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After Daunte Wright’s 2021 death, a GoFundMe raised about $1.04 million; a year later, the mother of his only child sued his parents and Ben Crump, alleging the boy received none of the money promised for his support

After Daunte Wright’s 2021 death, a GoFundMe raised about $1.04 million (Image Credit: Stephen Maturen/ Getty Images) What began as a public effort to support Daunte Wright’s family after his death later became a dispute over more than $1 million in donations. A GoFundMe campaign launched following Wright’s fatal shooting in Minnesota in 2021 raised…

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Meet Jessica Lee, 17-year old Honolulu high school senior who logged 420 hours of volunteer service, competed in varsity golf and completed a multi-day expedition before earning the US Congress’s highest youth award

Congressman Ed Case presented Lee with her Gold Medal and a certificate of special recognition in August. She became the seventh person from his district to receive the honor over the past 25 years. For 17-year-old Jessica Lee, earning the highest youth honor presented by the U.S. Congress was not the result of a single…

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Three siblings in Essex cut down their neighbours’ 33-foot Leylandii trees after a boundary row; the dispute ended with about £30,500 in damages and £178,668 in the neighbours’ legal costs

View from Robert McCarthy’s home towards the old Leylandii trees at the bottom of the garden. (Photos: The Standard) Three siblings in Essex were ordered to pay about £30,500 in damages and £178,668 in their neighbours’ legal costs after cutting down a row of 33-foot Leylandii trees during a long-running boundary dispute. The court found…

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A library card is becoming an unexpected money-saving tool in US; one Chicago-area library partnered with local businesses for discounts, while Brooklyn added 150,018 cardholders through August, up 16% from 2 years earlier

A library card is becoming an unexpected money-saving tool for Americans, as public libraries expand beyond books and offer access to free entertainment, technology help, community services and, in some places, discounts at local businesses.In Glenview, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, the local library partnered with businesses during September’s Library Card Sign-Up Month to offer special…

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An Iowa company thought it was paying legitimate vendor invoices and transferred more than $800,000 to a scammer-controlled account; four years later, the US government has recovered about $375,000

Representative Image (AI-generated) An Iowa company that believed it was paying legitimate vendor invoices instead transferred more than $800,000 to a bank account controlled by a scammer in 2022. About four years later, the US government has recovered roughly $375,000 of the fraud proceeds through a federal forfeiture case. The US Department of Justice (DOJ),…

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Shocking revelation in Mississippi Black woman’s death: Tasia Fortune was killed before body was hung from tree, police say; drug dispute suspected

Police say Mississippi Black woman Tasia Fortune was dead before her body was hung on a tree. Tasia Fortune, a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson last month, had already died before her body was placed there, a police detective testified in court Friday. Jackson…

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‘I am King Tutankhamun’: Pittsburgh doctor murder suspect Elijah Hemingway told police he was not a ‘physical being’ during bizarre Florida incident in past

A 2025 bodycam footage reveals that Elijah Hemingway who killed Pittsburgh doctor Idris Evans told Florida police he was the reincarnation of King Tutankhamun. Elijah Hemingway, the 32-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a Pittsburgh-area doctor inside his home, had previously made bizarre claims during an encounter with police in Florida, including telling officers that…

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Charlie Kirk report: Family says Utah Valley University could not provide security after probe reveals TPUSA insisted on an outdoor address

Family attorney responds to Utah Valley University’s new probe report claiming TPUSA insisted that Charlie Kirk speak outdoors despite security concerns. The family of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has accused Utah Valley University of failing to provide adequate security for the event where Kirk was fatally shot last year, after an independent review identified shortcomings…

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