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The owner of a New York City day care where a 1-year-old boy died from fentanyl exposure has been hit with federal drug conspiracy charges along with her husband's cousin. Grei Mendez De Ventura, 36, the owner of Divino Nino Daycare and her alleged accomplice Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, were charged on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court with one count of possession with intent to distribute narcotics resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death. Prosecutors said the pair 'used the day care center front to cloak their true operation: a fentanyl drug mill.' Nicholas Feliz Dominici,...

Hundreds of students in Pennsylvania walked out of school in protest over a new rule allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. High school students in Perkiomen Valley School District staged the protest after officials opted not to adopt a policy that would force students to use restrooms which correspond with their biological sex. They accused education chiefs of 'compromising' their rights and putting female students at risk during the demonstration last week. The policy was proposed by local father Tim Jagger, who said his daughter had become distressed after encountering a transgender student in the bathroom....

TALLAHASSEE — Arguing that the outcome of the case could represent a “blueprint for expanding gaming outside of Indian lands,” owners of two Florida pari-mutuels plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether a multibillion-dollar deal giving the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout the state violates federal law. A Washington, D.C.-based appeals court last week refused to reconsider a ruling that found the 2021 agreement did not violate the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which regulates gambling on tribal lands. But a motion filed Friday by owners of Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County...

Storyline When the Boston Globe's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world.—Open Road

Michigan State University school officials told head football coach Mel Tucker on Monday they have begun the process of firing him "for cause" over allegations of sexual harassment. MSU Athletic Director Alan Haller said in a statement issued to media outlets that Tucker's agent has been given written notice of the university's intent to terminate his coaching contract under its "moral turpitude" clause. Haller gave Tucker seven days "to present reasons" why he shouldn't be terminated for cause, adding that if he cannot or does not, he will be fired on Sept. 26. Tucker was suspended from his duties last...

[N]ew evidence that [John} Gomes introduced may wind up proving that some dirty dealing may have taken place and his complaint could be valid.

— Yes, it needs guardrails, but it also offers big opportunities, notes former Microsoft executiveArtificial intelligence (AI) has an image problem when it comes to healthcare, but it actually represents a big opportunity to improve things, Tom Lawry said at the Population Health Colloquium here. "When you think about everything that you've been reading, whether it's lay journals or clinical journals, there's a lot of talk about the [AI] threat, that we should go slower," Lawry, managing director at Second Century Technology in Seattle, said. The speed of change is hard to keep up with and many things still need...

Breaking news relevant to only 100 Americans: The U.S. Senate will no longer enforce its dress code for members. Is this yet another sign of constitutional decadence, or is it a step into modernity for the fusty, antiquated chamber? Either way, it’s the best news ever for Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who would prefer to do business while looking like he’s on a Saturday-morning jog. Not everyone is happy. “The Senate chamber isn’t your home, a gym, or an outdoor park,” wrote former congressman Justin Amash (I-Mich.) in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “If you can’t dress...

Congressman and Central Coast Rep. Jimmy Panetta used the Heimlich maneuver on a choking man in Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon. During a lunch event, one of the attendees began experiencing discomfort and left the room. According to the Office of Congressman Jimmy Panetta, Panetta sensed something was wrong and followed the person outside. The attendee began choking. Panetta performed the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a large piece of food from the attendee's throat. The event went on as usual afterward, and the man whom Panetta helped is doing fine.

Alex Jones breaks down the latest from the border as the NWO push to collapse the first world by flooding it with the third.Learn more here: https://www.infowars.com/posts/watch-freight-train-full-of-migrants-heading-to-southern-us-border/https://www.infowars.com/posts/elon-musk-warns-anyone-from-earth-entering-us-as-2200-illegals-storm-texas-border-town-overnight/https://www.infowars.com/posts/watch-african-migrants-erect-roadblocks-in-lampedusa-as-invasion-unfolds/

A lawsuit filed by Nestlé USA against two distribution companies could mean popular imported products from Mexico could be taken off the shelves of some stores in the United States. According to court documents, the lawsuit was filed in 2021 in the United States District Court Western District of Texas. Nestlé USA is suing two companies called Ultra Mundiales and Ultra International. The companies specialize in distribution of Mexican goods to other countries. In the lawsuit, Nestlé says that neither distribution company "is an owner or licensee of Nestlé trademarks in the United States" and that they are not authorized...

Diabetes drug and blood thinner Eliquis among first 10 targeted for price negotiations in effort to cut Medicare costs.

Not sure when allegations – without any criminal charges – became the standard for punishing people. I guess that change took place sometime in mid-2020. Maybe we’re just noticing it now. It’s strange, because now anyone who doesn’t like someone can destroy their life by accusing him of something. It’s surprising YouTube didn’t just ban him outright. They’ve been waiting to do that. The Guardian: YouTube has suspended Russell Brand’s ability to earn money on the platform following allegations of rape and sexual assault in a massive hit to his finances. The video-sharing and social media site said it had...

President Biden gave a Bronx cheer to New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the rest of the Big Apple while in town for the UN General Assembly this week — failing to set up a meeting with Hizzoner as the debilitating migrant crisis continues to cripple Gotham. The country’s commander in chief has instead spent much of his time attending multiple campaign receptions or holed up at the United Nations Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan – just four blocks from the city’s overrun migrant intake site at the once-iconic Roosevelt. Adams — making it clear Tuesday that “everybody knows where...

[Catholic Caucus] If You Want to Find the True Religion, Find the Only One Attacked by FrancisAs The Remnant hosts the 2023 Catholic Identity Conference in Pittsburgh from September 29th to October 1st, Francis will host his ecumenical prayer vigil in Rome, Together — Gathering the People of God, as part of the Synod on Synodality: “On 30 September 2023, an ecumenical prayer vigil will take place in Rome in the presence of Pope Francis and representatives of different Churches, to unite us in praise and silence, in listening to the Word. Young people aged between 18 and 35 from...

WASHINGTON — The White House’s go-to Republican critic of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden is considering leaving Congress for a new job — and expressed interest in being an on-air commentator for CNN, The Post has learned.Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), a five-term fiscal hawk, has surprised fellow conservatives by repeatedly criticizing the probe launched last week into Biden’s alleged corruption, including with a Sept. 15 Washington Post op-ed that other Republicans said included glaring inaccuracies.

Not every coin produced by the United States Mint is embraced by the public or does its job for a consequential period of time. Some start out promising and then drop off, while others are spectacular failures from the outset. Here is CoinWeek’s list of Ten U.S. Coin “Failures”. 1. The $3 Gold Coin Some coins just make you scratch your head and wonder what Congress was thinking. Authorized by the Coinage Act of February 21, 1853, the three-dollar gold piece was struck from 1854 until its discontinuance in 1889. One supposed reason for the development of the three-dollar coin...

Philadelphia Inquirer national columnist Will Bunch gaslit the American public in an outrageous full-throated defense of “Bidenomics.” Bunch’s Sept. 14 column headline speaks for itself: “The problem with ‘Bidenomics’? It didn’t go far enough.” The columnist doubled down on his absurd logic in the sub-headline: “New census data shows how ‘Bidenomics’ was helping America's working class and poor — until a key anti-poverty program was killed.” Economists interviewed by MRC Business showed why the argument was nonsense. The columnist attempted to bend the recent jaw-dropping Sept. 12 U.S. Census Bureau report that showed the overall U.S. poverty rate spiked 4.6...

The FBI had so many paid informants at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that they lost track of the number and had to perform a later audit to determine exactly how many “Confidential Human Sources” run by different FBI field offices were present that day, a former assistant director of the bureau has told lawmakers. At least one informant was communicating with his FBI handler as he entered the Capitol, according to Steven D’Antuono, formerly in charge of the bureau’s Washington field office. D’Antuono has testified behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee that his office was aware...

Kix will play their final show this month — and according to vocalist Steve Whiteman, not a moment too soon. The Maryland rockers are set to end a 45-year career with a Sept. 17 hometown gig at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia. "I don't want to go out sucking — I want to go out being pretty good," Whiteman said on a recent episode of SiriusXM's Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk (via Blabbermouth). "But age takes its toll," he added, citing drummer Jimmy Chalfant's 2021 heart attack and subsequent onstage collapse last November as contributing factors. The vocalist also...