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• dailyvoice.com10 minutes ago
• VIDEO: Atlantic City Police Help Deliver Baby Girl
• Whoa, baby! Thats all one can say after this story. Spoiler alert: You can view the end result via the video linked above. On Saturday, Atlantic City Police Officers Auttika Taing and Justin Peyton were leaving AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, when a vehicle pulled behind them.  A frantic driver told the patrol officers that her friend needed immediate medical attention. The officers went to the passenger side and spoke to a woman that had just given birth and the baby was in her pants, according to police. The officers...
• usnews.com1 hour(s) ago
• Feds: Businessman Illegally Exported Vehicles to Lebanon
• PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island businessman who runs an auto sales company illegally exported 19 vehicles to Lebanon, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Carlo Fakhri, 50, who operates D’Agostinos Auto Sales and Salvage, Inc., in North Providence, is charged with violating a law that requires him to provide the correct name, address, identification number, and contact information for the purchaser and receiver of each vehicle to the U.S. Commerce Department, according to the U.S. attorneys office in Rhode Island. The law is designed to help the federal government prevent...
• fansided.com2 hour(s) ago
• Saints: Maybe Drew Brees wont retire after all?
• It has seemed inevitable since the Saints’ season ended, but will Drew Brees actually retire? If we want to read tea leaves, there have been plenty regarding the looming retirement of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. A contract with NBC. Two straight years with significant injuries and signs of decline. A contract restructuring that lowered his 2021 cap hit, if only as a favor to the cap-strapped (or an even stronger word than strapped) Saints. During Super Bowl week, Saints head coach Sean Payton told PFT Live that Brees’ retirement...
• usnews.com5 hour(s) ago
• 7 Nonprofits in Rhode Island Share $500,000 in Grants
• PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Seven nonprofit organizations are sharing more than $500,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. to help them complete major projects so they can offer better and expanded services during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, officials said Wednesday. The nonprofits include health, education, and community service organizations that provide vital services, yet have been hit hard by the pandemic. “These grants will help schools serve more students, mental health providers to serve more patients, nursing homes to better serve their residents, and expand...
• usnews.com5 hour(s) ago
• Kansas Reports $290M in Bogus Unemployment Claims in 2020
• By JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas paid $290 million worth of fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits last year, prompting a key Republican lawmaker on Wednesday to call the state Department of Labors fraud problems “a disgrace.” Figures released Tuesday by the department were its first estimates of the cost of bogus unemployment claims and were issued a day before the scheduled release of a legislative audit on fraud issues. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has said her administration is doing “everything in our power” to combat...
• usnews.com8 hour(s) ago
• Lawmakers Angry Over Jobless Benefits Aim at Labor Chief
• By JEFF AMY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers could temporarily strip the state’s elected labor commissioner of much of his authority, saying Republican Mark Butler has done too little to address a backlog of unemployment claims even as lawmakers have been inundated by complaints from constituents who say they’ve been wrongly denied jobless benefits. The Senate Insurance and Labor Committee voted Wednesday to pass Senate Bill 156, sending it on the full Senate for more debate. The bill would create a chief labor officer who would be appointed...
• cbslocal.com8 hour(s) ago
• Judge Needs More Time For Thorny Issues In Flint Water Case
• DETROIT (AP) — A judge overseeing misdemeanor charges against a former Michigan governor in the Flint water scandal said Tuesday that he’s struggling with how to handle an aggressive effort to have the case dismissed. District Judge William Crawford II said he needs more time to research whether prosecutors filed the case in the wrong county as well as other issues. READ MORE: ‘Southwest Michigan First’ Faces Backlash For Hiring Former Michigan Republican House Speaker Crawford said he doesn’t know if he can make a decision about the work of...
• mercurynews.com9 hour(s) ago
• Judge urges Oakland police leaders to root out officers at center of social media scandal
• OAKLAND — Oakland police and city leaders vowed to a judge Monday to go after officers connected with an Instagram account that featured racist, misogynists posts, which they strongly condemned. “I cannot tell you how furious and disgusted I am by the Instagram matter,” Mayor Libby Schaaf said to the judge during the hearing, part of the ongoing oversight of Oakland police stemming from a scandal almost two decades ago. “Certainly it’s not unique to this organization to have individuals who are racist, misogynistic and frankly, stupid. The degree to...
• cbslocal.com9 hour(s) ago
• Schefter: Tom Brady Might Have Joined Saints If Drew Brees Had Retired
• By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Here’s a fun one. (Well, it’s still not fun if you’re from New England, but it’s fun for the rest of football fans.) READ MORE: Sign Of Spring: Sullivans Castle Island Opening Day Set For Saturday While we know now that Tom Brady left the Patriots last year and surprised everybody by joining up with Bruce Arians and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ESPN’s Adam Schefter dropped a little nugget this week that indicates Brady could have ended up with the New Orleans Saints. That possibility...
• washingtonexaminer.com11 hour(s) ago
• Biden administration misses deadline to update carbon cost as battle begins over its calculation
• The Biden administration has missed its self-imposed deadline to publish updated values used to assess the costs and benefits of combating climate change that will be critical to help it justify stricter greenhouse gas mandates. The lapsed deadline comes as prominent economists have questioned the so-called “social cost of carbon” metric, sharply criticizing the Obama administration’s value as too low to prompt the types of policies needed to curb climate change in line with the Paris climate agreement. “The way the Obama administration did it was deeply flawed,” wrote Joseph...
• cvbj.biz15 hour(s) ago
• New York : These are the benefits of adding a handful of prunes to your slimming smoothies
• New York : Make your smoothies the best ally of health by adding prune, they provide a lot of energy and help purify the body. Photo: Image by Zsuzsanna Toth on Pixabay / Pixabay Current health and nutrition trends, especially those focused on weight loss, agree on the benefits of consumption of smoothies to enhance weight loss and optimize digestive health. Based on this, all kinds of recommendations have come to light on the best highly nutritional ingredients that can not be missing, in these...
• cbslocal.com15 hour(s) ago
• 5 Things To Know Before Filing Your 2020 Taxes
• LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — There are some big changes this tax season that could make the experience a little less painful and might even put a little more cash in your pocket. “The tax return is just the biggest financial event for most people,” Nathan Rigney, H&R Tax Analyst says. READ MORE: Westminster PD Asking For Help Identifying Elderly Woman Rigney, a principle tax research analyst, says that nearly everyone will be impacted by this year’s tax changes, and said there are five main shifts that people need to know...
• msn.com16 hour(s) ago
• We put our spendthrift neighbors in touch with our financial adviser. They called her ‘lousy.’ So how come WE are the ones who retired early?
• Tiger Woods awake, responsive and recovering after surgery following rollover crash 6 new Android features: Schedule text messages, Dark Mode on Google Maps and more THE MONEYIST Dear Quentin, Load Error I read the letter sent to you by the husband-and-wife and how their wealthy friends shared their financial adviser with them, an act that ultimately destroyed their friendship. It is similar to my own situation, except we recommended our financial adviser to our wealthy neighbors. My husband and I retired early. We were very frugal....
• CNN19 hour(s) ago
• Prosecutors say retired NYPD officer beat police officer with metal pole during US Capitol riot
• (CNN)Federal prosecutors have charged Thomas Webster, a former Marine and retired New York Police Department officer, with allegedly using an aluminum pole to assault a police officer during the Capitol riot on January 6.Prosecutor Benjamin Gianforti said that Webster, 52, turned himself into the FBI field office in New Yorks Hudson Valley at 2:35 p.m. A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that Webster retired from the NYPD in 2011 and had been part of the uniformed security detail at City Hall and Gracie Mansion --...
• cvbj.biz20 hour(s) ago
• New York : Which food is the best to protect you from heart disease, according to the Mayo Clinic
• New York : Fish is a great dietary addition, it is low in calories, rich in protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Photo: valeria boltneva / Pexels For all the fans of fish fillets like tuna and salmon, we have good news. According to a published article by the Mayo Clinic, eat fish twice a week can reduce the risk of heart disease. Today we all want to eat healthier, it is well known that it is the most powerful tool to prevent chronic diseases, living...
• msn.com21 hour(s) ago
• Vegas owner Bill Foley: Marc-Andre Fleury trade never close
• Kenan Thompson on Trying Something New With Kenan and Moving On from Saturday Night Live 10 Time Management Tips That Can Help You Make More Money Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was the topic of many trade rumors this off-season. The veteran was coming off a disappointing season and a second straight year of decline in his third season with Vegas, which at 36 years old was cause for alarm. Not only that, but his $7M cap hit was also causing problems for a team right up against...
• breitbart.com21 hour(s) ago
• House, Senate GOP: Joe Bidens HHS Nominee Wants Taxpayer-Funded Medicaid for Illegal Aliens
• A group of House and Senate Republicans is asking President Joe Biden to withdraw his nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) to be Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, citing his support for taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits for illegal aliens. In a letter to Biden, 11 Senate Republicans and 64 House Republicans — led by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) — are asking Biden to rescind Becerra’s nomination to lead HHS due to his “embrace of radical policies on immigration,” among other issues. “Mr. Becerra seeks...
• thehill.com23 hour(s) ago
• Retired NYPD officer charged in attacking police during Capitol riots
• A retired New York Police Department officer has been arrested and charged in attacking a Metropolitan Police Department officer in D.C. during the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. Thomas Webster, 54, was voluntarily taken into custody in New York on Monday, the Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday, the same day Webster was ordered detained after an initial court hearing. The former Marine is facing five charges that include assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon and obstructing law enforcement during civil disorder. ...
• wtop.com23 hour(s) ago
• Member of Kansas City Proud Boys chapter to remain in jail
• WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington D.C., ruled Tuesday that the alleged leader of the Kansas City-area chapter of the Proud Boys should remain in custody until his trial on charges arising from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said William Chrestman, 47, of Olathe, should be taken from Kansas to Washington, D.C., to await trial on conspiracy and several other charges. Howell’s ruling overturns an order last week from U.S. Magistrate Judge James O’Hara in Kansas that Chrestman should...