Chicago, IL

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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?

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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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

Charlotte, NC

Sportico


				













	Zawyer Sports & Entertainment has acquired a controlling interest in the Charlotte Checkers, the Florida Panthers’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the team announced on Monday.Dallas Stars Declare 'Victory' With Streaming Channel for Local Games




	The Zawyer group’s partners include NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, NFL linebacker Myles Jack, Carolina Panthers long snapper J.J. Jansen and Fox NASCAR analyst Regan Smith.




	The transaction was approved at the AHL’s board of governors meeting last week.




	The Checkers have been owned by Michael Kahn, who is the founder of alcoholic beverage distributor Kahn Ventures Inc., since 2006. He will remain with...

Harvick, Tebow Group Buys Florida Panthers Minor-League Club


				













	Patrick Bertoletti has won the 2024 Men’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, while Miki Sudo defended her 2023 win with her 10th title in the women’s competition, per The Hollywood Reporter.Joey Chestnut Will Eat Hot Dogs July 4, but Not on Coney Island




	Bertoletti of Chicago consumed 58 hot dogs in a tight race, where the leader varied among the 13 competitors around the world. He surpassed his personal best of 55 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Sudo, on the other hand, ate 51 hot dogs, setting a new world record for women. She ate 39 1/2 hot dogs last year.




	The...

Patrick Bertoletti Wins Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest

Baltimore, MD

TheDailyBeast

The only person to survive the fall into the Patapsco River when a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March described his experience for the first time during an interview Wednesday with NBC News.Julio Cervantes Suarez was among the seven construction workers who were on the bridge during the moment of impact. All were on their break at the time, and Cervantes Suarez, like some others, was inside his truck.The 37-year-old said he saw family members, including nephew Carlos Daniel Hernandez and brother-in-law Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, fall into the river.“I thanked God for [the] family he...

Baltimore Bridge Collapse Survivor Reveals What He Had to Do to Stay Alive

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?

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


				













	Before the Los Angeles Rams moved to their new headquarters and training complex in Woodlawn Hills, Calif., last month, the team’s players, coaches and front-office staffers had a new brand on offer, Dodo Coffee. The brew, it turns out, had a connection.Tim Tebow Becomes Partner at Florida Venture Capital Firm




	Dodo Coffee Co. was founded by Rams star wide receiver Cooper Kupp and his family. Earlier this year, the 2022 Super Bowl MVP says he offered a discount to his employer to get his product available and to provide an alternative for those who often looked outside the team facility for...

Cooper Kupp Wants to Change the Coffee Game

Pennsylvania State

Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

New York Post

Kareem Khalil’s cancer diagnosis as a teenager hurled him into a soul-searching journey that led him to embrace his Muslim religion — and landed him in the ranks of New York’s Finest.

Khalil, 23, was one of 620 recruits who were sworn into the NYPD at Madison Square Garden on Monday, the culmination of a quest that was almost cut short when he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma as a 16-year-old happy-go-luck kid from the Bronx.

“It happened out of the blue,” he told The Post. “It was definitely a fearful feeling, because being 16 at the time you don’t really know...

NYPD grad survived cancer, found religion and joins New York’s Finest: ‘You get hit with a reality check’


				













	Social media influencers can violate the law by failing to disclose a paid relationship with a brand, a federal judge ruled last week when partially denying a motion to dismiss. The ruling serves as a warning to athletes who use NIL to boost products and services without acknowledging the presence of a contractual relationship.Grambling State Athlete Seeks HBCU Class Status in NCAA Bias Suit




	U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow advanced most of a lawsuit brought by two dissatisfied consumers of Blue Ice Vodka. Mario Sava and Alin Pop accuse the vodka’s maker, 21st Century Spirits, and 10 influencers of violating the...

NIL Influencers Must Disclose Paid Connection to Avoid Lawsuits

Virginia State

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

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

MOD Pizza has over 500 locations across the country with 22 restaurants in Illinois. The Washington-based chain offers fast-casual fare known for its customized, artisan-style pizzas. Customers can choose from over 40 toppings and 8 sauces to create their own masterpiece.

Bankruptcy Looms for Major Pizza Chain With Chicago Suburban Locations

Miami Gardens, FL


				













	Game tickets are revocable licenses to enter a sports facility and occupy a seat for a specific event. Sporticast 362: Fallout of Copa America Crowd Disaster




	What happens when people without tickets force entry into a facility and occupy seats purchased by ticket holders, who then show up?




	That problem played out at the Copa América final between Argentina and Colombia Sunday night at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. According to eyewitnesses, thousands of fans without tickets tried to enter the stadium to watch what might be global star Lionel Messi’s last game for Argentina. According to ESPN, the crowd overcame...

Ticketing Chaos at Copa América Final Could Have Legal Implications

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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

“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

Georgia State

The Current GA

People held in Georgia immigrant detention centers will soon face new challenges in their search for lawyers to represent them in immigration court, a development that will likely doom many people’s chances of fighting deportation.

For migrants in Georgia, fighting deportation will become harder. Here’s why.

NewsBreak

Diamond Sports and Comcast Resume Talks as Key Hearing Looms


				













	Comcast and Diamond Sports Group may be inching closer to a resolution of the dispute that has left scores of baseball fans out in the cold,...

Diamond Sports and Comcast Resume Talks as Key Hearing Looms

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