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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Prentiss County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with A.I. assistance. According to the Prentiss County Sheriff's Department, on July 2, 2024, Deputy Hunter Arnold and Josh Brumley were conducting a routine safety checkpoint with other deputies at the intersection of highway 30 east and highway 365. The operation took an unexpected turn when a vehicle driven by April Nicole Storment approached.

Drug Possession Arrest Made During Safety Checkpoint in Prentiss County

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Thursday the successful launch of a statewide drug operation by the Kentucky State Police (KSP) known as “Operation Summer Heat,” following a three-month investigation into suspected drug trafficking rings.

KSP’s Operation Summer Heat makes 206 drug trafficking arrests, saving lives in safer state

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Virginia State

Cheryl E Preston

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful are pretty much unified in their expectations of what will happen between Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) and Paris Buckingham (Diamond White), who recently announced their engagement.

The Bold and the Beautiful fans believe Thomas will dump Paris for Hope

Illinois State

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Shenandoah, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

SHENANDOAH – Two long-abandoned buildings in the southeast section of town will be coming down...
The post Long-abandoned Martin Shirt, Abbatoir to come down first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Long-abandoned Martin Shirt, Abbatoir to come down

Josue Torres

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that in a significant move to alleviate the financial burden on residents, the state has cleared water and wastewater utility bills for 4 million Californians.

California forgives water utility bills for 4 million residents

Pennsylvania State

Bucks County Beacon

“Who sits there and thinks, with all the needs we have in America, of criminalizing the homeless?” wonders Pastor Robert Brown of Bristol’s Bible Evangelical Methodist Church after learning that the United States Supreme Court approved punishing those experiencing homelessness who have nowhere to sleep.

After SCOTUS OK’s Criminalization of Homelessness, Pennsylvania Democrats Plan Legislative Response to Protect Rights of the Unhoused

"We have the potential to produce renewable energy from solar, wind, tidal and wave resources." A London-based startup called Spiralis Energy has pitched the use of its "screw-like" tidal power generator to the States of Alderney, an island in the English Channel that flows between France and England, per an article by Interesting Engineering.

Startup develops 'screw-like' generator that could harness largely untapped energy of waves — here's how it works

An estimated 650 million metal aerosols are used in the UK each year, with over 80% of these used in the home. Upcoming reforms to packaging recycling in the UK, including a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, Simpler Recycling in England and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), present an opportunity for the metal packaging sector to redouble their efforts to push metal recycling rates even higher than they are today (the aluminium packaging recycling rate for 2023 was 68%.)

SUEZ and Alupro announce partnership to increase aerosol recycling

What is more summery than an icy, sweet frozen drink? If the heat wave is getting to you, try whipping up this simple frozen strawberry lemonade. All you need is your choice of lemonade and some frozen strawberries. You can use store-bought lemonade, make your own from scratch, or a powdered version. As for strawberries, frozen ones are the easiest choice. If you'd rather use fresh, add at least two cups of ice until you reach a nice, frozen consistency.

2-Ingredient Frozen Strawberry Lemonade: Beat the Heat!

It’s coming. In fact, it’s already here. Artificial Intelligence is becoming a force in plastics processing. The ability of machines to automate tasks with no human intervention comes during a period in manufacturing where labor is hard to find, train and keep, when machine uptime and optimization is more crucial than ever, and where product quality and consistency is an absolute must.

AI: The Next Big Thing in Plastics Processing

DBS, OCBC, and UOB in Singapore are slated to retire the use of one-time passwords (OTPs) for customers who have digital tokens, in a move that aims to combat phishing scams. To be phased out within the next three months, OTPs will remain available to customers of the three banks who still rely on physical tokens. These users, however, are "strongly encouraged" to activate their digital tokens to better safeguard their credentials against phishing attacks, according to a joint statement released Tuesday by industry regulator Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS).

3 banks plan to retire one-time passwords for customers with digital tokens

Advance Market Analytics published a new research publication on “Portable Solar Power Generator Panel Market Insights, to 2030” with 232 pages and enriched with self-explained Tables and charts in presentable format. In the Study you will find new evolving Trends, Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities generated by targeting market associated stakeholders. The growth of the Portable Solar Power Generator Panel market was mainly driven by the increasing R&D spending across the world.

Portable Solar Power Generator Panel Market to enjoy ‘explosive growth’ to 2030

Hawaii State

COURTESY KANOA WINDS INC. Kanoa Winds’ planned small-scale wind turbines look like two vertical cylinders in a metal frame when spinning. 1 /1 COURTESY KANOA WINDS INC. Kanoa Winds’ planned small-scale wind turbines look like two vertical cylinders in a metal frame when spinning. Small-scale wind turbines that...

Alternate technology to make electricity from wind proposed for Hawaii

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