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Instagram 'Murder For Hire' Ad Led To Targeted Maryland Killing For Cash, Marijuana "Murder for hire." That's how Baltimore native Deondre Tywon Sharps advertised himself online before carrying out a targeted Maryland murder for the promise of money and marijuana. Sharps, 20, pleaded guilty on Friday, Oct. 2, in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the deaths of Keion Damont McKinney and Joshua Ray Holland, both 34. The two men were murdered 15 days apart in June 2024. McKinney was first. Shortly after 7:20 p.m. on June 14, he was outside on Meade Village Circle in Severn when Sharps shot him once in the head. Surveillance video captured Sharps f…

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Maryland Man Convicted Of Killing Girlfriend's Father, Trying To Influence Her Testimony Killing his girlfriend's father wasn't the end of it, prosecutors say. A Maryland jury convicted Corey Conaway this week of first-degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of 67-year-old Perry Comeau, then found him guilty of trying to influence Comeau's daughter before trial. Comeau was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside his home on Half Dollar Court in Columbia at around 10:49 p.m. on Feb. 8, 2024. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators quickly zeroed in on Conaway, who was dating Comeau's daughter at the time and had been involved in an earlier conflict with…

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Horizon Elementary School Teacher Charged After Alleged Assault Involving Student: Sheriff Horizon Elementary School Teacher Charged After Alleged Assault Involving Student: Sheriff Horizon Elementary School Teacher Charged After Alleged Assault Involving Student: Sheriff
Horizon Elementary School Teacher Charged After Alleged Assault Involving Student: Sheriff A Virginia elementary school teacher is facing a criminal charge over what allegedly happened with a student. Valerie Bowen, 49, of Ashburn, a teacher at Horizon Elementary School in Loudoun County, has been charged with assault and battery following an investigation by the sheriff's office, officials announced on Friday, Oct. 2. The investigation began one day earlier. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, the School Resource Officer assigned to Horizon Elementary was notified on Thursday, Oct. 1, about an alleged incident involving Bowen and a student. Investigators have not…

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Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police
Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police For two days, Gary Shifler fought to survive. The 60-year-old Clinton man died on Wednesday, Sept. 30, from injuries suffered when he was struck by a driver in Prince George’s County two days earlier, police announced on Friday, Oct. 2. Officers were called to the area of Surratts Road and Lormar Court in Clinton at around 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, where they found Shifler in the roadway suffering from serious injuries. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he remained until his death. Investigators say the driver was traveling west on Surratts Road when, for reasons still under inve…

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'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (VIDEO) 'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (VIDEO) 'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (VIDEO)
'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (Video) "I love you." Those were some of the last words 21-year-old Sadie Holman said to her loved ones before she was involved in a deadly officer-involved shooting in Maryland. Holman was fatally shot in the 1000 block of Carroll Island Road in Middle River on Thursday, Sept. 3, following a brief standoff with officers as she remained in her car and pulled a gun from the center console. In bodycam footage released by the Attorney General's Office on Friday afternoon, Cpl. James Haddix, an eight-year veteran assigned to the department's Operations Bureau, can be seen attempting to negotiate with …

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Leesburg Finally Gets Direct Potomac River Access With Opening Of New Park Leesburg Finally Gets Direct Potomac River Access With Opening Of New Park Leesburg Finally Gets Direct Potomac River Access With Opening Of New Park
Leesburg Finally Gets Direct Potomac River Access With Opening Of New Park Leesburg finally has a way to get right to the Potomac. More than 20 years after the Virginia town bought the land, Veterans Park at Ball's Bluff has opened as the first municipal park in Leesburg with direct access to the river. The 86-acre park opened following a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, ending a wait that began when the town purchased the property for $2 million in 2001. Getting there took a while. Leesburg held onto the property for more than two decades while officials worked out plans and waited for funding to turn the preserved land into a public park. The first phas…

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Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger
Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger A Maryland soccer standout who spent nearly two decades chasing wins on the pitch is taking the competition around the world. Silver Spring native Joanna Lohman, 44, has teamed up with former teammate Ali Krieger, 42, a Montclair, NJ native, for Season 39 of CBS' "The Amazing Race." For Lohman, it's another chapter in a career that began close to home. She grew up in Silver Spring, played for the Bethesda Scorpions and starred at Springbrook High School, where she was an All-Met selection and Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year. Lohman went on to Penn State, where she became the program'…

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DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit
DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit The gloves are off in Maryland. The masks, according to federal officials, are staying on. The US Department of Justice sued the state on Thursday, Oct. 1, the same day Maryland's new restrictions on masks and identification for federal law enforcement officers took effect. And DOJ left little ambiguity about what happens next. "Federal law enforcement agents and officers cannot and will not comply with the Challenged Laws," attorneys wrote in the 25-page complaint filed in US District Court in Maryland. The lawsuit names Maryland, Attorney General Anthony Brown, the Maryland Police Train…

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He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness
He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He knew he was lost. So he stopped walking and waited for someone to find him. That help came from above in Fauquier County late Tuesday night, Sept. 29, when a sheriff's deputy used a drone and thermal imaging to spot a missing 65-year-old man sitting in a heavily wooded area hours after he left home for a walk. The search began around 10 p.m. on Mountjoy Road in Marshall after a relative reported the man missing, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. He had last been seen while it was still daylight. The man was enrolled in the sheriff's office's Project Lifesaver program, …

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Witness Gets License Plate, Police Find Driver After Fatal Maryland Hit-Run: Police Witness Gets License Plate, Police Find Driver After Fatal Maryland Hit-Run: Police Witness Gets License Plate, Police Find Driver After Fatal Maryland Hit-Run: Police
Witness Gets License Plate, Police Find Driver After Fatal Maryland Hit-Run: Police Police have tracked down the driver who left a 62-year-old woman dying in the roadway after a fatal hit-run in Maryland. Montgomery County Police identified the victim as Rockville resident Saijuan Chen and confirmed on Friday, Oct. 2 that investigators located both the driver and the green 2023 Jeep Wrangler that struck her. Chen was crossing Arctic Avenue in Aspen Hill at approximately 7:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, when she was struck by the Jeep, according to police. Investigators say the driver was making a left turn onto Arctic Avenue from Bel Pre Road when the Jeep struck Chen. …

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Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (DEVELOPING) Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (DEVELOPING) Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (DEVELOPING)
Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (Developing) A serious three-vehicle crash brought westbound US 50 to a halt in Maryland on Friday afternoon, forcing drivers off the highway as crews worked to free a trapped person. The crash was reported at approximately 12:54 p.m. on Oct. 2 in Prince George's County, just before the Capital Beltway, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. All four westbound travel lanes were shut down as firefighters, police and other first responders converged on the scene. Traffic was being diverted onto the ramp to the Outer Loop of I-95/I-495, according to the Metropolitan Area Transportation Op…

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Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff
Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff A suspected drug house in Maryland had a little bit of everything when detectives came knocking, authorities say. Detectives descended on a Chapman Drive home in Lexington Park on Tuesday, Sept. 29, armed with search warrants tied to an ongoing drug investigation, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. What they allegedly found inside was extensive. There was cocaine. Crack. Fentanyl. Suspected K-2. Dozens of Suboxone film packages. And sitting among it all, according to investigators, was a loaded .40-caliber handgun with no serial number. By the time detectives finished s…

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Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation
Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation New York Attorney General Letitia James is taking over the criminal investigation after members of a Cornell University fraternity were accused of a gang rape. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the move in an executive order on Thursday, Oct. 1. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in a civil lawsuit, accused seven current and former members of the Chi Phi fraternity of drugging, sexually assaulting, and gang raping her in October 2024. Hochul said newly released information raised "serious questions" about the Cornell University Police Department's investigation and Tompkins Cou…

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Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash
Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash A convicted Virginia offender who had already served years in federal prison for child sexual abuse material is headed right back after an unauthorized smartphone sitting in plain sight helped expose what he was doing again. William Oyster, 50, of Chesapeake, was sentenced to 10 years and one month in federal prison on Wednesday, Sept. 30, for possession of child sexual abuse material, federal prosecutors announced. It wasn't Oyster's first conviction involving the material. Oyster was convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia in 2012 of receiving child sexual abuse material and remain…

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National Taco Day 2026: Where To Score Free Tacos, Spicy Deals Several major restaurant chains are offering special deals on a huge day for taco lovers. National Taco Day in 2026 falls on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The holiday was permanently moved to the first Tuesday of October in 2024 to always line up with "Taco Tuesday." The holiday itself began in San Antonio in the 1960s, according to National Day Calendar. Many companies revived the celebration in 2009. The history of tacos dates back centuries to Indigenous people in ancient Mexico. The first "taco feast" documented by Europeans was hosted by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. The modern word "taco" …

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Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween
Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween Superheroes, Toy Story characters, and video game favorites are expected to be among the most popular Halloween costumes in 2026. Spirit Halloween released its annual costume trends on Thursday, Oct. 1. The Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey-based retailer said it follows trends throughout the year to see what will be the most popular costumes. The company especially looks at pop-culture categories like TV, movies, gaming, social media, and nostalgia. "People often ask how we predict Halloween trends," executive vice president Kym Sarkos said in a news release. "The realit…

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Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify
Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify Millions of Americans who paid fees to withdraw cash from certain ATMs could qualify for payouts in a $167.5 million Mastercard and Visa settlement. The credit card companies agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the payment networks of violating antitrust laws by preventing independent ATM operators from charging lower fees when transactions could be processed through cheaper competing networks. Consumers may qualify if they paid an ATM surcharge or access fee to withdraw cash from a deposit account at an independent ATM in the US between Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, and …

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New Name Revealed For Paramount, Warner Bros. As $111B Megamerger Finalizes Paramount Skydance Corporation has revealed a new corporate name as it prepares to close its controversial $111 billion megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The combined company will be called Skydance after the deal closes, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced in a social media post on Friday, Oct. 2. The merger is expected to be completed on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Paramount and Warner Bros. will keep their individual studio names and identities under the new corporate structure. "What once was the peak, is now just the beginning," Ellison wrote. "Paramount and Warner Bros. sh…

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Payouts Begin In $2.5B Amazon Settlement: See Who Qualifies Amazon Prime customers could start getting settlement money as millions of additional consumers become eligible for automatic refunds. Amazon began issuing the expanded payments on Thursday, Oct. 1, under the $2.5 billion settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission in September 2025, USA Today reported. The online retailer was required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and refund up to $1.5 billion to consumers. Amazon was accused of enrolling millions of consumers in Prime subscriptions without their consent and knowingly making it difficult for customers to cancel. More than…

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National Taco Day 2026: Where To Score Free Tacos, Spicy Deals National Taco Day 2026: Where To Score Free Tacos, Spicy Deals National Taco Day 2026: Where To Score Free Tacos, Spicy Deals
National Taco Day 2026: Where To Score Free Tacos, Spicy Deals Several major restaurant chains are offering special deals on a huge day for taco lovers. National Taco Day in 2026 falls on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The holiday was permanently moved to the first Tuesday of October in 2024 to always line up with "Taco Tuesday." The holiday itself began in San Antonio in the 1960s, according to National Day Calendar. Many companies revived the celebration in 2009. The history of tacos dates back centuries to Indigenous people in ancient Mexico. The first "taco feast" documented by Europeans was hosted by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. The modern word "taco" …

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Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween
Most Trendy, Spooky Costumes Of 2026 Revealed By Spirit Halloween Superheroes, Toy Story characters, and video game favorites are expected to be among the most popular Halloween costumes in 2026. Spirit Halloween released its annual costume trends on Thursday, Oct. 1. The Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey-based retailer said it follows trends throughout the year to see what will be the most popular costumes. The company especially looks at pop-culture categories like TV, movies, gaming, social media, and nostalgia. "People often ask how we predict Halloween trends," executive vice president Kym Sarkos said in a news release. "The realit…

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Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify
Millions Who Paid ATM Fees Could Get Cash In $167.5M Settlement: See If You Qualify Millions of Americans who paid fees to withdraw cash from certain ATMs could qualify for payouts in a $167.5 million Mastercard and Visa settlement. The credit card companies agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the payment networks of violating antitrust laws by preventing independent ATM operators from charging lower fees when transactions could be processed through cheaper competing networks. Consumers may qualify if they paid an ATM surcharge or access fee to withdraw cash from a deposit account at an independent ATM in the US between Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, and …

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New Name Revealed For Paramount, Warner Bros. As $111B Megamerger Finalizes New Name Revealed For Paramount, Warner Bros. As $111B Megamerger Finalizes New Name Revealed For Paramount, Warner Bros. As $111B Megamerger Finalizes
New Name Revealed For Paramount, Warner Bros. As $111B Megamerger Finalizes Paramount Skydance Corporation has revealed a new corporate name as it prepares to close its controversial $111 billion megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The combined company will be called Skydance after the deal closes, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced in a social media post on Friday, Oct. 2. The merger is expected to be completed on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Paramount and Warner Bros. will keep their individual studio names and identities under the new corporate structure. "What once was the peak, is now just the beginning," Ellison wrote. "Paramount and Warner Bros. sh…

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Payouts Begin In $2.5B Amazon Settlement: See Who Qualifies Payouts Begin In $2.5B Amazon Settlement: See Who Qualifies Payouts Begin In $2.5B Amazon Settlement: See Who Qualifies
Payouts Begin In $2.5B Amazon Settlement: See Who Qualifies Amazon Prime customers could start getting settlement money as millions of additional consumers become eligible for automatic refunds. Amazon began issuing the expanded payments on Thursday, Oct. 1, under the $2.5 billion settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission in September 2025, USA Today reported. The online retailer was required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and refund up to $1.5 billion to consumers. Amazon was accused of enrolling millions of consumers in Prime subscriptions without their consent and knowingly making it difficult for customers to cancel. More than…

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NFL Owner Hit With Suspension, Hefty Fine After Prostitution Arrest NFL Owner Hit With Suspension, Hefty Fine After Prostitution Arrest NFL Owner Hit With Suspension, Hefty Fine After Prostitution Arrest
NFL Owner Hit With Suspension, Hefty Fine After Prostitution Arrest An NFL owner has been sidelined and handed a hefty fine after a prostitution arrest triggered a league review. The NFL announced Friday, Oct. 2, that San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York, 46, received a six-game suspension and a $500,000 fine for violating the league’s personal conduct policy after a prostitution arrest. York’s absence from the team’s first three games counts toward the suspension. He can return following San Francisco’s game against the Washington Commanders on Monday, Oct. 19, according to the league. The punishment follows his August arrest in East Palestine, Oh…

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Social Security Claiming Changes Clear Congress: What To Know Social Security Claiming Changes Clear Congress: What To Know Social Security Claiming Changes Clear Congress: What To Know
Social Security Claiming Changes Clear Congress: What To Know A change could be coming to how Americans navigate one of retirement’s biggest decisions: when to start collecting Social Security. Congress has passed the bipartisan Claiming Age Clarity Act, which would rename key claiming-age benchmarks to clarify their financial consequences. The legislation would leave eligibility ages and benefit formulas unchanged. Reps. Lloyd Smucker, a Pennsylvania Republican, and Don Beyer, a Virginia Democrat, announced Wednesday, Sept. 30, that their bill had cleared the Senate and was headed to President Donald Trump for his signature. The Senate approved the …

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Tony Romo, CBS Sports 'Part Ways' After DUI Arrest: Reports Tony Romo, CBS Sports 'Part Ways' After DUI Arrest: Reports Tony Romo, CBS Sports 'Part Ways' After DUI Arrest: Reports
Tony Romo, CBS Sports 'Part Ways' After DUI Arrest: Reports Tony Romo won't return as lead analyst of "NFL on CBS" after his drunk-driving arrest in Wisconsin, according to reports. CBS Sports and the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback agreed to part ways, ESPN reported on Friday, Oct. 2. Romo had been on leave from CBS before the 2026 NFL season began after he was arrested during a traffic stop in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 23. Former Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt will continue in Romo's former role alongside play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz. "CBS Sports and Tony Romo have mutually agreed to …

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Trump Administration Starts Sending $500 Refunds: Here's Who Qualifies Trump Administration Starts Sending $500 Refunds: Here's Who Qualifies Trump Administration Starts Sending $500 Refunds: Here's Who Qualifies
Trump Administration Starts Sending $500 Refunds: Here's Who Qualifies The Trump administration has begun sending $500 refund payments to nearly one million Americans across 30 states, but where you live is only part of the eligibility equation. The payments target people who purchased Affordable Care Act coverage through the federal exchange without receiving premium assistance, according to a White House fact sheet. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia are excluded. Those states operate their own health insurance marketplaces instead of using the federal HealthCare.gov platform covered by the refund program. The Treasury D…

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Backstage Mishap Keeps Joy Behar Off 'The View': Here's What Happened Backstage Mishap Keeps Joy Behar Off 'The View': Here's What Happened Backstage Mishap Keeps Joy Behar Off 'The View': Here's What Happened
Backstage Mishap Keeps Joy Behar Off 'The View': Here's What Happened A backstage mishap kept Joy Behar away from ABC's “The View,” leaving her co-hosts to explain an unexpected empty seat. Behar, 83, missed the Thursday, Oct. 1, broadcast after dislocating her shoulder, Sunny Hostin announced at the start of the show. The program shared the update in a clip posted on its official X account. We're sending our Joy Behar well wishes after a shoulder injury! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/cOm2MAo74O — The View (@TheView) October 1, 2026 “She is recovering and will be back soon,” Hostin told viewers. Behar caught her heel backstage, her representative told Page Six. Th…

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