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Former 'Real Housewives' star moved from prison to community program for remainder of her sentence 12/10/2025 12:05pm • Jennifer Shah, a former star on ���The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,��� has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people. A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed that Shah was transferred Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia 12/10/2025 03:05am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult. Many children posted farewell mess Prince George���s Co. housing voucher program draws 47,000 applications for 5,000 slots 12/09/2025 09:54pm • Prince George���s County opened up the application portal for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, commonly referred to as Section 8 housing, last week. During the five-day window that applications were open, there were more than 47,000 applicants for just 5,000 slots. So what happens next? Lithuania declares national emergency over security risks posed by balloons from Belarus 12/09/2025 09:02pm • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ��� Lithuania���s government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its airspace in recent weeks, while the Belarusian leader called for negotiations on border tensions a Online shopping? How you pay makes a big difference, says consumer protection group 12/09/2025 08:45am • Chances are you're doing a lot of spending this holiday season, but there's a smaller chance you're giving much thought to how you're paying ��� a consumers' group suggests you might want to take that detail into consideration. "I often advise people, if they can, to pay with a credit card, espec Trump's attacks on Minnesota's Somali community cast a spotlight on fraud cases 12/08/2025 06:00pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has linked his administration���s immigration crackdown against Minnesota���s large Somali community to a series of fraud cases involving government programs in which many defendants have roots in the east African country. Trump last week labeled Minnesota Rubio and Hegseth discuss Indo-Pacific security with Australian counterparts 12/08/2025 02:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met their Australian counterparts Monday in Washington for annual talks focused on Indo-Pacific security and countering China���s increasing assertiveness in the region, including in the South China Sea and directe Scammers are targeting immigrants with promises of quick citizenship. Here's what to know 12/08/2025 05:09am • It���s the holiday season, which means it���s the time of year where bad actors are looking for all kinds of ways to trick you out of your hard-earned money. With the immigration crackdown carried out by the Trump's administration, D.C.-area officials are now warning about a new scam to be on the Democratic governors say the party's midterm strategy must focus on voters' pocketbook concerns 12/07/2025 07:23pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Democratic governors met this weekend in Arizona, looking to parlay last month���s big victories for the party in New Jersey and Virginia into campaigns for next year���s midterms, when a majority of governor's seats will be up for election. Those elections helped Democrats zero in Data Doctors: Watch out for the latest holiday scams 12/05/2025 02:53pm • Q: What new scams should I be watching for this holiday shopping season? A: Scammers never take holidays ��� in fact, they treat the shopping season like their Super Bowl. While fake shipping notices and phony giveaways aren���t new, the��way��scams are being delivered has evolved in ways that ar EU hits Elon Musk's X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc's social media law 12/05/2025 02:14pm • LONDON (AP) ��� European Union regulators on Friday fined X, Elon Musk���s social media platform, 120 million euros ($140 million) for breaches of the bloc���s digital regulations, in a move that risks rekindling tensions with Washington over free speech. The European Commission issued its decision 'Hang up': Alexandria sheriff warns of scammers impersonating law enforcement 12/04/2025 10:39am • It can be nerve-wracking getting a phone call that says "you're in trouble" and scammers know it. The sheriff's office in Alexandria, Virginia, said more and more people are unwittingly handing over their money to crooks. In recent months, scams involving criminals pretending to be members Shopping online? Here���s how to stay scam free this holiday season 12/01/2025 05:00pm • The one piece of advice that may save you some headaches if you plan to shop online this holiday season: ���Never trust, always verify,��� according to Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science at Virginia Tech. Kantarcioglu said you���re going to be tempted this holiday season by online Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge 11/26/2025 07:03am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court. The Sydney-based Digital Freedom Project said it had filed a constitutio Myanmar state television broadcasts army crackdown on scam centers 11/24/2025 08:29pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s military government has begun broadcasting extensive video on state television of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners detained. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations that target people all over