Former Obama press aide accused of stealing cash, credit cards, from Minneapolis coworkers to buy kratom

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former deputy press secretary for the Obama administration was fired from his Minneapolis city job last week after allegedly stealing cash and credit cards from city employees to purchase an herbal supplement used to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms.Adam Fetcher, 42, who served as a communications officer for the city for a year before he was terminated, allegedly stole from his fellow city employees after returning from a work-approved, weeks-long rehabilitation program, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has received the case from authorities and is reviewing it, a…

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Why Energy And Industrial Startups Head To The Munich-Dresden Corridor

As Europe searches for its next wave of energy transition and industry 4.0 solutions, technology startups driving the continent’s fourth industrial revolution or “4IR” are increasingly heading to a particular part of Germany in their droves – the Munich-Dresden corridor. An aggregation of Deutscher Startup-Verband and registry origination data from…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security will withhold billions in preparedness grant funding from states that refuse to adopt new election-security measures, including voter citizenship verification, post-election audits and expanded use of paper ballots.The push comes as President Donald Trump…

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Man spends life savings to fufill grandpa’s World Cup dream — as crypto-casino reimburses whole trip

A soccer fan from England who spent his life savings to take his grandfather to the FIFA World Cup was surprised by a gift that restored every penny he spent. Jacob Allmendinger, 21, used the roughly £10,000 — or about $13,300 — that he saved for a down payment on a home for five years to take his 80-year-old grandfather, Geoff Golliker, on what he described as the trip of a lifetime to follow England through the tournament, news agency SWNS reported. The pair traveled together to New York, Atlanta and Mexico City, attending England’s matches against Panama, DR Congo and Mexico,…

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