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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.
