16 federal charges for her alleged role in a pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme that targeted state agencies, including the Maryland Department…
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK – Red lanterns and festive decorations adorn many store fronts along the narrow streets of Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood, where Lunar New Year celebrations are well under way.…
By Brad Brooks – A 19-year-old former student was shot and killed after a high school basketball game a week ago in Beloit, Wisconsin. On Monday, a shooting outside Chaparral High School…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director for Europe predicted the continent would see a “long period of tranquillity” after a tumultuous two years facing the COVID-19 pandemic, BBC News reported. “This period…
From the Desk of Senator Joe Pennachio A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis found that COVID lockdowns have been virtually useless, and State Senator Joe Pennacchio said the new revelations are further proof Governor…
TRENTON, NJ – Today is Groundhog Day, and while across the Delaware River, Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog saw his shadow, bringing us 60 more days of winter, Trenton Phil, scared of his…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – When President Joe Biden’s top doctor, Dr. Anthony Fauci picked a fight with Kansas Senator Roger Marshall he didn’t realize that in just a few days, his personal…
BOSTON – A Springfield woman pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with her involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Audri Ford-Victory, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of wire…
NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia inmate was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using the personal identifying information of…
WASHINGTON – U.S. inflationary pressures should ease in 2022 due to weaker demand for goods, easing supply bottlenecks and a receding coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Treasury’s top economist said on Monday. In…
SAN FRANCISCO – A criminal complaint unsealed today in federal court charges Idowu Hashim Shittu for fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits from numerous state agencies, announced…
By Tony Munroe BEIJING – The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following preparations that have been clouded by diplomatic boycotts and the COVID-19 pandemic that…
Trenton – Acting to reduce the property tax burden, provide savings for renters and mortgage relief for homeowners, a Senate committee today approved three bills designed to deliver financial savings to New Jersey…
BRASILIA -New cases of COVID-19 in the Americas in the past week have been the highest since the pandemic began in 2020 and the very contagious Omicron variant has clearly become the…
By Jamie Freed – More than one-third of airline pilots are still not flying as the pandemic continues to take its toll on aviation globally, according to a new survey, though the…
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Linda Grubb, age 74, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 24, 2022, to 12 months’…
By Emma Farge and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that it was dangerous to assume the Omicron variant would herald the end…
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Is Atlantic City back? Joe Lupo, President of the Atlantic City Casino association thinks so after it was announced the industry was up nearly $100 million in December,…
TRENTON, NJ – This week, Governor Phil Murphy swore in New Jersey State Police Superintendent Patrick Callahan despite declaring a fresh, new public health emergency hours earlier. At the event, Governor Murphy…
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno and Kim Eulner, two new Republican members of the Assembly, said Gov. Phil Murphy reinstating New Jersey’s Public Health Emergency despite legislative objections undermines the government’s balance…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A couple who formerly resided in Hampton pleaded guilty today to submitting fraudulent disaster-related loan applications in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents, Malik Mitchum,…
TRENTON, NJ – A new COVID-19 pandemic emergency order is in effect in New Jersey and Governor Phil Murphy’s first ‘new pandemic’ order isn’t to help millions of people in his state…
TRENTON, NJ _ Senator Anthony M. Bucco said Governor Phil Murphy has taken New Jersey backward by declaring a new “Public Health Emergency” related to COVID-19: x“While Governor Murphy always talks about…
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Republican Assemblyman Brian Bergen appeared in person at the Statehouse in Trenton to slam state Democrats who are turning a blind eye to Phil Murphy’s latest pandemic…
TRENTON, NJ – For New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, the decisions he makes over the next 12 hours will have both political and health consequences for himself, the state and the Democrat…
TRENTON, NJ – When the New Jersey Senate and Assembly both agreed in a bipartisan fashion to allow New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s pandemic health emergency powers to expire Monday, the governor…