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Pork Buyers May Be Owed Money In $117M Settlements: See If You Qualify
You might be able to get paid if you bought certain pork products as part of $117 million in class action settlements.
The settlements cover people who purchased qualifying pork products for personal consumption from Saturday, June 28, 2014, through Saturday, June 30, 2018. The lawsuit claims several companies conspired to limit the supply of pork and increase prices.
Eligible consumers must have indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs, or pork chops, USA Today reported. An indirect purchase means the pork was bought f…
Netflix Show Takes Over NJ Downtown Metuchen For Season 2 Filming
A New Jersey town got a Hollywood makeover this week.
Netflix's "Big Mistakes", produced by and starring Dan Levy, as well as Laurie Metcalf and Poorna Jagannathan, was filmed in and around Yestercades and Peterson Park, Mayor Jonathan M. Busch said on Thursday, Sept. 27.
Yestercades, a business in town, was transformed for the day into the fictional “Caputo’s Yarn & Crafts,” according to Busch.
According to Netflix’s Tudum, the series centers on Nicky, played by Levy, and Morgan, played by Taylor Ortega, siblings who become tangled up with organized crime after a botched theft meant t…
NYU Langone, Upmc To End Gender-Affirming Care For Minors In DOJ Deals
Two major New York and Pennsylvania health systems will stop providing gender-affirming medical care to minors under agreements reached with the US Department of Justice, federal officials announced Friday, Sept. 18.
NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, or UPMC, agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, hormones, and surgical procedures to patients younger than 18, according to the DOJ.
NYU also agreed to pay $8.5 million, while UPMC will pay $950,000 as part of the resolutions, the department said.
The agreements resolve investigations into potential vio…
Trump Bans 3 Major News Outlets From White House, Says Others May Follow
The battle over what media outlets get through the White House gates has sharply escalated.
Click here for a new, updated story: Major TV Networks, Including Fox News, Make Rare Move After Trump Bans 3 Outlets
President Donald Trump announced Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, that he was immediately banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House in an extraordinary, unprecedented move that is sounding alarms about First Amendment rights.
The First Amendment protects five basic freedoms from government interference: religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
Trump disclosed t…
NJ Man Stole $126K From Coworkers, Others To Fund Sports Betting: Prosecutor
A New Jersey man used fake real estate flips, made-up personal emergencies and his construction business to steal more than $126,000 from coworkers and other victims to fund his sports betting accounts, authorities said.
Matthew A. DaMatta, 50, of Linden, was charged with second-degree theft by deception following an investigation by the Union County Prosecutor's Office Special Prosecutions Unit, Prosecutor William A. Daniel announced Friday, Sept. 18.
DaMatta used his business, MD Marion Construction LLC, to fraudulently obtain the money from multiple victims between July 2023 and January …
