Morristown, NJ

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Morristown Minute

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

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

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia police reportedly issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for Democratic Pennsylvania State Rep. Kevin Boyle. The Democratic lawmaker, who recently went viral for allegedly threatening staff members at a bar, was previously arrested in 2021 for violating a protection order. Fox 29 reported that police officials said Boyle’s latest...

Video: Arrest warrant issued for Democrat lawmaker: Report

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

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

Texas State

Dallas, TX

An explosion was reported near the A. Maceo Smith Federal Building in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a quick response from the Dallas Fire-Rescue. According to WFAA, Dallas Fire-Rescue units were dispatched at roughly 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday to the A. Maceo Smith Federal Building located at 525 S. Griffin St. after the department was notified of an explosion near the Federal Building.

Explosion near federal gov’t building

Colorado State

California State

San Diego, CA

The Biden administration is allocating $45 million to California programs that help migrants who have crossed the southern border. The money is part of a $300 million national effort announced Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Most of the California funding will be split between San Diego County and...

Biden administration gives California $45 million to help recently arrived migrants

Iowa State

Nebraska State

Las Vegas, NV

Police officials in multiple states reported 911 service outages and interruptions Wednesday night, just hours after a cyber attack warning from the Department of Homeland Security was reported by ABC News. According to NBC News, authorities reported 911 outages Wednesday night in multiple cities throughout Texas, Nebraska, Nevada, and South...

Pics: 911 services shut down as gov’t warns of cyber threats

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

Charlotte, NC

A class-action lawsuit filed in North Carolina accuses Atrium Health of allowing Facebook and Google to access patient information online to use in targeted ads. The plaintiffs, identified only as North Carolina-resident J.S. and Michigan-citizen J.R., allege they received spam mail and Facebook ads related to their medical conditions after sharing information with Atrium.

Atrium Health shared patient data with Facebook, class-action lawsuit alleges

Westminster, CA

NewSantaAna

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

Newark, NJ

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

Scranton, PA

A fire was reported at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant on Monday, where military contractors manufacture the 155 mm round. The cause of the ammunition plant’s fire currently remains under investigation. In a statement released on Facebook, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant explained that emergency crews responded to a...

Video/Pic: US Army ammunition plant catches fire

Florida State

Colts Neck, NJ

A New Jersey financial counselor and U.S. Army reservist admitted to defrauding Gold Star families who received death benefits after their family members died serving in the military, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Caz Craffy, 41, of Colts Neck, plead guilty to six counts of wire fraud, one count of securities...

NJ financial counselor defrauded Gold Star families

Indiana State

Over $1.6 Million in High-Value Electronics Stolen in Multi-State Theft Spree. In a startling revelation of coordinated theft, three individuals from Philadelphia admitted their involvement in a widespread conspiracy targeting United Parcel Service (UPS) warehouses across the country.

Trio Pleads Guilty to Nationwide UPS Warehouse Burglaries

New York City, NY

Meteorologist Joe Cioffi

Low pressure is moving up the East Coast this morning and we are seeing heavy rain spreading northeastward from the Mid Atlantic to Southeastern New England. We have Flood Watches up from Northeast Virginia to Southeast New England. Also we have Wind Advisories up from Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania northeast to Southeast New England for winds gusting to 45 to 50 mph from the southeast into the this afternoon and then from the northwest this evening into tonight.

Major storm ripping through the Eastern US, heavy snow, flooding rains, strong winds, high tides

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US-China war over Taiwan would be biggest since WWII, Australian expert says

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. The United States cannot win a war against China over Taiwan, four...

US-China war over Taiwan would be biggest since WWII, Australian expert says

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