This holiday season is expected to be a record one for online shopping, which could mean an uptick in package thefts.
Last year, porch piracy jumped 7% from 2019, according to a survey conducted by C + R Research. Washington, DC has the highest rate of porch piracy, followed by Louisiana, South Carolina and Hawaii.
The U.S. Interior Department today will auction vast oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude, the first such sale under President Biden. The livestreamed sale invited energy companies to bid on drilling leases across some 136,000 square miles — about twice the area of Florida.
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has missed a deadline to pay $228,000 in interest on welfare money he was paid for a public speaking contract he did not fulfill. The Mississippi state auditor says he’s turning the matter over to the state attorney general’s office.
