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Scoreboard roundup –1/25/23

Scoreboard roundup –1/25/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Orlando 126, Indiana 120 Philadelphia 137, Brooklyn 133 Atlanta 137, Oklahoma City 132 Milwaukee 107, Denver 99 Washington 108, Houston 103 Minnesota 111, New Orleans 102 Golden State 122, Memphis 120 Toronto 113, Sacramento 95 […]

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Arrest made after Microsoft executive, father of 4 gunned down in ‘targeted ambush’: Police

Arrest made after Microsoft executive, father of 4 gunned down in ‘targeted ambush’: Police

Nathan Griffith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly a year after Jared Bridegan, a Microsoft executive and father of four, was gunned down on a Florida road in what authorities called a targeted ambush, a suspect has been arrested in connection with his murder, police announced Wednesday. Bridegan was driving with […]

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Baltimore schools failed to fully act on security recommendations before cyber attack: State IG report

Baltimore schools failed to fully act on security recommendations before cyber attack: State IG report

Maskot/Getty Images, FILE (BALTIMORE) — Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on several state recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to a report from a state inspector general. BCPS was […]

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29-year-old woman charged after allegedly posing as a student at New Jersey high school

29-year-old woman charged after allegedly posing as a student at New Jersey high school

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.) — A 29-year-old New Jersey woman fraudulently posed as a high school student for several days after allegedly filing false documents, school officials and police said. The incident was announced during a New Brunswick School Board meeting Tuesday night. The woman attended New Brunswick […]

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Woman allegedly steals $2.8 million from Holocaust survivor in romance scam

Woman allegedly steals $2.8 million from Holocaust survivor in romance scam

US Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) — A Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for orchestrating a yearslong romance scam that defrauded an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor. Peaches Stergo began her alleged scheme in May 2017 and bilked the victim out of $2.8 million over the next four years, federal prosecutors said. Stergo […]

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Names of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting victims released

Names of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting victims released

Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The seven farmworkers killed in a workplace mass shooting Monday in Northern California, allegedly by a colleague, were migrants toiling at a mushroom growing operation, all trying to forge better lives for themselves and their families, loved ones and […]

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Feds announce massive takedown of fraudulent nursing diploma scheme

Feds announce massive takedown of fraudulent nursing diploma scheme

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A massive, coordinated scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree credentials has been brought down by a joint federal law enforcement operation, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday. Officials said the scheme involved peddling bogus, forged diplomas and transcripts from what had been accredited […]

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Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspects in their 60s, 70s: What to know about older gunmen

Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspects in their 60s, 70s: What to know about older gunmen

Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 72-year-old man died by suicide after he allegedly killed 11 people in a mass shooting at a Monterey Park, California, dance studio on Saturday night. Two days later, a 67-year-old man was taken into custody for allegedly gunning down seven people in Half Moon […]

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Half Moon Bay shooting suspect to face seven counts of murder: DA

Half Moon Bay shooting suspect to face seven counts of murder: DA

amphotora/Getty Images (HALF MOON BAY, Calif.) — The suspect in a deadly mass shooting at two Northern California farms will be charged with seven counts of murder, the local district attorney said. The alleged gunman, 66-year-old Chunli Zhao, is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Wednesday with an […]

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Teacher shot by 6-year-old says school was warned four times, announces lawsuit

Teacher shot by 6-year-old says school was warned four times, announces lawsuit

Jay Paul/Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Abigail Zwerner, the teacher who was shot by a student in a classroom in Newport News, Virginia, earlier this month intends to file a lawsuit against the school board, her lawyer said Wednesday, alleging the shooting could have been prevented by school administrators. […]

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