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Fraud division announces Federal–State partnership in Ohio to prosecute fraud
Federal and State Prosecutors Charge 9 Defendants for Over $42 Million in Fraud Three Fraudsters Detained This Week in Connection With Separate $15 Million Scheme FBI Announces the Creation of the Most Wanted Fraudsters List
The Justice Department June 4 announced unprecedented federal and state cooperation in Ohio in the fight ... (full story)
Sports
How long should college athletes play? NCAA is about to give a new answer to that age-old question
The NCAA is on the cusp of extending Division I athlete eligibility from four years of competition to five and essentially setting an age limit, just the latest development on a topic that has been a point of contention in college athletics for decades.
None other than Walter Camp, the “Father of American Football,” ... (full story)
Olympic winter sports leader upbeat about replacing Nice with Lyon for 2030 Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic winter sports’ top official at the IOC said June 4 they are ready to move ice-rink events to Lyon from Nice for the 2030 Winter Games.
The persistently slippery path toward the French Alps Olympics saw organizers lose patience last week with Nice’s new far-right mayor &Eacut ... (full story)
Tick me off!
You’ve likely heard that this is going to be a bad tick season.
And I hate to admit it but I can definitely vouch for that warning because in all my decades of outdoor recreation I have not seen a tick infestation as bad as it’s been this spring.
Heck, merely strolling around the backyard I end up picking at lea ... (full story)
State
Murder charge dropped for Arkansas sheriff nominee who killed daughter’s alleged abuser
A judge on June 4 dismissed a murder charge against an Arkansas man who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while awaiting trial for the shooting death of his teenage daughter's alleged abuser.
The ruling came weeks before Aaron Spencer, who will be on the November ballot, had been set to face a jury on a second-degree murder cha ... (full story)
Today In History: June 15, over 1,000 killed in New York steamboat accident
Today is Monday, June 15, the 166th day of 2026. There are 199 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum in New York’s East River; it remained the deadliest individual event in the New York area until 9/11.
Also on ... (full story)
What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US
The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in south Texas.
The infestation was discovered in a single 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southwest of S ... (full story)
Cannons lost underwater during the American Revolution will soon go on display at a Georgia museum
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A museum in Georgia's oldest city on June 3 welcomed a truckload of treasures from the earliest period of U.S. history — 17 cannons that experts believe sank to the bottom of the Savannah River during the American Revolution and remained undiscovered for nearly 240 years.
Workers carefully hoiste ... (full story)