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Facebook, Instagram Disruptions Hit Thousands
If your feed suddenly stopped cooperating, you were not alone. Facebook and Instagram users reported widespread problems on Friday, June 12, with reports of disruption spiking sharply on Downdetector shortly after 9 a.m. Downdetector showed about 69,000 user reports for Facebook issues around 10 a.m., including a spike of 69,569 reports at 9:39 a.m. Instagram also saw a surge in reports, with more than 1,100 users flagging problems Friday morning, according to Downdetector. The reports do not necessarily mean every user was affected. Downdetector tracks user-submitted pr…
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Child Found Unresponsive In Philly Home Dies; Special Victims Unit Investigating
A young girl died after she was found unresponsive inside a Philadelphia home Thursday evening, June 11, police said. Officers responded to the 1800 block of East Somerset Street in Kensington after receiving a report of an unresponsive child at approximately 7:07 p.m, according to police. When the Philadelphia Police Department's 24th District officers arrived, they found the child unresponsive, and medics rushed her to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, authorities said. She was pronounced dead at 7:49 p.m., police said. The circumstances surrounding the child's death remain…
Police & Fire
Queens Man Scammed Senior Citizen: Berkeley Twp PD
A 54-year-old Queens man was arrested and charged after he repeatedly scammed a senior citizen out of large sums of money in Berkeley Township, authorities announced Thursday, June 11. The woman said while she was on her computer, she had a Microsoft error message “pop-up” take over her screen with a phone number to contact, Berkeley Township police said.. Upon contacting the fraudulent number, a male claiming to be from Microsoft advised the victim her bank accounts have been compromised, police said. Over the next several weeks, the victim was tricked into believing the scam ac…
Police & Fire
4-Alarm Fire Destroys New Brunswick Auto Shop, Spreads To Home
A massive blaze destroyed an auto body shop early Friday, June 12 in New Brunswick, News12 New Jersey reports. The blaze broke out at Prestige Auto Service on Easton Avenue at approximately 3 a.m., with flames shooting through the roof. A nearby home was impacted and severely damaged too, according to the East Brunswick Independent Fire Company, which assisted at the scene. Prestige Auto owner Willie Azcona, who has been in business for nine years, tells News12 that he plans to rebuild. Click here for more from News 12 New Jersey.
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Troubling Shift In How Long Americans Are Living Revealed In New Research
The old promise that each generation would live longer than the one before it is showing serious cracks. Americans born after 1970 are dying at higher rates from major causes than earlier generations did at the same ages, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. StudyFinds just reported that researchers tracked 45 years of US mortality data and found worsening patterns tied to heart disease, cancer, and external causes such as drug overdoses, suicides, homicides, and traffic crashes. The study analyzed mortality changes from 1979 to 2023 among …
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First 'Most Wanted Fraudster' Surrenders To FBI: Here's What He's Accused Of
A new federal fugitive list just got its first catch. Said Abdullahi Ereg, 47, surrendered to the FBI at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday, June 10, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota said. The office said Ereg became the first person from the FBI's new Most Wanted Fraudsters List to be taken into custody. Ereg was indicted in 2024 on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, according to the Justice Department. The charges stem from the Feeding Our Future fraud case, an investigation into money meant to feed ch…
Business
Warren Buffett Issues One-Sentence Warning On Economy: What Billionaire Investor Said
One sentence from Wall Street’s most famous investor is drawing attention. Warren Buffett warned during a CNBC interview with Becky Quick at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting that stock-market speculation is looking less like investing and more like gambling. “The casino has gotten very attractive to people,” Buffett told CNBC, according to the network’s transcript of the interview, conducted on Saturday, May 2. Buffett, 95, compared the market to a church with a casino attached, with the church representing long-term investing and the casino representing short-term speculation. The war…
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Arrest Made For Mom Of 4 Beaten To Death With Bricks Behind Philadelphia Home: Police
A man has been charged in the brutal killing of a mother of four who was found beaten to death behind her home, police announced Thursday, June 11. Dawaun Lewis, 30, was arrested in connection with the death of 45-year-old Keisha Furlow, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Furlow was discovered suffering from severe facial lacerations in a rear alley on the 2700 block of North Opal Street at approximately 6:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 7, police said. Investigators recovered two bloodied bricks near her body that they believe were used in the attack. The alley in the 2700 bl…
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These 12 NJ Towns Could See The Worst World Cup Traffic Saturday
New Jersey's first-ever FIFA World Cup match is just days away, and soccer fans, err, football fans, already know who will be making history at MetLife Stadium. Brazil and Morocco will face off in Group C play at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, marking the first World Cup game ever played in New Jersey. Fans heading to the match should prepare for major delays around the Meadowlands. East Rutherford police told Daily Voice that the heaviest traffic is expected within a five-mile radius of MetLife Stadium before and after the game. That zone includes East…
Police & Fire
Evicted Tenant Kills Landlord, Himself Hours After Separate South Jersey Shooting: Prosecutor
A man who had recently been evicted from a South Jersey home returned to the home to kill the landlord before taking his own life less than a mile away, just after a separate shooting in a nearby town on Wednesday, June 10, authorities said. Lumberton police responded to a report of a shooting on Curry Court at approximately 4:15 p.m., where arriving officers found Damon Nesmith, 53, dead inside the home, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Lumberton Township Police Chief Anthony D. Nippins. Nesmith was pronounced dead at the scene. Tyrone McLean, 56, …
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Costco Defends $4.99 Rotisserie Chicken Amid False Advertising Lawsuit: 'Fatally Flawed'
Costco is firing back at a lawsuit accusing the wholesale giant of falsely claiming that its popular $4.99 rotisserie chicken has "no preservatives." The retailer asked a federal court in California to dismiss the proposed class-action lawsuit, The Seattle Times reported. Two California women filed the lawsuit back in January, arguing that Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken contains sodium phosphate and carrageenan. Costco attorney Charles Sipos said the claim is "fatally flawed" because the two ingredients are not categorized as preservatives under…
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Underage DWI Driver Admits Killing NY Officer In Crash While Going To Work
A New York man admitted he was drunk while underage, speeding, and ran a red light before crashing into and killing a police officer as she drove to work, prosecutors announced on Thursday, June 11. Matthew Smith, now 21, of Hauppauge, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and numerous related charges for the Jan. 31 crash that killed Officer Patricia Espinosa and seriously injured his passenger, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said. "Patricia Espinosa, a wife and mother who dedicated her life to protecting others, was killed on her way to work, leaving her daugh…
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