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New York sportsbooks captured more than $600 million in digital sports bets in its first two weeks of legalization.

An Irish man on a Delta Air Lines flight from Dublin to New York is accused of refusing to wear a face mask, throwing an empty can that hit another passenger and pulling down his pants and exposing his buttocks to a flight attendant and others nearby.

Igor Fruman, who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and fined $10,000.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly two years ago, scammers immediately began siphoning off money from the trillions in federal relief money that Congress approved. Authorities say those fraudsters include a former Olympic speedskater Allison Baver.

Home Depot has been targeted by retail thieves in recent weeks even after it began ramping up security measures.

Joule Crafted Nutrition owner Eric Post joined “Varney & Co.” Friday and said his business closed due to constant break-ins by homeless addicts.

Federal agencies are being directed to raise the minimum wage for government employees to $15 an hour, according to new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management.

The Internal Revenue Service is going to start requiring users of its online tax payment system to provide a selfie to a third-party company in order to access their accounts.

A number of prominent Democrats are urging President Biden to cancel student debt using an executive order.

A QR code scam is hitting Texas. The cities of Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and now the FBI have issued warnings against malicious QR codes that could steal your personal information.

An increase in violent crime has spurred a movement in Atlanta’s wealthiest and whitest neighborhood, Buckhead, to push harder to secede and create a new city with its own police force.

Rent is expected to rise in every major housing market in 2022, according to Freddie Mac. One way to combat rental inflation is to lock in your housing payment by buying a home.