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Curtis Fuller poses with an oversized check on May 17 after win- ning the 50X THE CASH scratch-off lottery game. He took home a lump-sum payment of $890,000.
Curtis Fuller wasn't having the greatest luck before he won a $1 million prize in the Florida Lottery.
"My wife's car broke down a few days ago and two days after that my truck broke down," said the Jacksonville man in a news release from the Florida Lottery.
Fuller, 38, bought the 50X THE CASH ticket -- a $5 scratch-off game -- at a con- venience store in Jacksonville.
He claimed the prize on Monday at lottery headquar- ters in Tallahassee, according to the release.
Fuller decided to get his winnings as a one-time, lump sum payment of $890,000, the release said.
He told lottery officials that he and his wife will use the money to buy a new house and purchase two new vehicles.
Fuller might not be the only big winner this week.
The capital city of Virginia last week got one step closer to mak- ing the country’s first Black- owned casino a reality.
Richmond recommended the ONE Casino + Resort to advance to a referendum on casino gam- ing during Election Day on Nov. 2, the city announced Thursday. The ONE Casino & Resort was proposed by Urban One Inc., a Black-owned business that runs media organizations across the country and is a licensed casino operator in the state of Mary- land.
Urban One ventured into a partnership with Peninsula Pa- cific Entertainment to propose a $517 million casino resort in South Richmond.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said he agreed with the city’s Resort Casino Evaluation Panel recommendation for ONE
ONE CASINO
Casino + Resort to advance in the gaming process.
Last year, the state of Virginia approved plans to open five casi- nos in majority-Black cities. Urban One was the only Black- owned entity that expressed in- terest in casino development.
If the ONE Casino + Resort is officially green-lit, construction
will begin on a 30,000-square- foot complex that the proposal shows will include a 90,000 square feet casino, a 150-room hotel, restaurants, lounges and a 3,000-seat entertainment venue. Patrons will also have ac- cess to an open area outdoor recreational site on the complex grounds.
United States To Extend Temporary Deportation Protection To Haitians
The United States will expand temporary protection against deportation to Haitian citizens already in the country, the De- partment of Homeland Security announced on Saturday, in a move that was welcomed by im- migration advocates as “long overdue”.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) shields migrants from designated nations from depor- tation and grants them work permits in the U. S. on the basis that it would be unsafe to return
them to their home countries due to a crisis, such as armed conflict or a natural disaster.
The new, 18-month designa- tion will apply to Haitians who have been living in the U. S. as of May 21, and who also meet other eligibility criteria, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorkas said in a statement.
“Haiti is currently experienc- ing serious security concerns, social unrest, an increase in human rights abuses, crippling poverty, and lack of basic re-
sources, which are exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mayorkas said.
“After careful consideration, we determined that we must do what we can to support Haitian nationals in the United States until conditions in Haiti im- prove so they may safely return home.”
Former U. S. President Don- ald Trump had sought to can- cel TPS for Haiti in 2018, but his efforts were blocked by the courts.
More Than 70 Officers Have Left The U. S. Capitol Police Since Jan. 6 Riot
More than 70 officers have left the U. S. Capitol Police force in the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, according to Gus Papathanasiou, chair of the Capitol Police Labor Committee. Why it matters: The police force has warned it will take years to hire and train more officers to recoup its ranks and that current officers are working longer hours to fill staffing gaps.
The big picture: The House passed a $1.9 billion supplemen- tal funding bill for the Capitol Police on Thursday. It now heads to the Senate, where it will need to win 60 votes before being sent to President Biden's desk to be signed into law.
• The bill gives the Capitol Po-
A Capitol Police officer run- ning through the U.S. Capitol while responding to the riot on Jan. 6
lice $43.9 million, $31.1 million of which is meant to go toward backfilling overtime until the de-
partment employs more officers. What they're saying: “What keeps me awake at night is not the challenge of hiring and train- ing more police officers, but keeping the officers we have right now,” Papathanasiou said in a statement released after Thursday's vote, according to Politico.
• “We have many officers on the fence about whether to stay with this department."
• Papathanasiou said he is grateful for the supplemental funding but warned it doesn't go far enough to address the de- partment's staffing issues.
The House passed a bill on Thursday to set up a bipartisan, 9/11-style commission to inves- tigate the riot.
Man's Truck Broke Down Right Richmond Gets One Step Closer To Making
After His Wife's Car; Then He Claimed A $1 Million Lottery Prize
Nation’s First Black-Owned Casino A Reality
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