Los Angeles, CA

West Hollywood, CA

Morristown, NJ

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Morristown Minute

Automatic Recovery Rate Reduced to 10 Percent, Enhancing Financial Security for Beneficiaries. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has taken a significant step towards enhancing the fairness and equity of its overpayment policies by announcing a reduction in the default withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries.

Social Security Eliminates Overpayment Burden for Beneficiaries

Food Excluded from Supplemental Security Income Calculations to Improve Equity and Efficiency. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced an update to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) regulations, marking a significant shift in how In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) calculations are determined.

Social Security Administration Simplifies SSI with Major Rule Change on Food Assistance

North Carolina State

Lenoir County, NC

Kinston, NC

Becca Rey

A La Grange Elementary School teacher has been charged with assaulting a child at her school. Friday, March 08, 2024, the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office was notified of a potential assault that occurred between Crystal Taylor, a second-grade teacher at the school, and a student.

Elementary Teacher Charged with Assaulting Student: Charged

Old Bridge Township, NJ

Flour, Eggs and Yeast

It appears that a struggling chain may have recieved a desperately needed lifeline. The restaurant industry has been in a tailspin since covid, especially in the casual dining and bars segment. Many major chains have been heavily discounting food and drink in order to bring people in. Recently TGI Fridays has $5 Happy Hours and appears to be doubling down on the bar scene again. Some of the chains also have gone above and beyond lowering margins and in some cases quality to keep the lights on. With this latest move, it seems that the single bar scene may have new life, we learned one of the world’s largest casual dining companies that proudly serves guests with over 850 restaurants in more than 55 countries was about to be taken over.

Popular Restaurant Chain Sold Off to Avoid Closing Doors For Good

Hollywood, CA

WEHOville.com

As sheriffs continue searching for a suspect in the assault of a celebrity hairstylist in West Hollywood’s Rainbow District, Heart WeHo released a statement expressing their sympathy and detailing their cooperation with the investigation. Two weeks ago, 53-year-old Albert Vasquez was found bleeding and unconscious the morning after he...

Heart WeHo aids in investigation of possible hate crime

Baltimore, MD

Bucks County Beacon

Written by Thomas F. Schaller , University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate , the U.S. House and the Electoral College .

Why ‘White Rural Rage’ Is a Threat to American Democracy

King County, WA

Connell, WA

Timothy A Gruver

A King County practical nurse has been charged with misconduct for romancing a prisoner, the Department of Health reports. In March, the Board of Nursing charged licensed practical nurse Monica A. Davis with unprofessional conduct, according to the DOH.

Nurse Charged for Inappropriate Prisoner Romance

Westminster, CA

NewSantaAna

A suspect removed a lock from a storage unit and took various items and fled, according to the Westminster Police Department . Suspect: Male (See picture), 6’0”, 170 pounds, wearing a construction vest and possibly had facial tattoos.

The Westminster Police are tring to identify a storage unit burglar

New Jersey State

Newark, NJ

The elaborate scheme involved falsifying accounts receivable to secure and misuse a substantial line of credit. In a significant legal development, Nitin Vats, a former employee of the defunct New Jersey-based company Lotus Exim International Inc. (LEI), has admitted to participating in a fraudulent scheme that resulted in a $17 million loss to a bank. This confession was made before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton, marking a pivotal moment in the investigation led by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Former Employee Guilty of $17M Bank Fraud

Iowa State

Virginia State

Houston, TX

Margaret Minnicks

A man accused of serial bigamy posed as a pastor at small Black churches around the country, was sentenced to three years in prison after he was found to have had at least 10 wives whom he married for financial gain, according to the Christian Post.

Man posed as a pastor in small Black churches had at least 10 wives, including one in Virginia

On March 20, 2024, at about 5:56 AM, officers were dispatched to a residence located in the 14800 block of Cordoba Place about a male forcing entry into a residence where three adult women were asleep in their bedrooms, according to the Westminster Police Dept .

A man broke into a house with three sleeping women in Westminster and demanded to be fed

Irvine, CA

While a lady was shopping at Home Goods, her wallet and credit cards were stolen from her purse on February 17, according to the Irvine Police Department . This real life Romeo is suspected of using the victim’s credit card to buy gift cards, flowers, and water in a nearby City.

Man wanted for stealing credit cards in Irvine and using them to buy cards and flowers

Georgia State

Lawrenceville, GA

Senai

Emani Gabrielle Moss, a ten-year-old American girl, tragically lost her life on October 28, 2013, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, in a case that shook the nation and spurred significant reforms in Georgia's child welfare system. Emani's stepmother, Tiffany Nicole Moss, was convicted of her murder in 2019 and was sentenced to death.

Emani Gabrielle Moss: Abuse, Murder, and Systemic Failure

Matawan, NJ

NEW JERSEY — Dr. Fazal Panezai, a cardiologist based in Matawan, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to charges of health care fraud after admitting his role in a scheme that defrauded health insurance companies of more than $1.9 million. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the guilty plea, which was entered before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner in Trenton federal court.

NJ Cardiologist Pleads Guilty to $1.9M Fraud

Beverly Hills, CA

Universal City, CA

NewsBreak

WeHo re-opens application period for guaranteed income program

The City of West Hollywood, in collaboration with nonprofit partner, National Council of Jewish Women/LA, will re-open applications for the pilot project for guaranteed income aimed...

WeHo re-opens application period for guaranteed income program

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