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80-Year-Old Texas School Janitor Unretired to Pay Rent. 3 Students Raised Over $260,000 for Him
Three students from a Texas high school launched a GoFundMe campaign to help a custodian who left retirement to pay his bills.
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Here's How Damar Hamlin Plans to Use the $8.6 Million His Toy Drive Raised
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. He will also use proceeds from the sale of new T-shirts, emblazoned with “Did We Win?” along with his hands in the...
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Damar Hamlin Released From ICU 1 Week After On-Field Cardiac Arrest
Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin was released from the intensive care unit in Ohio on Monday, exactly a week after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Woman Gets 3 Years in Bogus Good Samaritan Online Fundraiser
A New Jersey woman who pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend spread a feel-good story that garnered more than $400,000 in online donations has been sentenced to three years in prison on state theft charges.
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Damar Hamlin Update: Doctors Say Buffalo Bills Player ‘Won Game of Life'
UC trauma surgeon says Damar Hamlin ‘even asked who won the game’ last night, can follow commands
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NJ GoFundMe Scammer Who Used Story of Homeless Veteran Sentenced to 5 Years
A New Jersey man who made up a story about a homeless veteran helping out his then-girlfriend and used the tale to solicit more than $400,000 in online donations was sentenced to five years in state prison on Friday.
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Woman in $400K GoFundMe Scam With Boyfriend, Homeless Man Gets 1 Year in Federal Case
A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.
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Burger King Veteran Receives Over $200,000 Via GoFundMe After Goodie Bag Video Goes Viral
A GoFundMe for Kevin Ford, set up by his daughter, has raised over $200,000.
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NJ Man Who Made Up GoFundMe Scam With Girlfriend Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison
A New Jersey man who conspired with his then-girlfriend to cook up a feel-good story about a helpful homeless man and then used the lie to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations online was sentenced in federal court Friday to more than two years in prison.
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US Groups Need to Stop Interfering in Canada: Ex-US Envoy
A former U.S. ambassador to Canada says groups in the U.S. need to cease interfering in what some call an occupation in Canada’s capital as protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions held rallies in cities across Canada in a show of solidarity with a week-long demonstration in the national capital.
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Donations Pour in for Missouri Man Freed After 43 Years
More than $1.4 million has been raised for a man who spent 43 years behind bars before a judge overturned his conviction in a triple killing
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Ringleader in $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge
A New Jersey man who conspired with his girlfriend to concoct a feelgood story about a helpful homeless man and then used the lie to raise $400,000 in donations online has pleaded guilty in federal court. Mark D’Amico is scheduled to be sentenced in March.