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Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Romance scammers raked in big bucks in 2022, deceiving almost 70,000 people out of $1.3 billion, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FBI, romance scammers create an online identity to gain a person’s trust and affection and then use that relationship to […]
Consumer Product Safety Commission (NEW YORK) — A number of popular Fabuloso cleaning products were recalled Wednesday by the Colgate-Palmolive Company due to risk of bacteria contamination, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. About 4.9 million units — as well as about 56,000 units in Canada — of various Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner products were […]
Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 150 New York City police officers violated department rules during 2020 protests over the death of George Floyd, according to a new report issued Monday by the Civilian Complaint Review Board. The Board substantiated misconduct against 146 officers. Most of the violations involved excessive force, […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 27% of all inmates held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections were held past their release dates over a four-month period, according to a Justice Department report. The Justice Department said in a report that between January and April 2022, 26.8% of the people, or 1,108 people, […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ten states are on alert for flooding, mudslides, heavy snow, avalanche danger and strong winds Friday morning as series of new storms are expected to pound the West Coast. Heavy snow will be falling in Colorado and Utah, with up to 20 inches of snow possible […]
Hoptocopter/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 620,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and over 4.3 million people have died worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Just […]