Newsom cleans up homeless California encampments after he allocated billions of dollars while crisis grew
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the streets of California on Thursday to clean up trash left at homeless encampments, threatening local governments with losing state funding next year if they don’t clean up the encampments. A frustrated Governor Newsom was spotted alongside California’s Department of Transportation picking up trash from a cleared encampment in […]
Have a $2 bill hanging around? It could be worth thousands of dollars – NorthJersey.com
While we’re all familiar with the $5, $10, and $20 bills, $2 bills still exist and can be of great value. Auction site US Currency Auction An uncirculated $2 note from 1890 is estimated to sell for at least $4,500, and the site says that uncirculated $2 notes from almost any year between 1862 and […]
40 suspects arrested for robbing unsuspecting victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars through private info from dark web
Dozens of people were arrested. Suspicion of involvement Hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen from victims in a massive bank fraud case. Law enforcement officials said the victims had done nothing to be targeted in the scheme, and that the group obtained their personal information from online sources on the dark web. “Criminals only […]
Titanic submersible explorer’s family sues for 50 million dollars
The family of French explorer Paul-Henri Narjolet has filed a wrongful death lawsuit totaling $50 million following the June 2023 explosion of the OceanGate Titan exploration submersible. Narjollet, 77, was one of five people aboard the Titan submersible that exploded during a dive to explore the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic on […]
Portland mayoral candidate spent $6,400 of taxpayer dollars to spruce up his Wikipedia page: report
Portland City Commissioner and mayoral candidate Rene Gonzalez recently paid more than $6,000 in taxpayer money to make favorable edits to his Wikipedia page, according to a new report. Gonzalez’s office in March hired New York City-based White Hat Wiki to oversee the desired changes to Wikipedia profiles. Oregon Live reported“The White Hat Wiki also […]
NYC’s ‘shoddy oversight’ wastes ‘millions of taxpayer dollars’ on unused hotel rooms, uneaten food for illegal aliens: Audit
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (Democrat) audit On Tuesday, he accused the administration of Mayor Eric Adams (Democrat) of “shoddy oversight” of the city’s contract with Rapid Reliable Testing NY LLC, also known as DocGo. The Adams administration signed a $432 million contract with the company to provide shelter, lodging, food and other services […]
U.S. Government Sends Billions in Taxpayer Dollars to Architects of Online Censorship
The Freedom Online Foundation reports that members of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), which has been accused of censoring online speech and trying to silence media outlets, including Breitbart News, have received billions of dollars in contracts from the federal government. The federal government is sending billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money […]
Fired director of police-related nonprofit in San Fran faces 34 felony charges over alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars
The former director of a San Francisco nonprofit was arrested Tuesday and charged with 34 felony counts for alleged theft and misuse of taxpayer funds, according to recent news reports. press release From the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. Kayla Worthy, 49, was executive director of SF SAFE, an organization founded in 1976 to help […]
Amazon bleeding billions of dollars from Alexa speakers: report
Amazon’s Echo smart speaker, which features the virtual personal assistant Alexa, has reportedly cost the company billions of dollars in losses despite strong sales and popularity around the world. CEO Andy Jassy, who took over the helm of the Settle-based e-commerce giant in 2021 following the departure of billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, is looking to […]
Aussie, kiwi dollars struggle on China's rate cuts; dollar adrift By Reuters – Investing.com
By Ray Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Australian and New Zealand dollars languished near multi-week lows on Tuesday after China cut several key interest rates, while the greenback was little changed awaiting fresh stimulus measures. China surprised markets on Monday by cutting key short- and long-term interest rates for the first time since August last […]