Pennsylvania State

Chester County, PA

The Hill

A group of middle schoolers in Pennsylvania created numerous fake TikTok accounts, impersonating teachers with captions that show the adults making inappropriate comments.   A group of eighth graders in the Great Valley School District (GVSD) in Chester County made around 20 fake TikTok accounts of teachers filled with pedophilic and homophobic remarks, racist memes…

Pennsylvania middle schoolers impersonated teachers on TikTok, district says

Baltimore, MD

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A Dime Saved

Rising crime rates and a lack of safety in the wealthiest country in the world have been hot topics across both sides of the political aisle recently. Discussion about crime took center stage during the recent midterm elections, with Republicans pouring as much as $40 million on ads related to rising crime, according to an NPR analysis of data from AdImpact.

4 of the Most Dangerous Cities Are in the U.S.

Minnesota State

A Minnesota jury came to a strong conclusion in a high-profile case that revealed a dishonest plan to steal millions of dollars in Covid relief funds. Seven Somali defendants were on trial on charges that they took advantage of a government program meant to give kids and low-income families free, healthy meals during the pandemic. The defendants worked for a Minnesota charity group called Feeding Our Future. A web of lies that ran from April 2020 to January 2022 was broken by the alleged plan. The defendants were accused of hiring people to start Federal Child Nutrition Program sites during this time. But they didn’t feed the kids with the money they got from the program; instead, they used it for themselves.

Seven Somalis Were Found Guilty in Minnesota of a Shocking $250 Million Covid Pandemic Fraud

Daily Mail

Government officials are celebrating Independence Day by welcoming approximately 11,000 new citizens to the US.

Would you pass the US citizenship test? 10 questions, including the Federalist Papers one everybody gets wrong

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

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

A Piece of Travel

Sometimes, it's hard to believe American and British English are the same language, especially considering the differences in word use and idiomatic expressions. These are some of the most popular terms in the United Kingdom (UK) that confuse and amuse Americans.

15 British Words and Phrases Utterly Confuse Americans

Long before the United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers — Spanish, French, and English — had already founded settlements that often flourished on lands that indigenous peoples had long inhabited. These early cities became centers of education, culture, trade, and community, shaping...

10 of the Oldest Cities in the US

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’

Utah State

Dylan McDonnell used ingredients like sycamore figs, Israeli golden raisins, frankincense, and 3,000-year-old yeast to brew a beer that was once consumed in ancient Egypt. Countless people developed new hobbies during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Some people started knitting, for instance, while others started baking bread. And Dylan McDonnell, a Utah man with a passion for beer, decided to try to brew it just like the ancient Egyptians did 3,500 years ago.

A Homebrewer In Utah Just Used A Recipe From A 3,500-Year-Old Papyrus To Recreate Beer That Ancient Egyptians Drank

North Carolina State

Town Talks

A Raleigh suburb is the safest town in North Carolina, a new report finds. Fuquay-Varina ranks No. 1 on a list of smaller cities boasting lower crime rates and a lower financial toll on residents, according to results published by Moneygeek.

The safest place to live in North Carolina? This ranks as the state’s No. 1 town

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

A crumbling 18th Century wall that has been propped up by scaffolding for more than two years is set to be repaired. Dorset Council said the the section of wall at County Hall, Dorchester, alongside the town's Walks, needed to be dismantled and rebuilt. It said work had been complicated...

Work set to start on crumbling 18th Century wall

Kentucky State

Florence, KY

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Four people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting in Northern Kentucky where the suspected shooter led police on chase before turning the gun on himself. Police responded to a call just before 3 a.m. on Saturday morning for an active shooting situation at a home in Florence.

Four dead, three injured in birthday party shooting; suspected shooter dead after chase

In the South American country of Suriname, the Maroon community is growing incredible, rare strains of rice made to flourish in the world's changing weather, The Guardian reported. The Maroons are descendants of Africans brought to Suriname as slaves by Dutch landowners in the 17th century. Their ancestors escaped from...

Rare rice seeds hidden by ancestor fleeing from slavery have been harvested for generations — now the rice could be key to climate resilience

Bacon County, GA

On Monday, a search at a Bacon County home by investigators resulted in the discovery of a large quantity of illegal drugs, including methamphetamine and cocaine. However, the suspects are currently not in custody.

Drug Bust Uncovers Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Bacon County Residence

Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 27, 2021. It has since been updated. Sarah Rector was born in 1902 near the all-black town of Taft. Her parents, mother Rose McQueen, and father, Joseph Rector, were descendants of Africans enslaved by the Muscogee Creek Nation Creek Indians before the Civil War. Rector's parents and their descendants were listed as "freedmen," a term used to refer to formerly enslaved individuals who have since been freed from slavery, usually through the course of law. Therefore, the Rectors were entitled to land allotments as part of the Treaty of 1866 made by the United States with the Five Civilized Tribes. Along with Rector herself, almost 600 Black children (also known as Muscogee Freedmen minors) were granted such allotments. The young Black girl was given 159.14 acres (64 hectares) of land, which made her the richest Black girl in all of America.

Sarah Rector was once the richest Black girl in the USA. And you should know her story.

Thomasville, GA

Vanishing Georgia

The Craftsman appearance of this cottage dates to circa 1920 but the house was built circa 1883. Joseph Young was a successful Black businessman in Thomasville and he often rented rooms in the house for overnight guests. He also housed overflow from the boarding house next door, owned by his family. Historically, Oak Street was […]

Joseph Young House, Circa 1883 + 1920, Thomasville

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

Former President Donald Trump delivered another litany of false claims during two speeches on Saturday. And he expressed an opinion on American history that is clearly contradicted by the facts.

Fact check: Trump says George Washington ‘probably didn’t’ own slaves. Washington did

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22 fake TikTok accounts made to impersonate teachers in PA

Nearly two dozen teachers and staff members at...

22 fake TikTok accounts made to impersonate teachers in PA

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