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LANSING, Mich - When Michiganders’ food stamps are stolen, it can take six to eight weeks for the state to replace the card, according to a fraud expert.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services administers the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed the state’s most vulnerable people — about 800,000 households.

The dollar amount of reported food stamp fraud increased from fiscal year 2023 to 2024 by 387%, according to documents Michigan Capitol Confidential obtained through a records request. Criminals steal food stamps from Michiganders via card skimmers and card cloning.

Criminals can install fake versions of card readers that process payment cards, such as debit and credit cards, at gas stations, grocery stores and liquor stores. A project proposal from the state health department describes the situation and suggests making benefit cards more secure.

“This project (to switch to chipped debit cards) is expected to realize significant advancements in both improved program integrity as well as benefit delivery modernization,” the proposal says. Click here to rerad more. Click here to read more.

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PALERMO, Maine – A K-9 puppy is being credited with rescuing a 5-year-old girl with autism.

According to Main State Police, 10-month-old Millie the bloodhound saved the little girl on Friday in Palermo, Maine.

Police said around 5:30 p.m., Millie and her handler found the missing girl in a cedar swamp, waist-deep in water.

Thankfully, the girl was not hurt.

Police said Millie tracked a scent trail from the girl’s home that was a third of a mile long.

“Millie is only 10 months old, yet she’s already proving herself time and again with her dedication, sweet disposition, and incredible nose,” Maine State Police wrote in a Facebook post. “We’re so proud of Millie and the team — here’s to many more successful missions!”

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - Several doctors have said it’s “inconceivable” that former President Joe Biden’s aggressive form of prostate cancer went undetected by his medical team — as first son Don Trump Jr. even questioned whether the health diagnosis was part of a “cover-up.”

The 82-year-old former president was diagnosed Friday after doctors found a “small nodule” on his prostate during a medical exam earlier this month — with the cancer cells having spread to the bone, his spokesman revealed Sunday.

His team said the cancer had been graded a Gleason score of 9, suggesting his form was among the most aggressive.

A handful of medical experts were quick to question how the former president could be diagnosed at such a late stage — especially given that prostate cancer can be detected early with routine bloodwork, which is recommended for men over the age of 50. Click here to read more.

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to remove legal protections for 350,000 Venezuelans, clearing the way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to include the migrants in their mass deportation program.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court ruling that blocked the Trump administration from removing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the Venezuelan migrants. The Biden administration initially granted protected status to the migrants in 2021, finding that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist regime had made it too dangerous to return them to their home country. He further extended TPS to Venezuelans in 2023 because of the horrors of Maduro’s regime, as more of them entered the U.S. illegally.

Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter in the Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision. With protected status lifted, the Trump administration could elect to deport the Venezuelans as part of its mass deportation campaign.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rescinded the Biden administration’s extension of TPS in February. Weeks later, Obama-appointed federal judge Edward Chen halted Noem’s order, siding with a group of Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries and left-wing activists. The plaintiffs will still be able to challenge the TPS revocation in lower courts with Chen’s nationwide injunction halted for the time being. Click here to read more.

 

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. — Three police officers were shot, including one in the face, after responding to a report of a suspicious person prowling near a residence Saturday night.

A press release from the department said the officers were dispatched to Potomac Drive to investigate at 9:44 p.m. When officers arrived on scene they found “a possible domestic situation,” according to the release. They confronted the suspicious individual, who opened fire on the officers.

Police arrested the suspect at the scene and the weapon was recovered. The person currently is being held by Fairview Heights Police, according to the release.

“There is no active threat to the community,” Fairview Heights Police Chief Steve Johnson said in the statement.

The injured officers were taken to two area hospitals where they are currently being treated. Police escorted an ambulance to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

The officer struck in the face underwent emergency surgery and is in critical but stable condition, Johnson said. Click here to read more.

 

 

LANSING, Mich - Payments caused by fraud in Michigan’s food stamp program jumped by 387% from fiscal year 2023 to 2024, according to documents obtained by a records request. The increase comes at a time when Michigan officials still haven’t switched to safer, more secure cards with embedded microchips.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services approved 592 of 651 requests in fiscal year 2023 to replace stolen benefits, for a total of $181,778.

About 800,000 Michigan households with low incomes purchase food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. Money from the program is loaded onto state-issued Bridge cards, which recipients can use at approved vendors such as grocery stores. If a criminal rather than the intended recipient uses those funds, the state health and human services department will replace the lost benefits. Click here to read more.

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - On Thursday, the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee announced that it received bombshell evidence that suggested Pfizer executives pushed to delay full testing for their company’s COVID vaccine until after the 2020 election.

British drugmaker GSK informed the panel that Philip Dormitzer, a former Pfizer executive who became a senior scientist at GSK, told colleagues at GSK that “in late 2020, the three most senior people in Pfizer R&D were involved in a decision to deliberately slow down clinical testing so that it would not be complete prior to the results of the presidential election that year.”

The Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), said that it had sought information from GSK after The Wall Street Journal reported in March that U.S. prosecutors were looking into a tip from the company that came in “soon” after President Donald Trump won a second term in 2024. Click here to read more.

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NEW YORK, NY - For years now, children across our country have been systematically duped by predators into exposing themselves sexually online. The next step is often blackmail. This is what drove 16-year-old Carter Bremseth to take his life one night in 2021, after volunteering as an altar server at his church.

His mother, Jaime—a licensed mental health counselor—went searching for answers when she discovered the horrible truth. Her kind and caring son had become a victim of sextortion.

Jaime had been proactive in protecting her son online, even educating him about the threat of online predators. Nevertheless, within six months of creating a Snapchat account, he was victimized to death.

Stories like Carter’s should be unthinkable. Instead, they are becoming routine routine.

Given the easy access to children that social media and smartphones provide, there appears to be no way to put a stop to it. Unless, that is, tech companies are held accountable, and parents are better empowered to protect their kids online. Click here to read more. Click here to read more.

 

SAN ANTONIO – Police say a Texas mother allegedly bought ammunition, magazines and tactical gear for her son.

Now, Ashley Pardo is facing criminal charges after authorities arrested the 33-year-old on Monday.

Pardo is charged with aiding in the commission of terrorism.

Authorities say Pardo’s middle school-aged son had expressed a desire to carry out “acts of mass violence” at his school.

Officials allege that Pardo bought the items knowing they would be used for a crime.

Police say the student arrived at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio on Monday outfitted with a mask, camouflage jacket and tactical pants, but he soon left.

The school was swept for potential threats and the student was later found off the campus.

The child faces a terrorism charge. Click here to read more.

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is dead at the University of Michigan, or is it?

“Last week, @RealChrisRufo said incoming U of Florida President Santa Ono crushed DEI as President of the U of Michigan,” conservative activist Karlyn Borysenko posted to X on Wednesday. “So, how did I record a ‘gender & sexuality’ librarian from Michigan two days ago talking about pushing DEI on campus, organizing with students explicitly?”

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is dead at the University of Michigan, or is it?

“Last week, @RealChrisRufo said incoming U of Florida President Santa Ono crushed DEI as President of the U of Michigan,” conservative activist Karlyn Borysenko posted to X on Wednesday. “So, how did I record a ‘gender & sexuality’ librarian from Michigan two days ago talking about pushing DEI on campus, organizing with students explicitly?”

The post cited both an op-ed from former UM President Santa Ono highlighted by Rufo and a video of a May 12 video call on “Libraries in Higher Education: How Can We Meet This Moment?” featuring UM Gender & Sexuality Studies librarian Meredith Kahn. Click here to read more.