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Covid-19: Travelers From Eight More States Will Be Required To Quarantine In NY/NJ/CT
Travelers from eight more states will be required to quarantine for 14 days in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
That means, as of Tuesday, June 30, there are 16 states that meet the criteria of significant community spread.
The newly added states are:
California,
Georgia,
Iowa,
Idaho,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Nevada,
Tennessee.
The eight states added earlier are:
Alabama,
Arizona,
Florida,
North Carolina,
Nevada,
South Carolina,
Texas,
Utah
Those states have a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over…
ICE, Nypd: 'Money-Sucking' Crew With Bergen, Hudson Members Scammed Elderly 2X
Ten people -- six of them from Bergen and Hudson counties -- were charged by federal authorities with convincing unwitting elderly victims to invest their money in various businesses, pushing them into debt, and then scamming them again with a bogus debt-relief program.
Those charged include two Hillsdale residents, identified as Joseph Ciaccio and Joseph Depaola, both 30; two Elmwood Park residents, identified as Derrek Larkin, 36, and Mattie Cirilo, 28; and one from Washington Township, Joseph Minetto, 32.
Also charged were Anthony Cheedie, 34, of Jersey City, two people from Arizona, ano…
Doc Who Had Office In Phillipsburg Admits Taking Bribes To Prescribe Fentanyl
A doctor who had a practice in Warren County has admitted accepting bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing a painkiller containing a powerful opioid, the Department of Justice said Friday.
Kenneth Sun, 58, an Easton, Pa., resident who also practiced in Pennsylvania, received $140,000 in illicit payouts between 2012 and 2016 from the Arizona-based company, Insys. The medically unnecessary prescriptions resulted in $847,000 in Medicare reimbursements.
Sun, who owned Progressive Pain Solutions in Phillipsburg, prescribed Subsys, a …
