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Dozen PA Residents Charged In Federal $1 Million Social Security Fraud Case Dozen PA Residents Charged In Federal $1 Million Social Security Fraud Case
Dozen PA Residents Charged In Federal $1 Million Social Security Fraud Case Nearly a dozen Pennsylvania residents have been charged in a $1 million federal social security fraud case, with nine already pleading guilty, authorities announced. The charges stem from a targeted investigation to catch those who steal a dead beneficiary's social security payments, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said on Monday, Oct. 3. In total, the fraud loss in these 12 cases amounts to nearly $1 million. The following individuals have been charged: Sloan Carter, 59, of Philadelphia; charged by Information on Aug. 2, with theft of government funds; pleaded…

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by Nicole Acosta
Business
Regal Cinemas Shutters Pennsylvania Theater Regal Cinemas Shutters Pennsylvania Theater
Regal Cinemas Shutters Pennsylvania Theater Regal Cinemas has closed a Bucks County location. The Regal Richland Crossing movie theater off Route 309 in Quakertown shuttered on Thursday, Sept. 15, the company announced on its website. Regal's parent company Cineworld Group LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month.  "The pandemic was an incredibly difficult time for our business, with the enforced closure of cinemas and huge disruption to film schedules that has led us to this point,” Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said. The following 18 Regal locations remain open in Pennsylvania: Conshohocken, Regal Plymouth M…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Sesame Place Character Refuses To Hug Young Girls In Viral Video Sesame Place Character Refuses To Hug Young Girls In Viral Video
Sesame Place Character Refuses To Hug Young Girls In Viral Video A video posted by a distraught mother shows a Sesame Place character refusing to interact with her two Black daughters before apparently hugging a white child next to them. The video shows the two girls waiting with their hands out for high fives or a hug from the green fluffy character at the Langhorne, PA theme park, who looks at them and shakes his head no, leaving the girls seemingly confused and sad. "THIS DISGUSTING person blatantly told our kids NO then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us," their mom, Jodi, writes on Instagram. "Then when I went to complain ab…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Regal Cinemas Reopen Pennsylvania Theaters Regal Cinemas Reopen Pennsylvania Theaters
Regal Cinemas Reopen Pennsylvania Theaters Regal Cinemas has announced that it is reopening to the public in Pennsylvania. Eight theaters across the state have reopened: Downingtown, Regal Downingtown & IMAX Harrisburg, Regal Harrisburg Easton, Regal Northampton Cinema & RPX Oaks, Regal Oaks King Of Prussia, Regal UA King Of Prussia 4DX, IMAX & RPX Langhorne, Regal UA Oxford Valley Warrington, Regal Warrington Crossing ScreenX, 4DX, & IMAX York, Regal West Manchester The chain originally announced plans to reopen nation-wide in April but they are strategically reopening the cinemas in several rounds, with more reop…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Doylestown Mom Of 2, Caitlin E. Thomas Dies After 'Courageous' Battle With Cancer, 33 Doylestown Mom Of 2, Caitlin E. Thomas Dies After 'Courageous' Battle With Cancer, 33
Doylestown Mom Of 2, Caitlin E. Thomas Dies After 'Courageous' Battle With Cancer, 33 Doylestown mother of two Caitlin Erin Thomas (Farley) died on Feb. 25 after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was 33. Born in Langhorne, Thomas graduated from Central Bucks High School South in 2005 and received her bachelor's degree from Delaware Valley University in 2009, as well as her Master's in Early Childhood Education from Walden University, her obituary says. Thomas worked alongside her husband running Camp Curiosity, The Curiosity Shoppe, and Toddler Center, her memorial says. Thomas' obituary remembered her as someone who loved horses and ice hockey. She is survived …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media A 19-year-old Chalfont man who reportedly made racist and threatening comments on a social media video posted in July was ordered to undergo racial sensitivity training, authorities announced. Andrew J. Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment and was also sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Diane E. Gibbons to a year of probation, mental health assessments, and continued racial sensitivity training at The Peace Center in Langhorne and at Good Shepard Mediation in Philadelphia, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The racial sensitivity training was an arrange…

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by Nicole Acosta