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Federal prosecutors in Oregon charged two men with fraud for posing as a San Francisco 49ers player and his financial adviser to scam women found they met on dating apps. Daejon Love, 35, posed as a 49ers wide receiver, and Taylor Chan, 18, posed as Mr. Love’s financial adviser, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon. The two men were arrested Monday in Idaho and appeared in court Thursday on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. The prosecutors said that the pair brought in $1.3 million through the scheme with 26…

A Wednesday night dispute between a husband and wife in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, ended with the woman jailed on assault charges and more than 100 cats pulled from what police called “deplorable” conditions inside the home. According to investigators, officers were called to a Philadelphia Avenue residence late Wednesday after 51-year-old Denise Marie Hewitt allegedly threatened to kill a man in his sleep. Police allege the confrontation escalated when the man fired a .38-caliber handgun into the floor, after which Hewitt allegedly came at him with a knife. The man told police he struck Hewitt several times to stop the…

PHOENIX — On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado River has capped growth, revived old wells and struck water deals. But Cave Creek Mayor Robert Morris can’t shake the real possibility that it’s not enough to keep the desert community of about 5,000 people afloat well into the future. And a recent federal plan to address a deepening crisis in the river basin won’t help. Cave Creek gets nearly all of its water from the river, which serves 40 million people across the U.S. West and has been dwindling because of climate…

Justice Clarence Thomas says those who dislike him and the direction he’s led the Supreme Court should blame the snobbish law firms that didn’t offer him a job when he emerged from Yale Law School in the 1970s. A highly educated Black lawyer would seem to be a big get for a law company, but Justice Thomas received just one job offer — and it wasn’t from any of the firms. It was from the Republican attorney general of Missouri — an odd fit for a law school graduate who’d just voted for left-wing George McGovern for president. But that…

A sheriff’s office in the Indianapolis area is asking locals to be on the lookout for a lioness and her cub after a resident reported seeing them on a road. The report came into the Madison County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday. Madison County deputies, working with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Indiana State Police, searched for the lions for four hours using ground units and drones, but didn’t find them. Madison County Sheriff John Beeman told The Indianapolis Star on Friday that the state police found only pigs, adding that “at this point we only have the original…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, recognized by many as the most prominent figure in the Democrats’ socialist movement, has renewed her Democratic Socialists of America affiliation after it ran out seven years ago. As a first-time congressional candidate, the New Yorker applied for an annual membership to join DSA in 2018, but it expired the next year. “Democratic Socialists of America confirms Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member in good standing of our organization, having recently rejoined in August 2026,” the organization announced in a statement to DSA members on Tuesday, as reported by City & State. “Previously, the representative joined DSA…

A woman pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona after claiming false pregnancies against two men, including one who appeared on “The Bachelor.” Laura Owens’ pleas were for two counts of fraudulent schemes and tricks and one count each of perjury and taking another person’s identity, according to court records. As part of the plea deal, Owens, 36, will be on probation for three of the counts, though she could face prison time on the remaining count of fraudulent schemes. She is also forbidden from contact with her victims and will have to pay restitution. An additional 10…

A Honduran immigrant who earlier this year was convicted of blocking ICE operations now stands accused of illegally registering to vote in California. Darwin Jonathan Rivera-Flores filed his registration last year, despite not being a U.S. citizen, authorities said. “Today’s arrest is the first of many to come,” said Bill Essayli, who is acting as U.S. attorney in Los Angeles. “Unfortunately, because states like California allow non-citizens to easily register to vote and receive a ballot by mail, there’s no telling how many non-citizens are currently registered to vote.” Mr. Rivera was cited earlier this year with obstructing access to…

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Jurors in the closely watched Lindsay Clancy trial began deliberating this week – but had not reached a verdict by the end of the day Friday. They have a lot to consider. Over the past five weeks, the jury heard testimony from doctors, first responders, relatives and even Clancy’s former husband. It now weighs the question of whether she should be held criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home in 2023. Both sides agree Clancy did it. But her attorneys argue the former labor and delivery nurse was suffering from postpartum psychosis…

WASHINGTON — Voting rights, the work of the civil rights movement and racial justice took center stage on the National Mall Friday, with protesters gathering ahead of midterm elections and following a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that some have condemned as detrimental to Black Americans. Hundreds of people gathered near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for the 2026 “Defend the Vote” March on Washington, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, echoing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 march. The event follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark April decision in…