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Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nine individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in Newark, distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

16 Arrested in Major Drug Bust: Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl & Heroin

Belle Haven, VA

Cheryl E Preston

Alice Stewart was in Northern Virginia when she passed away. Belle Haven is in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. It is located South of Old Alexandria, where actor Christopher Meloni was raised. To the West is Richmond Highway, and on the East is the Potomac River. This is the location where Mass Live says CNN commentator Alice Stewart, 58, was found deceased Saturday morning.

CNN comentator Alice Stewart was found dead in a home in Belle Haven in Northern Virginia

Hattiesburg, MS

Mississippi News Group

HATTIESBURG, MS — On the morning of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, Hattiesburg Police responded to a reported shooting in the 1000 block of Country Club Road at approximately 9:30 a.m.

Teenage female arrested after shooting following armed carjacking

Indiana State

Smithfield, RI

SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Child care worker Marci Then, 32, looked over at two 4-year-olds in her care who were tussling over a toy plate in a model kitchen set. “Are we sharing?” she gently asked them. They both let go. Then works at Little Learners Academy child...

For child care workers, state aid for their own kids’ care is ‘life-changing’

Oakland County, MI

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard talks about what police know about the Rochester Hills shooting, June 15, 2024 | Anna Liz Nichols. Families had filled up Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills on Father’s Day weekend when a man with a handgun open fired on the crowd, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at a news conference Saturday just hours after the shooting.

9 shot at metro Detroit splash pad, including 4- and 8-year-old siblings and their mom

Missouri State

The feds are stepping in to help Missouri adopt strategies to “mitigate the harm being caused to applicants,” which can include patients forgoing and delaying medical care and prescription drugs (Getty Images). Missouri’s delays in processing Medicaid applications — among the worst in the nation — have the...

Feds to scrutinize Missouri’s worst-in-the-nation Medicaid application delays

Texas State

California State

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Dollar Tree announced May 29 that it has acquired designation rights for 170 leases of 99 Cents Only Stores across Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas. A designation right allows Dollar Tree to have control over key aspects of the 170 leases.

Dollar Tree acquires rights to 170 leases for 99 Cents Only Stores

Montana State

These are the conditions around Logan Pass on May 30th, 2024. Deep snows and fresh flakes dominate the mountain views even as summer approaches on May 31, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service) Expect mountain passes with especially high elevations above 6,000 feet, like Homestake Pass outside Butte,...

National Weather Service: Winter storm watch for high elevations early next week

Florida State

Orlando, FL

Florida is joining the growing list of states that allow pharmacists to order and dispense HIV infection-prevention drugs, but it will still take months until any pharmacists are certified to provide that service. Greater access to emergency HIV postexposure prophylaxis drugs, commonly known as PEP, could curb infections in the...

Florida starts to set rules allowing pharmacists to prescribe emergency HIV prevention drugs

Maine State

Idaho State

Shop with Me Mama

Why Idaho Ranks in the Top 10 States Americans Are Flocking To in 2024. A lot of Idahoans are saying 'Idaho is FULL! Go find somewhere else to live!'. With that said, MANY people and their families are flocking to this state and calling it home.

Why Is Everyone Relocating To Idaho?

Ohio State

Students getting their l lunch at a primary school. Photo by Amanda Mills/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Summer can be the hungriest time of the year for students who rely on free or reduced school meals and a new federal program is trying to help those families. Summer Electronic...

A new federal program will give eligible students $120 to buy groceries this summer

An Oakland County Sheriff's vehicle blocks the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills after police say up to 10 people were injured in a shooting on June 15, 2024 | Anna Liz Nichols. Around 5 p.m. Saturday, a man is believed to have pulled up in a vehicle to...

As many as 10 shot at Rochester Hills splash pad, including an 8-year-old, police say

Northern Kentucky Tribune

As Americans continue to battle their ever-increasing grocery store bills, some are cutting brand-name products and picking up lower-priced store brands, which are surging in popularity.

Faced with bigger grocery bills, many Americans are switching from national to private-label brands

River Oaks, TX

Robert Russell Shaneyfelt

This post includes content modified using AI. Garrett Beck could never have foreseen the events that transpired during his Thursday morning shift. The electrician and his colleague were heading south on Interstate 35 when lightning struck their work truck near Basswood Blvd.

Struck by Lightning on I-35: A Close Call

Alabama State

Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, speaks to colleagues on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives before the start of the session on Feb. 6, 2024 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) HB 56 — the anti-immigrant bill passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2011 — is a perfect...

Imagine Alabama welcoming immigrants

NEWARK, N.J. — Thomas Manzo, the ex-husband of a star from Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," was convicted today of planning an assault on his ex-wife’s current husband in exchange for a lavish wedding reception, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. The 59-year-old Franklin Lakes resident was found guilty after a two-and-a-half-week trial before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court.

Real Housewives Star's Ex Convicted of Violent Assault

Shenandoah, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

NORTHERN SCHUYLKILL – The following is a collection of police incidents reported by local law enforcement...
The post Police Log, 5/24/2024 first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Police Log, 5/24/2024

Gillian May

Most of us who engage in heavy alcohol use do so to self-medicate. And we self-medicate because we don’t know how to feel, process, and sit with our uncomfortable emotions. There are many ways to avoid uncomfortable feelings; heavy alcohol use is just one way (among many) to numb out, avoid, or escape. A lot of us who have abused alcohol, myself included, do so to regulate our emotions, or we think we are regulating our emotions through self-medication.

Opinion: Heavy Alcohol Use Increases Emotional Dysregulation

New Jersey State

Pennsylvania State

NEW JERSEY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), has co-led a multistate comment letter supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule aimed at reducing criminal history-based barriers to public housing. This initiative is a collaborative effort with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania to improve access to safe and affordable housing.

HUD Rule Fights Housing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

Thursday was the 12th anniversary of DACA, an Obama-era policy that offers work permits and protection from deportation to undocumented residents brought to America as children. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) The Murphy administration is urging President Joe Biden to extend work permits and protection from deportation to undocumented...

Murphy administration urges Biden to offer protections to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens

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Restaurant inspection update: Green slime, moldy meat, unlicensed eateries

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing oversees restaurant inspections in Iowa. (Photo via Getty Images; DIAL logo courtesy of Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals...

Restaurant inspection update: Green slime, moldy meat, unlicensed eateries

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