A pandemic-era initiative to assist schools in addressing indoor air quality issues will continue to exist as a permanent component of the state’s extensive system of funding for school development. Since many have pointed out the detrimental impacts of outdated ventilation systems servicing school buildings built in the middle or late 20th century, local leaders…
Until the early weekend, major cities in Louisiana and Arkansas will face an increased risk of flooding as a result of ongoing storms and downpours that are moving east across the South. As much as eight inches of precipitation caused floods in the central region of the state of Texas, which resulted in the deaths…
A former Democratic candidate for the New York state Assembly is accused of stealing $160,000 in taxpayer money by scamming the state’s new campaign matching-funds programme, according to statements made by federal prosecutors on Friday. A charge of wire fraud was brought against Dao Yin, who was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the Assembly’s…
On Thursday, three businessmen and a government contracting official entered guilty pleas to involvement in a $550 million bribery scam involving the troubled US Agency for International Development (USAID). Maryland resident Roderick Watson is accused of accepting bribes totalling more than $1 million during his tenure at USAID in exchange for exploiting his authority as…
After being found guilty of trading legislation for the benefit of his friends and allies, Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history and former speaker of the Illinois House, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and fined $2.5 million on Friday, capping off a stunning decline in his political…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a suspected MS-13 gangbanger, may have earned over $100,000 a year trafficking people, including children, and was paid up to $1,500 per smuggling trip, according to witnesses. Co-conspirators and witnesses working with the federal government’s human smuggling case against the Salvadoran national who was wrongfully deported in March have provided fresh information…
More than 1.1 million power banks are being recalled by Anker Innovations Technology Co. due to fire concerns with the lithium-ion batteries used in the devices. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall notice for 1.158 million of the A1263 variants of the publicly traded Chinese company’s Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks….
The full-retirement age (FRA) for Americans born in 1959 will increase to 66 years and 10 months, bringing them into the modern era. The increase, which is only two months over the 1958 cohort, is due to a schedule established by the Social Security Amendments of 1983. The adjustment may seem insignificant, but it has…
In Indiana, a 27-year-old woman who was already on probation for the neglect-related death of her 6-month-old daughter in 2019 was arrested once more for allegedly abandoning her four young children at home for more than two weeks. According to documents, Tenisha Ann Echols was arrested on Monday and charged with several new counts of…
A $3 million jewelry store heist in Ventura County led to the arrest of four members of a burglary squad. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office identified the suspects, who were all Chilean nationals, as follows: The burglary squad is suspected of a plot that started in May and targeted the family-run business 5 Star…
