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• CNBC7 minutes ago
• Tornado Cash crackdown by Treasury puts honest crypto investors at risk of criminal exposure
• A tornado is seen on a field in Darcy, Saskatchewan, Canada June 15, 2021.Neil Serfas | via Reuters The Treasury Departments crackdown on Tornado Cash was meant to stop criminals. But a lot of ordinary crypto investors with honest intentions are now at risk. Every U.S. person is going to have to be very careful about transacting with Tornado Cash, said Ari Redbord, head of legal and government affairs at research firm TRM Labs, in an interview. Remember, sanctions are strict liability. Intent does not matter. Tornado Cash is used...
• the-sun.com4 hour(s) ago
• Brand new direct payments worth $200 APPROVED – here’s when you’ll get the cash
• MILLIONS of Americans are in line for $200 direct payments under a new bill which was signed into law on Friday. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has signed Senate Bill 2, which will grant taxpayers an automatic $200 refund in 2023 for the 2021 taxable year. 1Governor signs bill granting eligible Indiana residents automatic direct deposit for inflation reliefCredit: Getty The refund was proposed by Holcomb in June, and returns $1billion back to Indiana taxpayers from the states $6billion reserves. This fulfills what I set out to accomplish when calling the...
• theblaze.com5 hour(s) ago
• Texas woman charged with harboring 17 illegal immigrants, including 2 minors, until they worked off thousands of dollars of debt
• Police say they also saw an array of mattresses and blankets strewn about the floor, but that otherwise, there was very little furniture there. When questioned, the people found at the home admitted that they had entered the U.S. illegally. However, they also claimed that they had been held at Castros home and told that they either paid Castro between $10,000 and $12,000 for entrance fees or worked off their debt. They indicated that the smugglers had confiscated their cell phones, and only allowed intermittent contact with family members...
• the-sun.com5 hour(s) ago
• First lockdown, now the cost of living crisis – small British businesses are on the brink
• SMALL MATTER LIKE a canary down the coalmine, our small and medium businesses are a telling measure of the nation’s economic health. Worryingly, the canary is swaying on its perch, as Sun Business reveals today. 1Our small and medium businesses are a telling measure of the nation’s economic healthCredit: Getty Many of these firms were pushed to the brink — or beyond — by pandemic lockdowns, and are now being hammered again by rocketing costs. A third say their bills have increased by 50 per cent or more in...
• the-sun.com6 hour(s) ago
• Everton complete season-long loan transfer for Wolves defender Conor Coady to ease defensive crisis
• EVERTON have confirmed that Conor Coady has joined them from Wolverhampton Wanderers. The former Liverpool academy ace has returned to Merseyside on a season-long loan at Goodison Park. 1Conor Coady has joined Everton on a season-long loan from Wolves He told evertontv: “It’s incredible to join Everton. “As soon as I heard the interest, from the manager but also the football club itself, I really wanted to be part of it straight away. I’m over the moon to join. “I’ve grown up around the city, I know the football club,...
• the-sun.com6 hour(s) ago
• Mom of two babies trolled after moaning daughter ‘refuses’ to take her chosen pacifier for a really shallow reason
• SOCIAL media is a valuable resource for new parents, but sometimes moms and dads post terrible takes in their favored forums. One mom raised eyebrows online when she asked for advice on pacifiers for her baby, and the ruthless commenters said the daughter is in for a rough ride. 3A mom of two was trolled on Facebook because her daughter refused certain binkiesCredit: Tommee Tippee The offending Facebook post was shared in the S**t Mom Groups Say subreddit, where Reddit users mock the often-ridiculous landscape of parenting support groups. In...
• the-sun.com7 hour(s) ago
• Deadline for Americans to claim up to $2,000 monthly direct payments for three years is NEXT week – see exact date
• MORE than 7,500 people applied for monthly payments of up to $2,000 within the first 24 hours of applications being open. The Black Resilience Fund will provide up to 50 Black families in Portland with a guaranteed income for the next three years. 1The Black Resilience fund will help up to 50 Black familiesCredit: Getty The fund is a program of Brown Hope, a nonprofit started by social justice activist Cameron Whitten in response to George Floyd’s murder in 2020, according to the application site. Whitten was able...
• dailyvoice.com7 hour(s) ago
• Drug Dealer Busted With Illegal Weapon After Attempting To Flee In Baltimore: Police
• A suspect is in custody after officers witnessed at least two parties conducting an alleged narcotics deal in Baltimore, authorities say. Officers observed the alleged transaction around 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 7, on North Forest Park Avenue, according to Baltimore police. As officers observed the transaction, they noticed a visible handle of a handgun peeking out of the suspects satchel, investigators said. When detectives approached the suspect, he dropped the satchel and immediately ran from the scene before being apprehended by officers. Investigators did not release the name of the...
• theblaze.com8 hour(s) ago
• Hundreds more Haitian illegal immigrants land on Florida beaches
• Over 800 Haitians have landed illegally in the Florida Keys so far this year, while 2,953 Haitian migrants have been interdicted at sea since October 2021. There have been numerous incidents like these since the Biden administration released thousands of Haitian illegal immigrants — previously housed at the encampment Del Rio, Texas — into the U.S. interior, despite claims that it would expel them from the country. The administration did, however, expel 4,000 Haitians on 36 deportation flights in May. The assassination of Haitis president Jovenel Moïse has made...
• washingtonexaminer.com10 hour(s) ago
• Treasury Department sanctions major crypto entity, saying it laundered $7B
• The Treasury Department sanctioned a major crypto entity used to anonymize transactions, alleging that it has been used to launder more than $7 billion in cryptocurrency, including digital assets stolen by foreign entities. The Treasury Department announced on Monday that it was sanctioning Tornado Cash, a virtual protocol that allows users to send their cryptocurrency from their wallets and get it back via different addresses, making the origin location of the cryptocurrency harder to track. This company was most notably involved in laundering $455 million in cryptocurrency stolen by...
• washingtonexaminer.com10 hour(s) ago
• Denver mayor proposes $1,000 monthly payments to most vulnerable residents
• Denvers mayor proposed a universal basic income-inspired program that would see $1,000 monthly payments go to some of the citys most vulnerable residents. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock looks on as members of the Denver Broncos practice during the NFL football teams training camp Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Centennial, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) David Zalubowski/AP In his final state of the city address, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced plans to ask the City Council to dedicate $2 million of COVID-19 federal relief money toward $1,000 monthly payments...
• cbslocal.com10 hour(s) ago
• Encampment Outside University City Townhomes Refuses To Budge, Despite Court Order Demanding Them To Move Out
• PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The encampment outside of University City townhomes in West Philadelphia is continuing to grow, despite a court order that demands they move out. The tents with human rights signs and other messages of hope and protest could soon become some residents’ new reality. “The symbolism of the tents for some person’s will not stand as simply as a symbol anymore,” Sheldon Davids said. “There are some person’s who will have to occupy tents.” READ MORE: Philadelphia Weather: Week Starts With Muggy Conditions Before Cold Front ArrivesDavids has stood...
• latimes.com10 hour(s) ago
• Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom
• When he was 6 years old, Sim Bilal began to have nightmares of floods pouring through his South Los Angeles home. The bad dreams started when he first watched Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” a seminal documentary about human-driven global warming, with his parents. For years, he struggled with severe anxiety over the fate of the planet. For a time, he would return from school and lie in bed, feeling powerless over the growing climate crisis. “I’m not a very emotional person, but this is such a huge existential...
• CNBC10 hour(s) ago
• These 30 companies will help employees pay off their student loans
• VIDEO2:5802:58Companies helping employees pay off student debtThe News with Shepard Smith Federal student loan payments, most of which were paused during the pandemic, are set to resume in September. And yet, 93% borrowers say they are not financially prepared to restart payments, according to a survey by the Student Debt Crisis Center and Savi. With no break in sight for rising prices, many Americans are simply stretched too thin, other studies show. The Biden administration is currently deciding how to proceed with student loan forgiveness, and there are signs that the repayment...
• thedailybeast.com10 hour(s) ago
• Can Math Models Predict—and Prevent—the Next Suicide?
• Mental health is, in some ways, the black sheep of public health: chronically underfunded, undervalued, and overlooked. One reason has to do with the social stigma surrounding mental health. After all, it was long considered gauche to seek treatment for issues like depression (while tuberculosis is a much sexier malady). An even bigger reason has to do with the complexity of deciding where to channel mental health resources—a process known as psychiatric epidemiology. As computer engineers continue to churn out more and more powerful algorithms, complicated systems models have become...
• dailyvoice.com10 hour(s) ago
• Seen Her? Woman Accused Of Using Stolen Credit Card At CVS In Ronkonkoma
• Authorities are asking the public for information about a woman who is accused of using a stolen credit card at a Long Island store. A woman used a stolen credit card at CVS in Ronkonkoma on Saturday, July 23, according to a report from Suffolk County Crime Stoppers on Monday, Aug. 8. The store is located at 751 Hawkins Ave., Crime Stoppers said. Authorities said the credit card was taken from a purse that was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in Lake Ronkonkoma earlier that day. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash...
• theblaze.com10 hour(s) ago
• Horowitz: Semiconductor companies just got billions from Congress. Now they want to hire foreign workers.
• According to a bipartisan Senate Homeland Security subcommittee report, there are 10,000 Chinese nationals conducting research in the Department of Energy’s National Labs. The report found that agencies and departments conducting scientific research like the National Institutes of Health and the State Department do not “systematically track visa applicants linked to China’s talent recruitment plans.” The report found that foreign-born researchers working for various U.S. scientific research agencies were being paid by China under the Thousand Talents Plan run by the communist government. It concludes, “American taxpayer funded research has...
• alternet.org10 hour(s) ago
• After waving White Privilege card, woman gets out of traffic stop
• Two Alaska cops are under fire after allegedly letting a woman go following a traffic stop after she brandished a White Privilege card in lieu of her drivers license. The woman, Mimi Israelah, was pulled over for weaving in a lane at 3:43 am on July 7. According to the Associated Press, Israelah revealed the incident on her own Facebook page in a now-deleted post. She said she couldnt find her drivers license and waved a White Privilege card. “When I saw my White Privilege card, I gave to...
• CNN10 hour(s) ago
• 4 questions to ask when shopping for a new credit card
• New York (CNN)With so many options to consider, choosing a new credit card can be daunting. But for most Americans, its a necessary step to establishing credit. About 92 million Americans have little to no credit history, according to Equifax. With scant information to go on, its harder for credit bureaus to assess the likelihood that a person will be able to pay back a loan or line of credit. One way to build your credit history is by opening and using a credit card. So how do you decide...