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During the 2022 US midterm elections, a manipulated video of President Joe Biden circulated on Facebook. The original footage showed Biden placing an “I voted” sticker on his granddaughter’s chest and kissing her on the cheek. The doctored version looped the footage to make it appear he was repeatedly touching the girl, with a caption

California couple with long history of health care fraud convicted for COVID-19 fraud October 10, 2023 07:08 AM (The Center Square) – A California couple with multiple previous health care fraud convictions launched a $359 million scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic to fraudulently bill government and private insurance programs for expensive and medically unnecessary respiratory

Voters leave Democratic Party by thousands this year, 375,000 since 2012 October 10, 2023 07:03 AM (The Center Square) – North Carolina voter registration switches for 2023 through the end of September show a net loss of more than 12,800 Democrats, with combined net increases for Republican and unaffiliated registrations of about the same. Recently

State’s busiest courthouse ‘running smoothly’ on first day switch to eCourts October 10, 2023 07:00 AM (The Center Square) – A transition to electronic court records at the state’s busiest courthouse on Monday “has gone well,” according to court officials, despite widespread concerns and calls to halt the rollout of the troubled eCourts system. “We

Israel war: Haley seeks foreign policy opening on familiar ground October 10, 2023 07:00 AM Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has been out front since deadly Hamas raids in Israel have led to war in the Jewish state and increased tensions with Iran.“The Iranian regime hates us,” Haley said in Iowa on Monday. “You

If you need a new mattress, any sales event is a good time to look for one. Most mattresses are marketed with “discounts” most of the year, but Amazon Prime Day mattress deals are usually significantly better than the discounts on an average Tuesday. We track prices to highlight when a deal is actually a

Each time a driver in Seattle meets a red light, they wait about 20 seconds on average before it turns green again, according to vehicle and smartphone data collected by analytics company Inrix. The delays cause annoyance and expel in Seattle alone an estimated 1,000 metric tons or more of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Pritzker says migrant impact on DNC in Chicago will require federal help October 10, 2023 06:56 AM (The Center Square) – As the National Democratic Convention is set to take place in Chicago next August, there are questions surrounding how the city will handle the convention while also dealing with an influx of thousands of

TikTok removes some videos, accounts that aid in cheating after inquiry October 10, 2023 06:53 AM Cheating is nothing new. But the methods of how it’s done are constantly changing. There is currently a market hidden in plain sight for the subset of students looking to graduate high school without completing their online coursework. Critics

UAW workers reject proposal; nearly 4,000 go on strike against Mack Trucks October 10, 2023 06:50 AM (The Center Square) – The United Auto Workers Union rejected a proposed contract by a 73% “no” vote and swore to strike Volvo-Group-owned Mack Trucks in three states beginning Monday morning. The UAW voted against ratification of a