A Safety Net Program Was Milked For Millions

A Brooklyn adult day care owner was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for leading a $64 million Medicaid fraud built on illegal kickbacks and fake claims.Story HighlightsA federal judge sentenced...

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America Keeps Hiring But Growth Feels Mixed

America added 162,000 jobs in August while the unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent, signaling steady work but uneven progress on pay and prices.Story...

Air-Rage Chaos Diverts Flight — Then This

Passengers say they had to zip-tie and duct-tape a man to his seat after a violent outburst that forced an American Airlines flight to divert.Story SnapshotPolice arrested Arizona realtor Arthur Lundeen after Flight 618 diverted to Baltimore.Witnesses reported slurs and physical assaults before passengers restrained him.Long Realty ended its affiliation with Lundeen after the incident.Charges include disorderly conduct and second-degree assault, not hate-crime counts.What Happened Onboard American Airlines Flight 618American Airlines Flight 618 from Dallas–Fort Worth to Newark diverted to Baltimore on September 3 after a disruptive passenger incident. Police said they arrested Arizona realtor Arthur Lundeen after landing....

Mamdani’s Clueless Gesture Snubs NYers Yet Again

The mayor of New York used a 9/11 commemorative pen to honor a lawyer who once defended an al-Qaeda terrorist, and the backlash was instant.Story SnapshotMayor Zohran Mamdani signed two 9/11 executive orders at City Hall, then had the ceremonial pen handed to chief counsel Ramzi Kassem.Kassem previously represented Ahmed al-Darbi, convicted by a United States military commission and tied to al-Qaeda operations.City Hall said Kassem helped draft the orders and attended in his official role.9/11 families and former officials condemned the gesture as disrespectful to victims and first responders.What Happened In The Room, And Why It Set People...

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Malibu Shock: Cage Home Driveway VANISHES

A 30-foot-wide sinkhole swallowed the driveway of a Malibu beachfront home linked to actor Nicolas Cage, triggering gas-leak fears and fresh questions about how...

50-And-Free? Sex Crime Hearings Ignite Fury

California’s parole board can consider some violent sex offenders for “elder parole” at age 50 after 20 years served, putting public safety and justice on a collision course.Story SnapshotState law allows “elder parole” eligibility at age 50 with 20 years served, expanded in 2021.Prosecutors flagged scheduled hearings that include violent sex-crime convictions, heightening alarm.Supporters cite a reported 1.8% reconviction rate for those released after elder parole hearings.Lawmakers are weighing tighter rules that delay eligibility for the most serious sex offenses.What California Law Now AllowsCalifornia’s Penal Code section 3055 sets a lower threshold for “elder parole.” The California Department of...

In-N-Out Mayhem: Customer Leaps Into Danger

A 20-year-old customer dove through an In-N-Out drive-thru window at 1 a.m. to shield workers from a woman swinging a stick-like object, and deputies later detained her without injuries reported.Story HighlightsLuca Opperman says he jumped through the window after the woman moved toward employees.Deputies detained 53-year-old Antonieta Sanchez and booked her on two charges.In-N-Out thanked the customer for helping keep people safe.Reports differ on the exact object used, described as a stick or bat-like item.What Happened Inside the RestaurantLos Angeles Times reporting identified the customer as Luca Opperman, age 20, who said the incident took place around 1 a.m....

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Judge Slaps Google—But Spares The Breakup

Antitrust remedies in digital markets succeed or fail on incentives: when a platform runs the tools, the marketplace, and key traffic lanes, forcing different...

Open AI Hub, One Owner — Yikes

Nvidia’s move to buy Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion would put the world’s top AI chip seller in control of the web’s largest open-model hub, tightening its grip on the AI stack.Story HighlightsReports say Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion, with talks described as advanced.The deal would tie dominant AI hardware to a key open-model platform used by millions of developers.Regulators are likely to review how ownership could shift platform neutrality over time.The buyout echoes earlier fears around big firms owning “neutral” developer commons like GitHub.What Happened: Nvidia Moves to Buy Hugging FaceReuters reported...

Fertility Quip Ignites Primetime Backlash

One taunt about who would “date” a congresswoman turned a policy debate into a culture fight in 12 seconds flat.Story SnapshotFox News host Julie Banderas told Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “no conservative would want to date you.”The segment pushed into fertility and future children, drawing sharp lines on taste and tactics.Ocasio-Cortez has said such personal attacks reflect a wider culture of sexist language in politics.She previously answered a dating question with “probably not,” citing values alignment.The On-Air Moment That Lit The FuseJulie Banderas delivered the line on a primetime Fox show and did not stop at dating. She pushed into...

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