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Scammed into squatting: Handyman has alarming warning for online house hunters

Home buyers and tenants need to be on guard against housing scams that could inadvertently turn them into trespassers, a handyman-turned-squatter hunter warned. “Just because you were scammed doesn’t mean that this homeowner should suffer,” Flash Shelton, founder of the United Handyman Association and SquatterHunters.com, said. “Just like if you received a stolen car, that car is gonna be taken …

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GOP lawmaker asks ‘Where in the world is Hunter Biden,’ after Cap Hill ghosting as AOC calls hearing a ‘joke’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hunter Biden’s no-show at a congressional hearing wasn’t shocking to some House Republicans who joked his whereabouts should be made into a game, but several Democrats told Fox News that President Joe Biden’s son has already answered enough questions and the impeachment inquiry should end. TheHouse Oversight and Judiciary Committees held a joint hearingon Wednesday regarding foreign …

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Why passing the bar exam will no longer be a requirement to become an attorney in Washington state

Prospective lawyers will no longer have to pass the bar exam to work in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders authorizing alternative pathways to licensing. The exam “disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks marginalized groups from entering the practice of law” and is “at best minimally effective for ensuring competent lawyers,” the Bar Licensure Task Force determined. …

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Supreme Court hears case of Texas grandmother thrown in jail after criticizing city government

Supreme Court justices heard arguments Wednesday in the case of a former Texas councilwoman who was jailed after criticizing a city manager and will now consider whether she can sue city leaders for politically motivated retaliation. “Hopefully, by taking this case all the way to the Supreme Court, we showed to petty tyrants all across the country that they shouldn’t …

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AOC says Trump ‘willing to sell the country for a dollar’ as lawmakers react to potential property seizures

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrats on Capitol Hill don’t have much sympathy for former President Trump as he struggles to come up with a $464 million appeal bond due in less than a week. “He’s broke, and he’s willing to sell the country for a dollar in order to make whatever he needs for himself,” New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

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Former NYPD detective roasts Toronto for advising locals to help thieves steal their cars: ‘Cowardice’

As brazen car thieves wreak havoc on Toronto, a local cop who advised residents to make it easier for criminals and avoid violent confrontations shows a “total breakdown of society,” a 20-year New York police veteran told Fox News. “It kind of looks like the Toronto Police are basically telling people to give up and don’t worry about getting your …

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Why Idaho just closed a loophole that would allow state agencies to steal residents’ home equity

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law ending home equity theft in the latest statewide effort to protect homeowners’ property rights. The Idaho legislature unanimously approvedHouse Bill 444in both chambers, which Little signed into law on March 11. The legislation, sponsored by State Rep. Jeff Ehlers and Sen. Phil Hart, removed a home equity theft loophole in state …

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