Author: Leslie Stewart

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating women who have allegedly posed using at least 10 aliases as nurses for five years, so they are asking healthcare companies to check their employment records. According to a police press release, 39-year-old Shannon Nicole Womack allegedly posed and used as a licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, and registered nurse supervisor for statewide rehabilitation and nursing homes. She faces several charges, including corrupt organizations, welfare risks of care, illegal use of computers, identity theft, counterfeiting, illegal theft and multiple other charges, state police said.”She is accused of securing nursing positions through staffing agencies by submitting…

Open this photo in the gallery:If Robinhood’s proposed acquisition of Wonderfi is approved, the US Fintech company will gain control over BitBuy and Coinsquare and more than $2.1 billion in assets in detention.Dado Ruvic/ReutersVass Bednar is a recent podcast Globe and Mail and host contribution columnist. She is the Managing Director of the Canadian Shield Institute and is co-author of The Big Fix.So far, much of our conversation about sovereignty has focused on tangible people, such as changing our own spending towards Canadian products and rescheduling summer holidays. That alone is not enough. If mindful consumption was the first war,…

Federal prosecutors charged Long Island, New York, with a man on Tuesday, claiming he built seven homemade bombs with the help of artificial intelligence, according to court documents. The man, Michael Gunn, carried the bomb from Long Island to New York City, storing five and four shotgun shells on the roof of an apartment in the Soho area, officials said. He intended to combine the shotgun shell with one or more improvised explosive devices, they said.On March 27, Gunn posted a message to President Donald Trump’s official X account, the indictment said. “Dear @potus, I think it’s a shame that…

Dr. Salvador Placencia is expected to plead guilty to a charge arising from Matthew Perry’s accidental overdose in 2023 in a series of cases targeting people who supplied large quantities of ketamine to “friends” actors. Placencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of ketamine distribution last month and held a formal hearing on the matter in federal court on Wednesday. According to an agreement with prosecutors, Placencia is facing up to 40 years of prison and three years of supervised release. Placencia is also facing a fine of at least $2 million, the deal said. Perry was found dead…

YouTube channel Jubilee, known for its discussion-style videos, is facing a backlash online after recent show attendees self-identified as a fascist. The incident has rocked the internet, prompting online discussions for several days, and has also had great results. The man who identified him as Connor in the video says he was later fired from his job. The episode, posted on Sunday, featured British journalist Medhi Hasan. MedhiHasan. Hasan held a show on MSNBC from February 2021 to January 2024.Hasan had argued that President Donald Trump was “unconstitutional” as one of the topics of the conversation. During a roughly seven-minute…

WASHINGTON – The White House is facing backlash from press groups after launching the Wall Street Journal from a cohort of media outlets set up to cover President Donald Trump’s trip to Scotland.”This attempt to punish media outlets where the White House doesn’t like coverage is deeply troubling and it violates the initial amendment,” said Waizia Jean, president of the White House Correspondents Association, in a statement. White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt said Monday that the Wall Street Journal is not part of a group of media outlets that are scheduled to travel with Trump. The move comes after Trump…

Opinion: Doug Colkitt, Fogo founder In order to adhere to the spirit of decentralization above all, the crypto industry often forgets its core users, traders. What exists today is an ecosystem that takes precedence over philosophical principles rather than actual use cases. This simultaneously bans most serious traders taking part in and driven decentralized finance (DEFI) users into a more centralized product.If defi is set to scale beyond speculation, and if you provide a meaningful alternative to tradfi, the core focus must be performance.Enter Minimum Distribution (MVD). MVD can provide a practical blueprint to maintain censorship resistance without sacrificing the…

The victim’s smartwatch helped search and rescuers find a plane that had fallen in the dense forests of Montana, the local sheriff’s office said Monday.The corresponding crew found all three dead, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.They were identified as Rodney Conover, 60, and Madison Conover, 23, of Tennessee. Kurt Ennoch Lobby, 55, of Utah, according to the office.The plane departed from West Yellowstone Airport just before midnight on Thursday, the office said. The US Transportation Administration’s aero division said it warned local governments that the aircraft’s location was unknown.According to the sheriff’s office, the crew of…

With few treatments available to stop or reverse Alzheimer’s disease, scientists are turning to cancer drugs as a potential means of cognitive decline. Alzheimer’s cases are increasing due to the aging population in the US and around the world, but there is no cure for the disease. Attempts to develop new treatments that slow the progression of the disease rather than alleviating symptoms have frequently failed. Only two drugs, antibody therapy Leqembi and Kisunla, are currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to slow the progression of early Alzheimer’s disease, and scientists say their benefits are limited.Some pharmaceutical companies…

Opinion: Michael RobnerWhen President Donald Trump called for America as the “Crypto Capital of the Earth,” he acknowledged the growing sentiment among his supporters. Crypto is no longer just an asset class or subculture for this group. It is a parallel financial system shaped by high-tech-savvy conservatives for political and economic purposes.The political campaign is currently using Crypto as its core funding infrastructure. Conservative lawmakers, strategists and donors are used to restructure decisions, especially in places with less regulation. This creates an environment shaped by the value of the right field, and progressive essentially sits it.Cryptocurrency and American politicsAccording to…