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Officials Fume As PA Rookie Cop Quits For 'Love Island USA'
Sean Reifel traded his Bethlehem police badge for a shot at love on national television, and not everyone at City Hall is cheering him on. The rookie officer and father was recently announced as one of 12 Islanders on Season 8 of Peacock's hit reality dating show "Love Island USA." Reifel was sworn into the Bethlehem Police Department on Aug. 18, 2025, according to a department social media post. His last day on the job was reportedly May 20. But as Reifel heads to the villa ahead of the show's Tuesday, June 2 premiere, local officials say his departure leaves behind more than an empty desk…
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Sewn Into Underwear, Hidden In Pants: Nearly $100K Seized From Dulles Travelers
What started as a few simple questions at Dulles International Airport turned into a search for cash hidden in purses, secret pockets, and even women's underwear. By the end of Memorial Day weekend, US Customs and Border Protection officers had seized nearly $100,000 in unreported currency from two groups of travelers headed to Belgium. The strangest part? The money wasn't illegal. The travelers just allegedly didn't tell the truth about how much they were carrying. On Saturday, May 23, CBP officers and Vito, a nearly 2-year-old German Shepherd trained to detect currency, stopped a US ci…
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Puff, Puff, Prison? DC Man Pleads Guilty After Marijuana Stop Revealed Loaded Gun: Feds
A little bit of weed might go a long way to sending a DC felon back to prison on new federal gun charges. Daveion Antonio Ervin, 28, pleaded guilty on Monday, June 1 in US District court to illegally possessing a loaded gun after he puffed, but forgot to pass, right in front of officers from the Metropolitan Police Department. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, US Park Police officers were on patrol when they spotted Ervin smoking what court documents described as a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette. Officers were driving west when they spotted Ervin holding a hand-rolled cigarette…
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He Came Back: Alleged Kidnapper Returned To Victim's Boyfriend's Home In Maryland: Sheriff
A Maryland man accused of collecting a drug debt, kidnapping a woman, threatening to kill her if police were called, and spending the day driving around with her allegedly made one mistake that brought everything crashing down. He came back. Authorities say Tyree Shauntel Jordan, 40, returned to a home in Cecil County nearly 10 hours after allegedly forcing a woman to leave with him, only to find deputies closing in and a BearCat rescue vehicle eventually pinning his minivan against the residence. According to the Cecil County Sheriff's Office, the wild chain of events began around 10 a.m.…
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Scott Pelley Rips Bari Weiss For 'Murdering' '60 Minutes' Amid CBS News Shakeup: Reports
"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley accused controversial CBS News boss Bari Weiss of "murdering" the iconic program in the latest sign of newsroom turmoil, according to reports. Pelley made the blistering remarks during a staff meeting on Monday, June 1, The Guardian reported. His comments come days after CBS News fired "60 Minutes" executive producer Tanya Simon, along with correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega. The confrontation coincides with CBS naming Vanity Fair correspondent and former New York Times tech columnist Nick Bilton as the new executive pr…
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Days After Career Milestone, Maryland Paramedic Fighting To Walk Again After Motorcycle Crash
Just days after coworkers celebrated a major career milestone, firefighter-paramedic Justin Hogue found himself fighting through physical therapy at Baltimore's Shock Trauma after a devastating motorcycle crash. The Maryland first responder was airlifted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center by a Maryland State Police helicopter on Thursday, May 28, after a deer ran in front of his motorcycle, according to Hogue and organizers of a fundraiser launched to support his recovery. By Saturday, Hogue was posting updates from his hospital bed. "I haven't been able to walk up to this point," h…
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Firefighters Cut Apart Trail Bridge To Free Horse Trapped In Patuxent River State Park (
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Firefighters in Maryland headed into Patuxent River State Park on Sunday afternoon looking for an injured person on a trail. What they found instead was a horse in far worse shape. Crews were dispatched at approximately 1:40 p.m. on May 31, to the park in Brookville for a reported injured person, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. While searching the trail system by UTV, firefighters came across a horse whose leg had fallen through a wooden pedestrian bridge along the Red Trail. The animal was unable to stand. What started as a routine medica…
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Massive Meteor Explosion Equal To 300 Tons Of TNT Triggers Sonic Boom, Rattling East Coast
Residents across New England were left stunned after a powerful double boom rattled buildings and shook the ground, triggering reports to police and earthquake officials. The cause, however, came from above. The strange event happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday when people from Connecticut to Canada reported hearing loud blasts, feeling buildings shake, or seeing a bright object streak across the sky. The American Meteor Society said the source was not an earthquake or an explosion. Instead, officials said a 3-foot-wide meteor entered Earth's atmosphere near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts b…
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Think AI is Taking Your Job? Don’t Buy This Book
If you are convinced artificial intelligence is coming for your job or your business and there is nothing you can do about it then this book is not for you. But if you are still building, still leading, still running a business, or still trying to do your best work, Ted Yang believes there is a very different way to look at this moment. Yang, an MIT-trained entrepreneur, member of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, and founder of multiple companies including the parent company of Daily Voice, has written a new book called Ageless Peak Performance: The Playbook for AI-Powe…
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Over 40? You May Be Better Positioned For The AI Age Than You Think
For many experienced professionals, artificial intelligence is a worry. Younger employees are experimenting with new tools. Companies are asking people to do more with less. And every week brings another headline about AI changing jobs, reshaping industries, and forcing workers to adapt faster. No wonder many over 40 believe the advantage belongs to the youngest in the room. Just don’t count Ted Yang among them. Yang, a longtime Connecticut resident, entrepreneur, member of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, and founder of the parent company of Daily Voice, makes the op…
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A sunny Saturday afternoon behind Seacrets took an unexpected turn when a bright red amphibious aircraft wound up bobbing in Assawoman Bay after part of the plane apparently broke off during a water landing. The unusual incident happened at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, behind the iconic Ocean City waterfront destination, according to the Ocean City Fire Department. Emergency crews were called after a SeaRey, described by officials as a two-seat, single-engine amphibious flying boat, experienced trouble while landing on the water. The water rescue in Maryland. Ocean …
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Payment Change Coming For Millions Of Federal Benefit Recipients
A payment change is coming for millions of federal benefit recipients, but the biggest takeaway is what will stay the same. The Social Security Administration said on Monday, May 18, that the US Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service selected Fifth Third Bank as the new financial agent for the Direct Express card program. The program lets people receive federal benefits, including Social Security and veterans benefits, on a prepaid debit card if they do not use a traditional bank account. Fifth Third Bank is replacing Comerica Bank as the financial agent for Direct Expre…
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