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A fake wedding to facilitate marriage-based Green Card in Massachusetts. A major fake marriage ring has been busted in Massachusetts that was operating for decades, performing as many as 18 to 20 sham marriages every year, charging between $38,000 and $40,000 per marriage. These marriages were part of a larger Green Card fraud as spouses…

J.J. Watt turned his $100,000 donation into a $41.6 million Hurricane Harvey relief campaign in 2017. (Photo: JJW Foundation) Former NFL star J.J. Watt turned a $100,000 donation into a massive relief effort after Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas in 2017. The Houston Texans defensive end launched an online fundraiser with an initial target of $200,000,…

Black couple in Queens receive text message from broker that they believe was meant for the apartment owners. A couple has filed a lawsuit against a real estate brokerage company, an agent and several property owners after they said they were racially discriminated against when they were seeking to rent an apartment in Queens. A…

The tenants’ union in Portland, Maine, has reached a $3.6 million settlement with local landlord Geoffrey Rice, who was accused of illegally raising rents, according to a report by Realtor.com. Trelawny Tenants Union (TTU) and Rice reached the multimillion-dollar settlement on Sunday after years of disputes and 20 hours of mediation. Under the terms, more…

A rare early 19th-century Pennsylvania Dutch folk art drawing showing George Washington and an American eagle with 13 stars has sold at auction for $226,600 (£175,000). The artwork had remained hidden in a plain manila folder for more than six decades. The double-page ink and watercolour fraktur bookplate was made in Pennsylvania in the early…

Florida court ordered fresh child-support calculation after husband’s household payments were counted as wife’s income. (AI image) A Florida appeals court on Wednesday ordered a fresh calculation of child support in a dispute involving a mother whose monthly income of $1,500 had been assessed at $10,100 after a lower court included $8,600 paid by her…

Paul Walker founded a Haiti relief group in 2010; it helped 13,093 people in 2025 (Image Credit: Reach Out WorldWide) More than a decade after actor Paul Walker died, the disaster-relief organisation he founded continues to help communities affected by natural disasters. Reach Out WorldWide (ROWW), established in 2010 following the devastating earthquake in Haiti,…

When JR Howard considered selling his small flock of 27 sheep, he was struggling to make a living from farming in Texas. Today, he manages 10,000 sheep that graze across 40,000 acres of large solar farms throughout the state. The change began when a developer built a solar project near his property. Instead of seeing…

Karoline Leavitt says the press secretary role was obviously not for Katie Zacharia Karoline Leavitt said the job that she left was obviously not meant for Katie Zacharia who had to leave the role in five says because it is a tough job. “Look, White House press secretary is a tough job. I know that…

A US real estate investor has built a successful outdoor hospitality business on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, after buying a 10-acre residential property with an upfront payment of just $12,000 (£9,200). Garrett Brown has a full-time job and also teaches through the property education platform BiggerPockets. He used a strategy he calls “land hacking”…