Illinois State

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Chicago, IL

Chicago Happenings

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

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

New Jersey State

Clifton, NJ

Newark, NJ – Evangelos Megariotis, a 72-year-old orthopedic surgeon from Clifton, admitted to multiple counts of unlawfully prescribing pain medications to his patients. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the guilty plea today.

Surgeon Guilty of Illegal Narcotic Prescriptions, Faces 20 Years

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Amazon is employing AI to deliver new technologies such as point-of-sale machines that let you pay by reading your palm print. Alphabet is deploying AI to help with tasks as mundane as writing emails and as profound as harnessing fusion. Palantir's unique ontology is the secret ingredient in its recipe...

3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for Decades

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a judge to toss a lawsuit from an American apparel company that has attempted to shield itself from potential regulatory action over a past airdrop. On July 3, the SEC filed to dismiss a March 25 suit from Beba and the DeFi...

SEC wants retailer’s crypto suit tossed as it’s based on ‘phantom’ policy

Gloucester County, NJ

Franklinville, NJ

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. -A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he defrauded the government of more than $200,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Man Guilty of $200K Social Security & Medicaid Fraud

New York City, NY

The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

The team behind rapper Sexyy Red’s PRESI token “sniped,” or quickly bought, more than 90% of the token’s supply at launch, according to a social media post from onchain sleuth ZachXBT. The post was made in reply to a now-deleted X post from Sexyy Red herself.

Rapper Sexyy Red’s team bought 90% of PRESI token at launch — ZachXBT

Dubai, UAE - The meme coin economy is about to get a massive shakeup with the launch of Four.meme, the brand new fair launch platform built for meme coins on BNB Chain, a community-driven blockchain ecosystem that is removing barriers to Web3 adoption that is composed of BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and Greenfield.

Four.Meme: Brand new fair launch platform for memes on BNB Chain launches today

Hackers gained access to the Authy Android app database and “were able to identify data associated with [accounts], including phone numbers,” according to a July 1 security alert post issued by the app’s developer, Twilio. The accounts themselves “are not compromised,” the post stated, implying that the...

Authy 2FA app leaked phone numbers that may be used for text phishing

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

About 80 people overtook Aurora’s City Council meeting Monday, causing the mayor to recess the meeting three times in an effort to bring about order. The council then agreed to extend public invited to be heard beyond the one-hour time limit. The speakers showed up to chide the City Council for not punishing the officer that shot and killed Kilyn Lewis. Lewis was a suspect in a crime which is why police approached him. Body camera footage released by the Aurora Police Department showed Lewis did not have a gun and repeatedly yelled “I don’t have nothing!” with his hands in the air. Despite this, officer Michael Dieck killed him with a single shot from his rifle. Lewis never had more than a cell phone in his hand, the video showed.

Supporters of Black man killed by Aurora police overtake council meeting

Fortune

Alibaba's stand at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. China’s chip industry may have found a way to make an advanced chip that can power a 5G smartphone, but it can’t yet make a chip powerful to run AI applications. And that dependence on chip imports, restricted by a U.S. ban, could now be putting China’s tech sector at a disadvantage in the race to dominate AI.

China’s AI companies are reportedly rationing the use of their services because they don’t have enough chips

DeanLand

Georgia's population grew beyond the 11 million mark in 2023, reaching 11,029,227 residents according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. With a robust population increase of 2.9% from 2020 to 2023, 315,456 new residents arrived in the state. Georgia was the 10th fastest-growing state in the US by percentage during the reporting period.

Georgia's Population Surges Past 11 Million, Fueled by Migration

Chainlink has teamed up with Fidelity International and Sygnum to bring Net Asset Value (NAV) data onchain. According to an announcement on July 3, the initiative will see the NAV of Fidelity’s $6.9 billion Institutional Liquidity Fund become accessible onchain in real time. NAV is a financial metric used...

Fidelity, Sygnum partner with Chainlink to bring NAV data onchain

Wisconsin State

Bucks County Beacon

We are in dangerous waters on this Independence Day. While we obsess over the horse race and the latest polls, rubbernecking at the tragic disintegration of an accomplished, public-spirited president, the plot to overthrow American democracy and replace it with a violent, repressive, despotic regime is well underway.

Confronting a ‘Second American Revolution’ on the 4th of July

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

Josue Torres

Assembly Bill 230, set to come into effect in California on July 1, 2024, builds on existing legislation that mandates free menstrual products in public school bathrooms for grades 6 through 12. This new bill extends the requirement to include grades 3 through 5.

New California law mandates schools to provide menstrual products, including in boys' restrooms

As crypto and traditional finance (TradFi) converge, key issues include liquidity constraints, the need for seamless technical integration, and the growing demand for flexible and secure self-custody solutions. Despite these obstacles, advancements in Web3 infrastructure — like account abstraction — and strategic partnerships are making crypto more accessible for everyday transactions, potentially revolutionizing how users manage and spend their digital assets.

Addressing crypto debit card adoption challenges: Interview with Baanx

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How DePin Networks can decentralize law enforcement

A new report from venture capital firm Zee Prime Capital suggests that decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePin) have the potential to transform law enforcement. These networks...

How DePin Networks can decentralize law enforcement

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