Jessie Dimartino

1 day ago | flipboard.com | Meredith Deliso |Jessie Dimartino |Cristina Corujo

8 hours agoTo the editor: Santa Monica’s community gardens aren’t a “rich person’s playground,” with only well-to-do residents renting these spaces, but that could become the case if plot fees are raised by 200% to balance the city’s budget, which is way out of whack due to other factors (“Community garden or …

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jenna Harrison |Jessie Dimartino |Cristina Corujo

19 hours agoRebekah "Bekah" Charleston had an eerie feeling when she walked inside the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel in western Nevada. "While the TV show ‘Cathouse’ might’ve made it look glamorous on the side when you drive out, it’s a double-wide trailer in the middle of nowhere. It’s a literal …

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Jessie Dimartino

A Philadelphia rapper who adopted the moniker of the “Voice of the Youth” was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in Northeast Philadelphia. Qidere Johnson, known as LGP Qua, a rapper who spoke about gun violence and promoted positivity in Philadelphia, was fatally shot in the city’s Juniata Park neighborhood just before 4:40 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The 30-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to Temple University Hospital.

Mar 22, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Jessie Dimartino

Police in New Mexico are investigating a mass shooting that occurred Friday night in Las Cruces, police said. The shooting took place shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday and Las Cruces police and fire personnel were dispatched to the reports of gunfire and possible gunshot victims near the parking lot of Young Park, according to a statement from Las Cruces police. “Officers arrived and learned of multiple gunshot victims. Most were transported to local hospitals.

Mar 20, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Jessie Dimartino

A hospital employee shot a co-worker multiple times in Troy, Michigan, at the building’s parking garage on Thursday in a “targeted attack,” according to police. The employee was struck twice in the arm when the suspect fired a handgun five times outside Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital, according to Lt. Ben Hancock of the Troy Police Department. The victim’s vehicle was also struck, Hancock said. The victim — a 25-year-old man from Troy — is alive and in stable condition.