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PROVIDENCE – A Providence man has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a yearlong scheme involving the fraudulent use of thousands of gift cards purchased for charities, schools, and community organizations. According to the Department of Justice, 69-year-old Esteban “Steven” Antonio Perez was...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) — Virginia’s Department of Forensic Science has flagged thousands of gun cases for review after an examiner and a verifier in its Roanoke lab failed proficiency testing. The department says the issue dates to 2024, when the two employees did not get the expected results...

A Virginia mother says a police surveillance technology error turned her life upside down after officers arrived at her home in the middle of the night, accused her vehicle of being connected to a shooting and towed her car, only for authorities to acknowledge that they had identified the wrong vehicle.

Patrick Vereb Sr., the 72-year-old owner of Eternity Pet Memorial in western Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to felony theft charges for taking more than $650,000 from pet owners who paid for cremations and burials. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the plea on October 22, 2026. The owner admitted the charges, which include first-degree theft […]

Despite inflation that has pushed up prices in the New York area by 4% in the last year, low-wage workers won’t see an expected increase in the city’s $17 an hour minimum wage on Jan. 1 because of a quirk in the 2023 state law that indexed the minimum wage to the consumer price index. […] The post Minimum Wage Freeze Hits NYC Workers Amid Rising Inflation appeared first on The City Reporter .

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission has sued the bargain chain Dollar General for what it characterized as "long-running deceptive pricing practices" by charging customers more once they reach the register than the prices that are displayed on shelves and in advertisements. Twenty states joined in the...

The famous listening room and music venue, The Bluebird Cafe, is suing its neighbor, accusing the apartment building of causing flooding in April 2025 and costing the venue hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A West Orange mayoral candidate already under investigation for stealing campaign signs has sent a mailer featuring bogus endorsements from popular Democratic officeholders. Tammy Williams claims endorsements from Gov. Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim, and Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, but representatives of all four confirmed to the New Jersey Globe that Williams made no endorsements and that the quotes were fabricated. The Williams mailer also claims an endors

(WPDE) — A longtime Horry County firefighter is bringing home a world title after returning to competition following a decade away from the sport. Captain David Howell of Horry County Fire Rescue (HCFR) won a world championship Saturday at the Firefighter Challenge World Championships in Las Vegas. Howell and...

JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) - Tennessee Department of Correction inmate Jacob Morley escaped custody from the Northwest Correctional Complex on October 25, 2026. Morley is serving a life sentence for a conviction in Carter County for first-degree murder, as well as aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, evading arrest, and vandalism. Morley...