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St. Louis County man admits to preparing 23 fraudulent tax returns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A tax preparer from St. Louis County admitted to preparing at least 23 fraudulent tax returns, creating losses of more than half a million dollars. Darius D. Cobb, 51, of Jennings, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony counts of aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return. Trending: St. Louis-area April 4 municipal eleciton results According to a plea agreement, Cobb included false information in at least 23 of 200-plus tax returns he prepared between 2017 and 2018. Some of the false information in those returns included fake W-2 forms with false wages and withholdings, false Schedule C forms and false claims for the American Opportunity Credit. In one instance, Cobb reportedly included a business loss of more than $14,000 for one taxpayer, even though the taxpayer was not a business owner. The total losses were around $517,000. Cobb is expected to be sentenced on July 11. He faces up to three years in prison and $250,000 in fines. He will also pay r...

Denver weather: Snow squalls to return amid record-breaking cold

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

Snow showers that pelted the Colorado Front Range foothills receded early Wednesday amid single-digit cold that cracked records, according to the National Weather Service.But light snow likely will return Wednesday afternoon, moving down from the mountains to the Interstate 25 corridor, bringing enough snow to stick on grassy areas and possibly complicating evening commutes, the weather service said.Another round of light snow showers! Temperatures will be slightly warmer than yesterday thus it is possible for higher accumulations on the grassy surfaces vs roadways. These showers will begin late morning in the mountains then move east by late afternoon. #COwx pic.twitter.com/B0r6xkUDqh— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) April 5, 2023High temperatures in metro Denver will reach 42 degrees with wind gusting at speeds up to 15 miles per hour, weather service forecasters said.The overnight low temperature measured by the weather service at Denver International Airport — 11 degrees &...

U.S. Highway 36 reopened after shooting and police chase forced closure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

A shooting and police chase early Wednesday forced the closure for several hours of U.S. Highway 36, which links metro Denver and Boulder, as investigators worked at the scene between Federal and Sheridan boulevards.Both eastbound and westbound lanes of the highway were reopened shortly after 7:30 a.m.Adams County Sheriff’s deputies cited an active investigation before the highway was closed.Early Wednesday, shots were fired, and deputies chased a vehicle carrying a suspect, according to an Adams County Sheriff’s posting on Twitter. Deputies in pursuit stopped the vehicle using a tactical maneuver, and all occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody, agency Twitter postings said. No injuries were reported.Regional Transportation District officials said all buses used detour routes and advised riders to check service alerts.Highway 36 is closed due to police activity. All highway 36 buses are detoured, please see Service Alerts at https://t.co/vva0Wrrlhe for details...

Buena Park apartment fire displaces 11

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

An early-morning fire in Buena Park has forced 11 people out of their homes.The fire broke out at about 1 a.m. in the 7700 block of 10th Street and was knocked down in 51 minutes by more than 40 firefighters, according to the Orange County Fire Authority."Our crews here were hampered with some challenges such as wires down that were affected by the fire," said Capt. Thanh Nguyen. "And then also, multiple units involved in fire."The OCFA added on Twitter that about $2 million worth of damage was done to the structure, plus another $250,000 to the contents of the units.Though no injuries were reported, the blaze did spread to a second building, though it remains unclear if the damage to that second structure is included in the dollar amount cited by fire officials.Eleven people were displaced, including Ashley Rodriguez."It was like swirling black smoke that was coming up through the floor," she said. "At that point, I panicked and I woke everybody up. We came outside and the apartmen...

Is THCP As Safe As Delta-8? — A Peek Into THCP’s Potential

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

View the original article about The Potential Of THCP at Real Tested CBD.THCP is the latest THC-related cannabinoid to pop up in the hemp industry. However, delta-8 customers must be super cautious before giving any THCP-related product a go. Even if THCP is from a legal hemp source, it will have a significantly different impact versus standard delta-8 extracts. Rushing to try the latest THCP vape pods could have disastrous consequences.Below, we’ll explain why researchers have so many reservations about THCP. Although THCP has potential use cases, most hemp customers should stick with delta-8 products until we know the whole story on this highly psychoactive cannabinoid.What Is THCP, And Why Is It So Scary?Interestingly, nobody knew about THCP’s existence before 2019. Even more fascinating, a research team out ofcannabis-restrictive Italy deserves credit for discovering THCP. According to a report from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, doctors accidentally discovered THCP...

Parallelle Mirrors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

Parallelle Mirrors: French DJ brother duo Parallelle have been playing music from a very young age, with their parents putting them in music school from the age of six.“Moving to the Netherlands in 2011 opened the door to the underground electronic scene, in which we dived into and have stayed ever since,” they say. “Playing and producing, first separately and it is in 2016 we decided to join forces in brotherhood and created Parallelle.”Describing their sound today, they say: “We have evolved throughout different sounds throughout the years, but today we would say that we focus on a more melodic minimal tech, with housy and jazzy twists. Keeping it dirty, sexy, groovy and underground.”On the state of electronic music today, they say that it is becoming the standard in the night life as we speak.“We feel our music genre is becoming more and more accessible at festivals, clubs and other events,” they say. “All in all, electronic m...

California child welfare agencies under fire for pocketing foster kids’ Social Security survivor benefits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

By JEANNE KUANG | CalMattersIn December 2019, a month after her son’s death, Patricia Baca contacted the federal government to provide for her surviving grandchildren.The twins, just 3 at the time, had lived a difficult first few years of life. San Diego County had removed them from their parents’ custody that year due to allegations of drug and alcohol abuse and domestic violence in the home, Baca said. The brother and sister were in foster care with Baca when their father died in an accident.Hoping to secure the children a future nest egg, Baca filed for them to receive survivor’s benefits from the Social Security Administration for children whose parents have died.But it was the twins’ legal parent at the time — the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency — that stepped in to receive their money. For the next two years, the county put their survivors’ benefits into its own coffers. Records show it was an effort to pay itself back for having issued monthly checks to Baca...

Giants Fantasy Baseball Camp: Oracle Park, me and my bum knee — and a fantasy (un)fulfilled

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

Hobbling toward San Francisco’s Oracle Park, something told me this would be a humbling assignment.On this brisk November morning, I was scheduled to rendezvous with a courier at the Juan Marichal statue just outside the ballpark, head through stadium security and sign liability waiver forms. You know, in case something happened.We weren’t about to parachute out of an airplane above China Basin. No, this was the sort of paperwork you fill out when — like me — you are a washed-up junior college ballplayer participating in the San Francisco Giants’ fall fantasy camp.It’s a program that invites fans to spend two days on the diamond at Oracle Park — or a week on the field, if you go to the fantasy camp held in Scottsdale, Arizona, each January — living out their childhood dreams with coaching from the likes of former Giants pitcher Bill Laskey and former Oakland A’s and Giants lefty Vida Blue.It had been a decade-plus since I last stepped between the chalk lines ...

FasTrak sure stirs up drivers’ strong emotions: Roadshow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

Q: I don’t have sympathy for those who ignore their FasTrak bills. Though toll scanners can’t be 100 percent correct, I think the issue of inaccurate scans and fees is overblown. I think many drivers believe they can ignore tolls with impunity. I was glad to read that this is not the case, that at vehicle registration time, the piper needs to be paid.I also believe the system design is flawed. The idea that all drivers will do the right thing, and will always stay aware of the fees they are accumulating, is a fantasy. It has put untold bridge toll collectors out of work. There should always be at least one option to pay your toll to a person.Also, it has turned what used to be lanes for 2 or more drivers into toll roads requiring 3 passengers and a FasTrak device (which may have been left in the family’s other car that morning) to avoid the toll.I really detest those variable toll amounts. Of course there will be those who challenge whether they entered the toll lane at a different ...

Reese Witherspoon’s divorce sparks a ‘nefarious’ narrative

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:51:08 GMT

Reese Witherspoon reportedly never saw herself getting another divorce, but a media narrative that’s emerged over the past week says she shouldn’t be surprised that her second marriage didn’t work out.According to the tale being spun by the celebrity press, Witherspoon’s nearly 12-year marriage to Jim Toth couldn’t accommodate her success and suggests that she might have been busy putting her career ahead of her marriage.“It’s a tale as old as time: Her success drove them apart,” Juliet Litman said while co-hosting The Ringer Dish podcast Monday. “It’s a nefarious narrative. … It’s very frustrating, because it takes away what she’s accomplished.”The couple announced their divorce on March 24, and Witherspoon formally filed the paperwork on Monday in Davidson County, Tennessee, near their home in Nashville, Vanity Fair said. The actor and producer cited “irreconcilable differences” and said she and Toth would share custody of their 10-year-old son Tennessee. The document also s...