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Drivers in Florida are paying more at the pump as petrol prices continue to climb, with some stations already charging more than $5 a gallon for regular gas. On Wednesday, September 23, gas prices at a Delray Beach Shell station hit $5.19 a gallon, Reuters reported. Some rural stations are charging even more.The statewide average…

Customers with disabilities and older adults said that they were allegedly pressured into spending thousands of dollars at Bee & Co.’s mall-based skincare stores across the Southland, according to CBS California. Now, California congressman Rep. Brad Sherman, whose congressional district includes the Westfield Topanga mall in Canoga Park, said he plans to bring the allegations…

New Jersey has imposed a record $1.07 million penalty on DataOne after inspectors found 62 large natural-gas generators installed and operating without required air-pollution permits at the company’s massive artificial intelligence data center in Vineland. The state Department of Environmental Protection discovered the generators during a July 29 inspection and said each unit had a…

31-year-old mother revealed how an ambitious personal challenge turned into a social media movement involving thousands of strangers. For 45 days, Erika Dison carried a secret that could change her family’s financial future. While her husband, Cody, continued their everyday life in central Arkansas, she was quietly working to erase every dollar of their $67,676.60…

Image: Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta began in 2017 with a small group of volunteers at a single local elementary school, packing nonperishable food for children who faced food insecurity over the weekend. The first distribution served just 10 students. Nine years later, the organisation provides weekend meals to thousands…

32-year-old Foster City resident Anuj Kumar, an Uber driver, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teen passenger during a ride. A 32-year-old rideshare driver in California has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage passenger during a ride in San Jose, with investigators now warning that there could be additional victims.Police said…

Phyl Terry. Image Credit: Phyl.org Phyl Terry’s Never Search Alone movement has grown from a free job-search effort into a large volunteer network supporting people through unemployment and career changes. Started in 2022, the programme was built around a simple idea that job seekers should not have to handle the process by themselves. By 2026,…

Artificial reefs created from retired oil and gas structures can provide stable marine habitat for more than 50 years. Far below Alabama’s Gulf Coast, a structure that once belonged to the energy industry is beginning a second life beneath the waves. The decommissioned Spirit VK 780A natural gas rig, located offshore, has been transformed into…

For nearly five months, employees of Lake Park, Florida, had no way to confirm whether roughly $60,000 a month in pension contributions, 3% of their pay plus a 14% town match, was actually being invested, according to WLRN NPR News. The town had told workers its pension migration to the Florida Retirement System took effect…

Immigration attorney says Green Card lottery did not resume despite court ruling and these will become invalid after September 30. Two US visa processing pauses challenged in federal court have been struck down, but affected applicants are still waiting for their cases to move forward, according to an immigration lawyer who says there is a…