A Texas attorney who allegedly created tax shelters to help high-net-worth clients conceal more than one billion dollars in income from the IRS has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Joseph Garza, Dallas, was indicted Tuesday…
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An Ohio man was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison and was ordered to pay $17,520 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to attempting to arrange a murder-for-hire plot. According to court documents, from October to November 2020, Scott Allen Renninger, 53, of…
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To address its teacher shortage, a Virginia school district is considering bringing in foreign teachers beginning in the 2023-2024 school year to staff its classrooms, according to WTOP News. Fairfax County Public Schools is working on a partnership with the Barbados Ministry of Education to…
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A fifth-grade teacher in Pennsylvania has been charged with sex crimes against a child, according to the Reading Eagle. Michael Conner Jr., who teaches at Central Middle School in Reading, Pennsylvania, was charged on Monday with sexual abuse of a child and aggravated indecent assault,…
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POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said a deputy was shot and killed early Tuesday morning while serving a felony search warrant. The deputy, who has not been named at this time, was 21 years of age and only with the department…
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The state Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a Death Row inmate convicted in the 2010 murder of a Florida State University graduate student whose body was found in St. Johns County. Justices unanimously ruled against Quentin Marcus Truehill, one of three men…
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With Hurricane Ian causing major damage Wednesday in Southwest Florida, President Joe Biden spoke with the Fort Myers mayor and tried to reach other local officials, the White House said. “President Biden was able to reach Mayor Kevin Anderson, and they discussed Fort Myers’ ongoing…
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President Joe Biden on Saturday approved an emergency declaration for Florida as the state faces a potential major hurricane from what is now Tropical Storm Ian, the White House said. The storm, currently in the central Caribbean Sea, is expected to become a hurricane by late Sunday…
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Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Caribbean on Friday with a path that could bring it to the Florida coast next week as Hurricane Hermine. In its 5 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the storm is moving west-northwest at 13 mph. Experts…
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The National Hurricane Center Is keeping its eye on a storm that is brewing with high potential to form into a tropical storm. Invest 98-L located several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, is one storm that may have an impact on Florida. “The…
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