Your medical condition should enable you to receive SSDI payments. You followed the application process and waited to receive your determination. However, when the letter came in the mail, it was not the good news you hoped for.
A rejection for SSDI can seem like a huge setback. After all, you need that money to live because you cannot work the way you used to. There is an appeals process for SSDI you can go through to get another chance at receiving the benefits you need.
A Virginia Beach truck driver will face DUI charges for a recent incident near the intersection of Taylor Farms Road and London Bridge Road. A ton of debris ended up on the side of the road, but luckily, no injuries occurred as a result of the accident.
To encourage fewer people to drink and drive, Virginia police set up checkpoints periodically around the state. Even if you had nothing to drink, the police could still arrest you if they believe you have become intoxicated. Here are some things you should never do around a DUI checkpoint.
A lot of factors influence criminal activity, including poverty, social status, police policy and family conditions. However, there is one contributor to the crime rate that may come as a surprise: weather. There are different trends in criminal behavior depending on the season.
While crimes against people are more prevalent in the summer, property crimes actually spike during the winter. Common property crimes during the winter season include the following:
Everyone who drives a commercial truck knows how important it is to stay within weight restrictions when they make their runs. Thousands of citations are handed out each year for tractor-trailers being overloaded. These citations create major problems for all involved, from the driver, to the transportation company to the client expecting the delivery.
Virginia levies heavy fines to any commercial truck found to be over the allowed weight. According to the Virginia DMV, these fines can range from one cent per pound a payload is over, to 35 cents per pound, and may be further compounded by being doubled or tripled depending on how far over the limit the vehicle is.
If tensions break out into a barroom brawl, defendants may face simple disorderly conduct charges or they could face assault and battery charges, depending on the severity of the case. Even popular female rap artist, Cardi B, was recently charged with assault and endangerment after getting into a fight at a club.
In Virginia, knowing the occupation of the person you assault could cause heightened penalties in an assault or battery case.
If you qualify for benefits with Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), you receive government support for your disability or blindness. The program allows you to focus on maintaining your health while United States’ workers’ contributions provide you money to sustain yourself.
If you choose to work, although you suffer from a disability, you may prove eligible for work incentives through the SSDI program. Essentially, the government will continue to aid in your financial well being, all while you work part-time or full-time. The SSDI work incentives program works to help individuals have a sense of positive responsibility and the feeling of contribution by holding a job, but the program still provides benefits.
A recent study found that the end of summer is the most dangerous time of the year, in relation to intoxicated drivers being on the road. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), August is the deadliest month of the year, followed closely by September and July.
As August and September are on the horizon, it may be wise to use extra caution when deciding when to drive after having a drink.
Watching professional sports teams like the Washington Redskins proves both exciting and excruciating. Fans from across the country gather to view men battle for trophies and high honor. If you root for the winning team, and they win, you've won. If they lose, you lose.
Perhaps the camaraderie between sports players and fans is what causes men and women to commit crimes on game day. Serious offenses land fans ticketed, injured or even in jail.
In early February 2018, Virginia passed a law regarding the felony threshold for larceny.
Larceny is defined as the taking property in the presence of another person usually without force or implication of fear. Larceny can include shoplifting and pickpocketing.
The furor over the arrest of two African-American men sitting in a Philadelphia Starbucks was yet another example of the racial disparity in America. Hardly anyone expected that they would be asked to leave without creating a disturbance, let alone be arrested for trespassing. Yet they were taken away in handcuffs in a very public manner.
After Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson came to Philadelphia to apologize directly to Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, media coverage focused on whether there would be a civil rights lawsuit initiated against the popular coffee shop chain. Instead, the two men reportedly reached settlements with both Starbucks and the Philadelphia Police Department.
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