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Three former National Football League (NFL) players have pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide scheme to defraud a health care benefit program for retired NFL players, bringing the total to 15 defendants have pleaded guilty in connection with this scheme. Clinton Portis, 40, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, and Tamarick Vanover, 47, ofContinue reading “Football fraudsters fleeced health plan”

Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others appeared in court at Guantanamo Bay for the first time in more than 18 months on Tuesday as US military prosecutors seek justice two decades after the world-shaking terror attacks. Echoing the challenges of nine years of pre-trial hearings, the new judge, Air Force ColonelContinue reading “Trial of alleged mastermind of 9/11 resumes, days before 20th anniversary”

Voting in Texas has never been easy. Even before the Texas Legislature passed S.B. 1, Texas was among the states that make it hardest for voters to register and vote, with some of the most onerous voting restrictions in the country. On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the new restrictive voting law, which Democrats hadContinue reading “Texas joins Republican states that make it harder to vote”

Twenty state attorneys general have sued President Joe Biden’s administration over its guidelines for employers and schools on equal treatment of Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people. Led by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, the Republican complaint challenges federal guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department ofContinue reading “Republicans sue to persecute LGBT+ people”

Duke Edward Wilson, 67, of Idaho, is the latest participant in the attempted coup d’etat to plead guilty to felony charges. Wilson admitted to assaulting a law enforcement officer, during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of certifyingContinue reading “Another Trump terrorist pleads guilty to charges Capitol breach”

President Joe Biden today spoke in stark terms about the reality of climate change during a visit to the northeast United States, which experienced deadly flooding and catastrophic infrastructure damage last week from Hurricane Ida. “For decades, scientists have warned that extreme weather would be more extreme and climate change was here. And we’re livingContinue reading “President Joe Biden says climate change is real, deadly & urgent”

A Philadelphia man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of firearms parts out of the United States. Ibrahim Karabatak, 35, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler in Camden federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to violate the Arms ExportContinue reading “Unlicensed arms dealers admit to selling weapons to Turkey and Georgia”

President Joe Biden received advice from local leaders in Hillsborough Township, as part of his visit to New Jersey to see the impact of Hurricane Ida’s remnants. Air Force One touched down around 11 a.m. at JFK International Airport, where the president was greeted by Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy before walkingContinue reading “President Biden takes New Jersey by storm”

An estimated 7.5 million workers lost benefits on September 6, 2021—the largest cutoff of unemployment payments in history, many times larger than any previous cessation of disbursements, such as the 1.3 million Americans whose support ended in 2013 or the 800,000 in 2003. Although Gov. Phil Murphy has the authority to extend the payments usingContinue reading “Unemployment benefit cuts devastate NJ”

Former Penns Grove Councilman Carl Washington Jr. has been charged with stealing $14,385 by fraudulently under-reporting his income in order to secure and pay reduced rent for a federally subsidized apartment. Washington, 48, of Salem County, New Jersey, was charged today by complaint-summons with third-degree theft by deception, following a joint investigation by the AttorneyContinue reading “Former Penns Grove Councilman accused of stealing federal rent subsidy”

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will examine the Supreme Court’s abuse of its “shadow-docket,” in the wake of its order permitting Texas’s extreme new abortion restrictions to take effect this week, which has led to expressions of outrage over such a cruel Texas government action and dismay at the judiciary’s complicity in snubbing the ConstitutionContinue reading “Abortion law order triggers Judiciary panel probe of Supreme Court’s ‘shadow-docket’”

No longer facing the threat of the Taliban, 3,300 Afghan refugees now temporarily living at Fort Bliss in Texas face a new challenge. The living conditions appear filthy. Images from the bathrooms and showers refugees at Fort Bliss are using revealed much of it is rusted. The floors are muddy. There are flies all overContinue reading “Afghan refugees subjected to deplorable conditions at Fort Bliss”

One of Arizona’s top Stop the Steal activists is an aspiring lawyer and Republican activist who came to the realization that the only conspiracy is the organized effort to promote former President Donald Trump’s to spread the lie that his loss was the result of fraud. Staci Burk, the former president of Gilbert Public Schools,Continue reading “Arizona activist says Trump duped her”

A team of UN human rights experts have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani and repeal his death sentence amid serious concerns that he did not receive a fair trial and was tortured during pre-trial detention. “The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Heidar GhorbaniContinue reading “UN experts say Iran must halt imminent execution of Kurdish prisoner”

President Joe Biden’s bid to placate progressive members of his party by extending a moratorium on evictions has crumbled following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling declaring the executive branch action unconstitutional. Courts in some states quickly followed with orders for sheriffs to resume evictions of tenants who are long overdue paying their rent, leaving partContinue reading “Supreme Court tied Biden’s hands on eviction moratoriums but Congress is not helping”

Delta Air Lines is taking action to combat the Delta variant that has caused a surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations around the country, but United Airlines is alone in setting truly sky-high standards to prevent new infections of the aggressively contagious disease. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told employees that they must pay a $200Continue reading “Some airlines push employees to get vaccine”

Water-related hazards dominate the list of disasters in terms of both the human and economic toll over the past 50 years, according to a comprehensive analysis by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Of the top 10 disasters, the hazards that led to the largest human losses during the period have been droughts (650,000 deaths), stormsContinue reading “Deluge of devastating disasters documented”

The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that the Gloucester County School Board will be ordered to pay over $1.3 million in attorney’s fees and costs requested in Gavin Grimm’s discrimination case. Gavin Grimm sued his school board for excluding him the restrooms any other boy in his school would use — simply because heContinue reading “Gavin Grimm $1.3 million for legal fees in landmark transgender lawsuit”

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with Representatives Cori Bush (MO-01), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), led over 60 of their House colleagues in writing to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer imploring them to swiftly pass legislation to extend the federal eviction moratorium for the duration of the pandemic. The lawmakers’ letter follows theContinue reading “Lawmakers want federal eviction moratorium extended for the duration of the pandemic”

States United Democracy Center joined Jared Holt, resident fellow of the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) at the Atlantic Council, to file an amicus brief in federal court in Washington, D.C., supporting three cases that allege that then-President Donald J. Trump intended his supporters to violently disrupt Congress’ count of the Electoral votes on JanuaryContinue reading “Bipartisan group says Trump meant to incite violence”