Colorado State

Minnesota State

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. RealPage "allows landlords to manipulate, distort, and subvert market forces," the Justice Department said in the federal civil antitrust lawsuit. Attorney General Merrick Garland...

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

North Carolina State

CBS Pittsburgh

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

California State

PBS NewsHour

The lawsuit accuses the company of violating antitrust laws through its algorithm that landlords use to get recommended rental prices for apartments.

Justice Department accuses real estate software company RealPage of scheme to hike rents

iHeartRadio

“The rent is too damn high, and this is one of the reasons why,” Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters.

High Rent Prices Result Of Real Estate Agency Colluding With Landlords: DOJ

Charleston, WV

The US Sun

SHOPPERS at Kroger have cried out after a checkout issue caused long wait times and lines. Some were so furious they abandoned carts full of groceries and demanded the retail giant make improvements. The incident occurred on Sunday at a store in Charleston, West Virginia, according to a customer’s post on X. The Kroger shopper […]

Kroger apologizes as shoppers leave full carts due to ‘unacceptable’ checkout shortage and cry ‘we deserve better’

Coffee County, GA

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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

Louisiana State

Adams County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. July 26, 2024 – According to the Darkhorse Press, a late-night raid led by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group resulted in significant drug and firearm seizures, as well as multiple arrests.

Early Morning Drug Bust Leads to Multiple Arrests in Adams County

Military.com

USAA has agreed to pay $64.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that its banks improperly charged fees and high interest rates that violated federal protections for service members who held loans.Under the agreement released Friday, defendants USAA Federal Savings Bank and USAA Savings Bank -- the company's credit card subsidiary that is now part of USAA Federal Savings Bank -- did not admit any wrongdoing but agreed to pay roughly 210,000 members to settle a case filed in November 2021.In the suit, four plaintiffs alleged the banks did not lower interest rates or fees in compliance with the...

USAA to Pay $64.2 Million to Service Members in Settlement over Improper Bank Fees, Interest

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

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

Los Angeles, CA

Las Vegas, NV

SAN DIEGO, California — An indictment unsealed today alleges that five individuals participated in a massive fraud and money laundering scheme resulting in losses of more than $27 million to over 2,000 seniors. During a coordinated law enforcement operation this morning in Los Angeles, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada,...

Five arrested in $27 million fraud scheme targeting seniors

Irvine, CA

NewSantaAna

The Irvine Police Department’s Spectrum team was notified of a woman shoplifting at Sephora on Wednesday. When loss prevention tried to stop her, she refused to stop. As the Spectrum team arrived, loss prevention lost the suspect in the parking lot. An excellent citizen told the officers they observed the suspect enter a white Tesla and crawl into the trunk.

Shoplifter arrested after hiding in her Tesla’s trunk at the Irvine Spectrum

Chardon, OH

LOS ANGELES, California — A federal grand jury has indicted six individuals for their roles in a years-long scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts, the Justice Department announced today. According to court documents, Henry LoConti, 63, of Chardon, Ohio; John Flynn, 43, of...

Federal grand jury indicts six in multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme

TheDailyBeast

Fox News unceremoniously dumped out of an interview with Donald Trump while the former president was mid-rant Thursday following the Democratic National Convention.He immediately called into the network after his rival Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech, and after about 10 minutes of studiously listening to his complaints and exclamations, the hosts wrapped things up rather abruptly with the former president in order to transition to live reaction elsewhere.This might be the funniest thing I've ever seen.Trump called into Fox News to rage about Kamala's speech, only to be cut off by Bret Baier so they could get to Gutfeld's show. pic.twitter.com/wCUiVYbYyw—...

Fox Cuts Off Ranting Trump Then Mocks: ‘He’s Still Talking!’

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

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Winston-salem, NC

Town Talks

A North Carolina restaurant serves fried chicken in a “spicy, savory” sauce — and fans can’t get enough. So much so, the restaurant now ranks as the state’s No. 1 place to eat fried chicken.

Best fried chicken in North Carolina is at this restaurant, Yelp says. Why it’s No. 1

Mike Lynch, a British tech tycoon embroiled in legal battles for over a decade until just months ago, is presumed dead after boarding a superyacht that capsized off the Sicilian coast. The 184-foot vessel sank early Monday morning due to a violent storm off the coast of Palermo. Crews rescued...

Just weeks before Sicily yacht disaster Mike Lynch was finally acquitted in a years-long multi-billion dollar fraud case

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Government responsibility for the legal fees needed by a Georgia veteran to clear his record against Drug Enforcement Administration charges at before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
                Brian Moore had $8,500 with him in March 2021 as he prepared to board a flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles. DEA agents seized it, though they allowed Moore to continue to California where he was to record a music video.
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Winning defendant fights for government to pay his legal fees

The US has sued a leading software company that collects and sells rental data, accusing it of subverting competition between landlords and feeding the country's housing crisis. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has claimed RealPage's software algorithm meant rival landlords were sharing what would otherwise be private information, allegedly allowing...

US accuses software firm of driving rent hikes

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The DOJ files an antitrust suit against a software company for allegedly manipulating rent prices

The Department of Justice and eight states’ attorney generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against rental software company RealPage on Friday, accusing it of using algorithms to...

The DOJ files an antitrust suit against a software company for allegedly manipulating rent prices

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