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Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

Georgia State

Blackshear, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A South Georgia attorney was arrested last week after allegedly initiating a physical fight and committing battery against another attorney, according to a Pierce County Sheriff’s Office incident report. This isn’t the first time the attorney, John Thigpen Jr., has been taken to jail for a physical dispute at a courthouse, with a similar occurrence happened in 2017.

South Georgia Attorney Arrested for Allegedly Initiating Physical Altercation at Courthouse

Delaware State

Dover, DE

Authorities have identified the woman who was shot and killed early Sunday morning at Delaware State University in Dover.

Police identify woman fatally shot at Delaware State University, campus remains closed Monday

Morristown, NJ

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

Minnesota State

Detroit Lakes, MN

A state senator in Minnesota has been charged with first-degree felony burglary on suspicion of breaking into her stepmother’s house Monday to retrieve sentimental items related to her late father, including his ashes, according to a probable cause statement obtained by CNN.

A Minnesota state senator is charged with burglary, accused of breaking into her stepmother’s house to obtain her dad’s ashes

Vermont State

Burlington, VT

The man charged connection with an alleged arson at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in Vermont, entered a not guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Burlington on Tuesday, court records show.

Suspect charged in alleged arson at Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office pleads not guilty

Pennsylvania State

Tampa, FL

President Joe Biden has revived a debunked tale about his past – his fictional claim that he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck.

Fact check: Biden repeats his false claim that he ‘used to drive an 18-wheeler’

Los Angeles, CA

There is “significant activity” at the University of Southern California’s University Park Campus due to pro-Palestinian protests, according to an alert sent by the school. CNN’s Nick Watt has the details. 

CNN on the ground amid protests at USC

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

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

Inspectors have failed rental units for methamphetamine contamination, hoarding, pest infestations, mold and water damage, sanitation concerns, heating, and lack of utilities, according to a report presented Wednesday to the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee of the Denver City Council.

Meth contamination, hoarding, pests lead to Denver rental inspection failures

Manhattan, NY

Negotiations between Columbia University and pro-Palestinian protesters, who have built an encampment on campus to protest Israel’s war in Gaza,  are ongoing. The university gave protesters a two-day extension to clear the tent encampment. CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports on the latest developments.

Hear what Columbia and student protesters are negotiating

Austin, TX

A man who was arrested earlier this year in connection with the stabbing of a Palestinian-American was indicted by a Texas grand jury Tuesday on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, despite calls from Muslim civil rights advocates to have him charged with a hate crime.

Grand jury indicts man accused of stabbing Palestinian-American with aggravated assault despite calls for hate crime charges

Nashville, TN

CNN FlashDocs presents “Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance,” available to stream in the US on Friday, April 26 on Max.

‘Greed is driving the train’: Why women are considered a bad bet in Nashville

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

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Pentagon says it will respond to Oklahoma's governor after state's National Guard rejects its vaccine mandate

(CNN) — The Pentagon said it would respond to Oklahoma's Republican governor after the state's National Guard indicated it would thwart a Defense Department mandate that...

Pentagon says it will respond to Oklahoma's governor after state's National Guard rejects its vaccine mandate

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