Neighbor Allegedly Swindled Veteran with ALS Out of Over $450,000, Federal Authorities Claim: ‘A Despicable Act’

A Massachusetts man took “repeated, deliberate steps” to steal from his neighbor — a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was in the hospital — “again and again,” federal prosecutors wrote in court documents filed last week. Joseph Smith, 71, and others stole more than $450,000 in disability benefits from the man between roughly 2015 and 2020, when he was…

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Donald Trump Criticizes Bishop for Urging Compassion Towards Immigrants and LGBTQ Community During Prayer Service

President Donald Trump has slammed a female Bishop who made an impassioned plea for him to have mercy on immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community.     Trump began his first full day in office by attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, Jan. 21.   During his inauguration speech…

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Nigerian Woman Challenges Men Who Shun Protection, Prevent Wives from Family Planning, and Demand Abortions

A Nigerian woman, Mewolaka Omololami Fashakin, has queried men who don’t share the responsibility for family planning only to tell their wives to have abortions when they get pregnant.   “Some men refuse to use CD, tell their wives not to do family planning, and ask them to ab*rt when they get pregnant? Aaah, why?”…

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Police apprehend impostor military officer for kidnapping a man and stealing his iPhone 13 in Lagos.

Operatives of Lagos State Command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a suspected army impersonator, Kingsley Wanogho, for abducting a young man in Ikeja and abandoning him on the Third Mainland bridge.      The RRS in a statement on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, said the suspect made away with the victim’s iPhone 13 which…

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