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Huntington Man Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Crime
Marlon Leftwich, 46, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to 20 years and six months for producing child pornography, including a video of him abusing a five-year-old girl.
Law EnforcementLegalUSAFederal GovernmentSocial Issues Marlon Leftwichchild pornographyHuntington, West VirginiaProject Safe ChildhoodFBIMoore Capitosentencing
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Lynn Man Arrested and Charged With Receipt of Child Pornography
Zachary Brodeur, 37, of Lynn, Massachusetts, faces a federal charge of receipt of child pornography after investigators allegedly found about 138 videos of child sexual abuse material on his phone.
Law EnforcementLegalUSASocial Issues Child PornographyZachary BrodeurLynn, MassachusettsProject Safe ChildhoodFBI Boston DivisionU.S. Attorney's Office District of MassachusettsChild Sexual Abuse MaterialFBI
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Butler County Man Indicted for Receiving Firearm and Ammunition With Intent to Commit Terrorism on Behalf of ISIS
Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, of Valencia, Pennsylvania, faces up to 15 years in prison after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of receiving a rifle and ammunition intended for terrorism on behalf of ISIS.
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Penn Astronomers Use Webb and Hubble to Map Icy Relics at the Solar System's Edge
Astronomer Gary Bernstein and colleagues used the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes to find some of the smallest, faintest icy bodies beyond Neptune and inventory how that material is divided.
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Manhattan Beach Family Therapist Sentenced to Nearly 17 Years for Hidden Bathroom Camera Filming Girls
Joseph Toews, 31, of Manhattan Beach, was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for installing a hidden camera in a women's bathroom at his workplace and producing child pornography.
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Providence Immigration Attorney Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion
Joseph Molina-Flynn admitted collecting about $98,000 from immigration clients for services he never performed and failing to file a 2021 tax return, with tax loss estimated between $550,000 and $1.5 million.
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Media Monitor: General Dynamics CEO to Step Down, Army Awards NGC2 Contracts, Romania Orders Airbus Helicopters
Breaking Defense reports General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic will step down in 2027, the Army issued nearly $100M in NGC2 application awards to nine companies, and Romania ordered 12 Airbus H225M helicopters.
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New Jersey Governor Sherrill to Travel Out of State; Scutari to Serve as Acting Governor
Governor Sherrill will leave New Jersey on the morning of Thursday, October 8, returning Friday evening, October 9. Senate President Nicholas Scutari will serve as Acting Governor in her absence.
Politics and GovernmentUSAState GovernmentsGeneral Politics Governor SherrillNew JerseyNicholas ScutariActing GovernorPublic ScheduleTrentonOffice of New Jersey Governor
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IRS Says It Helped Set Up UK Whistleblower Reward Scheme
HMRC's Strengthened Reward Scheme launched in November 2025 to target tax avoidance and evasion by the wealthiest individuals and largest businesses.
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Spanberger Hosts 1,000 Leaders at First Statewide Unified Readiness Summit in Richmond
The summit on modernizing emergency preparedness drew stakeholders from 30 sectors and follows seven regional summits held earlier this year.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementUSAState GovernmentsDisastersSocial Issues Abigail SpanbergerVirginiaUnified Readiness SummitEmergency PreparednessStanley M. MeadorLauren OpettExecutive Order 19RestonVirginia General AssemblyColonial WilliamsburgRichmondVirginia Governor
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LA Convention Center Expansion On Time and On Budget, With 1,700 Union Jobs and Nearly $10M in Wages Paid
Mayor Karen Bass announced the milestone one year into construction, with 18 new conventions booked and $500 million in contracts awarded to small and minority-owned businesses.
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NOAA Forecasts Chance of M-Class Flares and Possible Major Geomagnetic Storm on Oct. 9
Solar activity is at low levels with five sunspot regions on the disk, and the chance of a major-severe storm at high latitudes on Oct. 9 is put at 40 percent.
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FBI Seizes CSAM Domains, Suspect Arrested in France
The FBI Washington Field Office announced the seizure of websites used to traffic child sexual abuse material, with an alleged administrator of one site arrested in France.
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ICE Arrests Five Criminal Illegal Aliens in Two Sweeps, DHS Says
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the arrests covered child sex offenses, money laundering, drug trafficking, animal abuse and weapons charges, and vowed removals will continue.
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Social Security Administration Says Operational Status Has Changed at Arizona Offices
The agency is directing customers to check their local office's status before visiting and says much of its business can be handled online.
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White House Says Trump Won't Reimburse Government for $10M in DHS-Funded Ads
A White House official says Trump was not referring to any reimbursement when he said MAGA Inc. money would pay for the ads, which have aired since Sept. 23.
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CSIS Briefing Tracks Nuclear Policy Moves From Iran Talks to Lunar Reactors
Vance seeks a "meaningful" cut in Iranian enrichment capacity, while Moscow warns Lithuania over hosting nuclear weapons and NASA pushes for a reactor ready to launch by December 2030.
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Social Security Administration Says Virginia Office Status Has Changed
The agency did not specify which Virginia offices were affected or the reason for the change, and is directing the public to check status online before travelling.
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Social Security Administration Says Texas Office Status Has Changed
The agency tells Texans to check their local office's status before visiting and says most business can be handled online.
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Social Security Administration Says Operational Status Has Changed at Kansas Offices
The agency is directing Kansas residents to check the status of their local office, card center or hearing office before visiting, and says many tasks can be done online.
Politics and GovernmentHealthUSAFederal GovernmentState GovernmentsEconomySocial IssuesComputers and Internet Social Security AdministrationKansasSocial Security officemy Social Security accountMedicareretirement benefitsdisability benefits
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Drugmakers Say GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Show Signs of Slowing Biological Aging
Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk report biological age reductions of roughly two to three years in aging-clock studies, though researchers caution the drugs have side effects and their effect in healthy people is unknown.
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SEC to Host Virtual National Compliance Outreach Seminar on Nov. 19
The 2026 Compliance Outreach Program National Seminar, aimed at chief compliance officers of investment companies and investment advisers, will run from 8:30 A.M. ET.
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Granicus Promotes Integrated Communications Platform for Government Agencies
Company cites EPA, Indiana FSSA, Baytown and Fairfax officials on multi-channel messaging and real-time data, and opens nominations for its 2027 Digital Government Awards.
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Iowa Expands Suspension of Dyed Diesel Penalties to Cover Livestock and Feed
The proclamation, first signed Tuesday in line with a Trump executive order, now covers livestock, livestock feed and other farm products and runs through February 2, 2027.
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Two Wildland Pilots Killed in Helicopter Crash Over Yosemite's Dome Fire
Ryan Cutter and Greg King, both of the U.S. Forest Service's Payette National Forest, died Sept. 20 when their helicopter went down during bucket drops.
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US Withdraws All 12 B-1 Bombers From RAF Fairford After Alleged Iran-Backed Plot
Trump cites "threats" linked to Iran as the bombers return home; about 200 people are quarantined in Siberia after a researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute died.
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Paramount Skydance closes $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover
The combined company, called Skydance, owns CNN, CBS News, HBO Max and Paramount+, and must deliver $6 billion in cost cuts over three years as Fitch downgrades it over debt and integration risk.
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Social Security Administration Tells Californians to Check Office Status Before Visiting
The agency says the operational status of local offices, card centers and hearing offices in California has changed and points the public to online services for most business.
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SoCalGas Opens Downtown L.A. Headquarters at 2CAL With More Than 700 Employees
Mayor Karen Bass joined the opening on October 6, the same day she was due to help launch the California Community Foundation's "Standing Homes" campaign, as an Extreme Heat Warning remained in effect through October 8.
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USDA Announces Record $13.8 Billion in 2025 Crop Year Safety Net Payments
Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins says ARC and PLC programs will pay about $13.8 billion to eligible producers for the 2025 crop year, the largest annual payout since the 2014 Farm Bill.
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