Baltimore, MD

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The Orange County Tribune

THE COLLAPSED Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (NTSB photo). Sixty million dollars in immediate federal aid has been given to Maryland in the wake of the collapse and loss of the busy Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

$60m aid for bridge collapse; Putin says no war with NATO

New Jersey State

Yavapai County, AZ

Mahwah, NJ

NBC News

A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified as belonging to a U.S. Marine who died in a 1951 training accident decades later. Last year, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office turned over the piece of bone to the Ramapo College...

Jawbone found by rock-collecting child identified as U.S. Marine who died in 1951 training accident

California State

Metropolis, IL

METROPOLIS, Ill. — The pastor began his sermon with a warning. Satan was winning territory across America, and now he was coming for their small town on the banks of the Ohio River in southern Illinois. “Evil is moving and motivated,” Brian Anderson told his congregation at Eastland Life...

In Superman’s 'hometown,' a pastor vows to fight Satan’s influence at the local library

Florida State

Lakeland, FL

Jim McFarland, a fourth-generation shoe cobbler in Lakeland, Florida, never anticipated his trade mending shoes would lead to millions of views on social media. People are captivated by his careful craftsmanship: removing, then stitching and gluing soles on leather footwear. Across the country, some send him letters, sharing the stories behind their most cherished belongings. NBC News’ Sam Brock brings us his story.

Florida shoe cobbler mends more than soles

New York City, NY

Brajesh Choubisa

AI has been utilized to enhance my writing skills. The sight of protestors shouting "Death to America" and “burning the US flag” on American soil, in NYC, is like a dagger to the heart, igniting an emotional outburst of pain, concern, agony, and pity. It's a gut-wrenching betrayal of the principles we hold dear, a desecration of the very symbol that represents our collective identity and aspirations.

Opinion: "Death To America" Chants on US Soil?

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

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

West Virginia State

Richmond, VA

Margaret Minnicks

According to ABC News, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled in favor of Donald Trump, Jr.,in a defamation lawsuit brought by former coal company boss Don Blankenship.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia ruled in favor of Donald Trump, Jr.

Boston, MA

Perkins, OK

BOSTON — An Oklahoma man was arrested Wednesday after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the Massachusetts headquarters of a group called The Satanic Temple. The Salem-based group says on its website that it campaigns for secularism and individual liberties, and that its members don’t actually worship Satan.

Man arrested, accused of throwing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Massachusetts

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

Colorado State

Colorado Springs, CO

DENVER — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The indictment...

Colorado funeral home owners accused of storing 190 decaying bodies are charged with Covid fraud

Moscow, ID

The legal team of the suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 has said that cellphone tower data proves he was out driving late at night and miles away when they were killed. Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, who was indicted on charges of murder by a...

University of Idaho murder suspect says cellphone data proves he was out driving at the time of the slayings

Idaho State

Boise, ID

Alarm bells ring in Matt Murray’s head when a prescription for misoprostol comes through his independent pharmacy in Boise, Idaho. “Are there directions on the prescription that show what it’s being used for?” said Murray, a pharmacist and director of operations for Customedica Pharmacy. “If not, then we would probably need to call the [doctor’s] office and confirm why it’s being prescribed.”

Some pharmacists fear jail time over murky abortion laws

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World one step from ′nuclear annihilation,′ U.N. chief warns

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that “humanity is...

World one step from ′nuclear annihilation,′ U.N. chief warns

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