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The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it is suing the real estate company RealPage, alleging it engaged in a price-fixing scheme to drive up rents. The attorneys general of eight states — North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington — have joined the Justice Department’s antitrust suit filed in federal court in North Carolina.

DOJ accuses real estate software company of helping landlords collude to raise rents

Fox Business

The DOJ is reportedly targeting AI rental pricing software amid the Biden-Harris administration's push to block what it views as collusion, a move conservatives argue is misguided.

DOJ targeting AI rental pricing software is misguided, conservatives warn

CBS News

The Justice Department on Friday filed an antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, a property management software provider, alleging it enabled a collusion among landlords to inflate rents for millions of Americans. The complaint claims the Richardson, Texas-based company and its competitors engaged in a price-fixing scheme by sharing nonpublic, sensitive information, which RealPage's algorithmic pricing software used to generate pricing recommendations. The company replaced competition with rent coordination to the detriment of renters across the U.S., according to the suit, monopolizing the market through its revenue management software which was used by landlords to maximize rent costs. The DOJ is joined by the...

U.S. Justice Department sues RealPage, alleging it enabled price-fixing on rents

The US has sued software firm RealPage, accusing it of allowing landlords to co-ordinate on pricing.

US accuses software firm of driving rent hikes

WASHINGTON, DC—Farmers who experienced losses in 2022 due to almost any natural disaster have until the close of business today to apply for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) through USDA. The deadline (August 14, 2024) comes ten months after local Farm Service Agency offices began accepting the applications amid...

Deadline Today for 2022 Emergency Relief Program Applications

New York City, NY

Nassau County, NY

A convicted New York drug dealer and predatory lender who was freed from federal prison after his sentence was commuted in 2021 by then-President Donald Trump was arrested on assault charges. Jonathan Braun is accused in Nassau County court of assaulting his elderly father-in-law as he tried to protect his...

New York drug dealer whose prison sentence Trump commuted arrested on assault charges

Fox News

During the Democratic National Convention, CBS host Gayle King said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris is "uniquely qualified" to be president.

CBS host Gayle King, who donated to Kamala Harris in 2010, says Dem is 'so uniquely qualified' to be president

Florida State

Miami Gardens, FL

Law & Crime

A Florida mother beat her toddler with a hanger while on FaceTime with the girl’s father — showcasing the violence on the screen — and even threatened to kill the child, police in the Sunshine State allege. Aaliyah Shantrelle Herring, 25, stands accused of one count each...

‘I’ll eliminate her my damn self’: Florida mother allegedly whipped 3-year-old daughter with hanger on FaceTime video, claimed her ex created the footage with AI

Chicago, IL

Raleigh, NC

Today marks day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago. Ahead of the Chicago DNC, Democrat hopeful Kamala Harris announced a new federal program that would help first-time homebuyers. In Raleigh, North Carolina, on August 16, Harris rolled out a four year plan to tackle the country’s housing...

Kamala Harris announces plan to build 3 million new homes and assist first-generation homebuyers

Flagler County, FL

Bunnell, FL

A faceoff at a bus stop in Florida escalated to an all-out brawl after a mother of one of the high students got involved in the fight, police said.

Florida high school mom arrested for allegedly joining daughter's bus stop fistfight in video

Jackson, WY

Fed Chair Jerome Powell will deliver his policy speech at 10 a.m. ET from the central bank's annual conclave in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For all the attention being paid to the presentation, the chances of it containing any startling news seem remote. In previous years, Powell has used Jackson Hole...

Here's everything to expect from Fed Chair Powell's speech Friday in Jackson Hole

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Daily Coffee Press

Last week, two individuals from Coffee County were charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a search at a residence on Willacoochee Highway. On August 13, detectives with the Coffee County Drug Unit conducted an operation involving Charles Black, which led to a search of his residence on Willacoochee Highway. According to the report, Black left his residence before the warrant was served and was subsequently detained.

Two Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine After Search in Coffee County

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Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

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Trailer Empire

In a high-stakes legal showdown reshaping the real estate industry, law firms representing homeseller plaintiffs are now set to claim $36.87 million from a $110.6 million settlement pool, according to a recent filing. This significant sum comes as a reward for their relentless pursuit of justice against major real estate firms and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over alleged anticompetitive practices.

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Fortune

U.S. firms have rolled out massive referral bonuses after upping starting salaries to beyond $200,000.

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Wisconsin State

Cassville, WI

Wide Open Country

Race Landon was a 17-year-old teen from Wisconsin with his whole life ahead of him. Per PEOPLE, Landon attempted to use a tractor to pull out a tree that had fallen in his driveway. As Landon began pulling the tree, the front end of the tractor came upward while the rest of the tractor fell backward. This left Landon crushed beneath the tractor, causing injuries that would ultimately end his life.

High School Teen Dies After Tractor Falls On Him

Vice President Kamala Harris will call for a federal ban on food and grocery price gouging on Friday. Within her first 100 days in office, the Democratic presidential candidate will push for the first-ever federal ban on “corporate price gouging” by food companies to prevent them from “unfairly jacking up prices on consumers,” her campaign said Wednesday. Harris also wants to provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general with the authority to impose stiff penalties on corporations that violate such a ban.

Kamala Harris' plan to lower grocery bills includes a ban on corporate 'price gouging'

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been four years since the charismatic and rugged actor Robert Conrad died at 84. Best known for feature films like Palm Springs Weekend, and the trio of hit TV shows, Hawaiian Eye, Wild Wild West, and Black Sheep Squadron (a.k.a., Baa Baa Black Sheep), Robert Conrad was one tough cookie. This is his story.

In Memory of 'Tough Guy' Actor Robert Conrad ('Wild, Wild West): 4 Years After His Tragic Death

Humana has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the health insurer of fraud in Medicare’s prescription drug benefit. The suit filed by one of Humana’s former actuaries alleges the company submitted fraudulent bids to the CMS for lucrative Part D contracts from 2011 to 2017, overcharging the government for medication.

Humana pays $90M to settle whistleblower allegations of Medicare Part D fraud

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DOJ sues software firm RealPage for allegedly helping landlords collude to keep rents high

The U.S. Department of Justice accused software company RealPage of unlawfully scheming to undermine competition among landlords and create a monopoly that harms millions of renters....

DOJ sues software firm RealPage for allegedly helping landlords collude to keep rents high

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