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US Groups Need to Stop Interfering in Canada: Ex-US Envoy
A former U.S. ambassador to Canada says groups in the U.S. need to cease interfering in what some call an occupation in Canada’s capital as protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions held rallies in cities across Canada in a show of solidarity with a week-long demonstration in the national capital.
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Donations Pour in for Missouri Man Freed After 43 Years
More than $1.4 million has been raised for a man who spent 43 years behind bars before a judge overturned his conviction in a triple killing
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Ringleader in $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge
A New Jersey man who conspired with his girlfriend to concoct a feelgood story about a helpful homeless man and then used the lie to raise $400,000 in donations online has pleaded guilty in federal court. Mark D’Amico is scheduled to be sentenced in March.
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Mask-Refusing Woman Who Tried to Shame San Diego Barista Now Suing Creator of Viral GoFundMe Page
The man who created the viral “Tips for Lenin” GoFundMe page is being sued by the San Diego woman who tried to shame the Starbucks barista online for following COVID-19 safety protocols and refusing to serve her.
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Bishop Feehan Hockey Player Injured in Game; Surgery ‘Successful,' President Says
A Bishop Feehan High School senior who was seriously injured during a hockey game this week had a “successful surgery,” at Massachusetts General Hospital Wednesday night, according to the school’s president. Doctors were working to determine whether A.J. Quetta, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, would be able to move his body again after he slammed...
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McDonald's Worker Assaulted by Customer Over Mask Policy Raises $20K in Donations
As protective equipment, social distancing and other pandemic protocols become the new normal at businesses across the country, some employees on the front lines are suffering at the hands of unhappy customers. Last month, Maria Resendiz, a 19-year-old McDonald’s cashier from Oakland, California, was physically attacked after she asked a customer coming through the drive-thru to wear a mask. Now, a...
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$100K in Briefcase: Starbucks Barista Who Refused Service to Maskless Woman Receives Tips
The Starbucks barista shamed on social media for refusing service to a customer who was not wearing a mask just received the tip of a lifetime. Lenin Gutierrez’ story started at a San Diego Starbucks, and after it was first shared by NBC 7 it spread throughout country. A couple of fundraising strangers recorded the moment they officially made that…
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Woman Accused of Lying About Cancer to Scam GoFundMe and Facebook Donors Out of More Than $10K
A Chester County woman is accused of pretending to have cancer, impersonating a doctor and nurse and even lying about her own father dying in an elaborate scheme to steal thousands of dollars from donors on GoFundMe and Facebook.
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Victims of Long Beach Party Mass Shooting ID'd as Gunman Remains on the Loose
Authorities have identified three men who died after a gunman opened fire from an alley into a party, fatally shooting them and wounding nine others.
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NJ Man Indicted for Alleged Role in Homeless GoFundMe Scheme
The remaining defendant charged in a scheme with his then-girlfriend along with a Philadelphia homeless man to scam GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000, has been indicted.
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NJ Woman in GoFundMe Scheme Pleads Guilty, Faces 4 Years
A New Jersey woman accused of taking part in a scheme with her then-boyfriend along with a homeless man from Philadelphia to scam GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000, pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court.
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Woman, Homeless Man Plead Guilty in GoFundMe Scheme
A homeless man from Philadelphia accused of scheming with a New Jersey couple to scam GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000, and the woman who took part in the scheme, have admitted their roles in federal court.
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Refunds Offered to Viral #GoFundTheWall Contributors As Language Changed Midcampaign
The GoFundMe fundraiser that promised to help privately fund President Donald Trump’s plan for a wall spanning the length of the U.S.-Mexico border surpassed $20 million dollars in donations this week. But the man behind it — Brian Kolfage, a rising conservative media star — may have had another goal. Through his border-wall campaign, he claims to have gathered 3.5...
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Homeless Vet in Alleged GoFundMe Scheme Freed Pending Trial
One of the men behind an alleged scheme to scam thousands of GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 will remain free pending the date of his trial.
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South Jersey Couple Play Blame Game Over Alleged GoFundMe Conspiracy
Kate McClure, one of three people accused in an elaborate GoFundMe scam, says she’s also a victim. Her attorney says this audio clip she recorded without her boyfriend’s knowledge shows that. Hear it for yourself. WARNING: The audio contains explicit language. Viewer discretion advised.
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Customers Buy Donuts by the Dozen to Give Owner Time With Ailing Wife
Doughnuts are flying off the shelves at a small business near Los Angeles as customers try to help the owner make time to visit his ailing wife. John Chhan has greeted customers at Donut City in Seal Beach every day for the last 30 years. But last month, Chhan’s wife, Stella, suffered a brain aneurysm. She’s recovering in a nursing...
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Taylor Swift Donates to Fan Struggling to Pay Medical Bills
Taylor Swift has donated $15,500 to a GoFundMe account of a fan whose family is struggling with medical bills. Sadie Bartell’s mother has been in a coma for three years, and the family is worried about losing their Orem, Utah, home because of mounting medical bills. The 19-year-old tweeted that her mother became ill two days before she went to...
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Bogus Medical Treatments Dupe Patients on Crowdfunding Sites: Study
They’re the tech-age version of donor jars at the diner: crowdfunding websites that aim to link ailing people with strangers willing to help pay for medical treatment. But new research suggests duped patients sometimes crowdfund to pay for bogus stem cell treatments. A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association focused on for-profit clinics that use...
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Kids Sell Lemonade for Grandma's Cancer Battle
After their car was stolen, a Hemet family couldn’t get their grandmother to the hospital for much-needed cancer treatments. Now, her children and nieces are trying to help, with a lemonade stand.