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Mark D’Amico indicted, Alleged ringleader of $400000 GoFundMe scam. Mark D’Amico, a conspirator behind the 2017 GoFundMe scam that raised more the $400,000 purportedly to benefit a homeless man who had helped his girlfriend, now faces charges in federal court. D’Amico, 40, of Bordertown, was indicted on 16 new charges, among them wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy offenses, the …

105-year-old woman driver’s license, “I was sure glad she did that”. When Lois Estes Paulson turned 90 years old in 2004, her daughter Betty Goff threw her a party. “I was sure glad she did that, because I wasn’t sure I would be here at 100,” Paulson said. But in 2014, when she turned 100, there was another celebration. “This …

Second baby uterus transplant, Philly-Area Mom Gives Birth. Jennifer Gobrecht was 17 years old when she first learned she’d been born without a uterus, a fact that meant she would never be able to get pregnant or carry a child the way most women do. “My husband and I have always wanted to grow our family, but we knew the …

Alexis Eddy Are You the One, star from Mannington dies at 23. Alexis Eddy, who appeared on MTV’s Are You the One, has passed away at the age of 23. The reality star was found dead in her home state of West Virginia on Thursday morning. The Mannington Police Department tells E! News in statement, “This happened around 7 a.m. …

California prescription drugs, wants to become the first state. California wants to become the first state to create its own prescription drug label, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday morning. As part of his 2020-2021 budget, Newsom wants to create the first-ever state generic drug label as part of a series of sweeping proposals designed to lower the cost of …

Bushfire victim wins lottery, draw worth one million Australian dollars. A fire victim who lost his home to the on-going bushfires in Australia found some hope in rebuilding his life after being the sole winner of a lottery draw worth one million Australian dollars (P34.8 million). The lotto winner, who chose to be anonymous, stated that he lost his family …

China identifies virus, New strain is found in 15 of the patients. The swift discovery of a new strain of coronavirus is a “notable achievement”, but more information is needed to understand it, experts said after China identified the mystery pneumonia behind an outbreak in Wuhan that infected 59 people. A top official at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control …

Agnes Keleti gymnast, the oldest living Olympic champion, turns 99. Agnes Keleti won 10 Olympic medals as a gymnast at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games and is also a Holocaust survivor. She was aged 31 and 35 during her two Olympics and won five gold medals. She trails only American swimmers Mark Spitz and Dara Torres …

Florida man smuggling lizards, pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking. In Tampa, Florida, a man pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to that trafficked live water monitor lizards from the Philippines to the United States. The smugglers stuffed the creatures into socks, which were then stuffed inside electronics to be transported from the Philippines to the United …

Appeals court border wall, Trump celebrated the ruling on Twitter. A federal appeals court late Wednesday lifted a lower court’s order that had blocked the Trump administration from using Defense Department money to build sections of a barrier on the southern border. “Entire Wall is under construction or getting ready to start!” President Trump tweeted Thursday morning. He said the …

German man poisoned, died after a co-worker poisoned his packed. A man in Germany has died after a co-worker poisoned his packed lunch with mercury and other substances. The 26-year-old was left in a coma for four years after his food was spiked at the metal fittings company where he worked, with a state court in Bielefeld confirming his death …