14+ hour, 13+ min ago   (344+ words) The owner of physical rehabilitation facilities in New York has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for defrauding taxpayers of over $20 million. Nosson Sklar, a/k/a “Nathan Sklar,” 56, of New York, New York, was sentenced to 38 months in prison…...

22+ hour, 13+ min ago   (374+ words) A federal judge in Vermont has blocked a state effort to investigate an individual for creating a satirical AI-generated video mocking a member of Congress. Senior U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III granted a preliminary injunction in Poitras v. Clark barring state…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (614+ words) CMS is finishing work on a rule that would limit what states can route to providers through Medicaid managed care. The agency proposed it in May, closed comments in July, and Administrator Mehmet Oz has framed the whole effort around…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (433+ words) A Compton man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for assaulting and injuring a federal officer by throwing chunks of concrete at passing government vehicles during an anti-immigration law enforcement riot last year in Paramount. Elpidio Reyna, 42, was…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (174+ words) Gavin Newsom really wants to be the next President of the United States. That can never happen; we cannot allow the failed policies, corruption, and petty politics that have driven California into the ground. This writer never believed Newsom stood…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (428+ words) A San Bernardino County man was arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment charging him and two other defendants with paying people on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to sign petitions using stolen identities of registered voters to…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (599+ words) The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a lawsuit against a Michigan district judge to proceed after he punished a teenager for falling asleep in his courtroom. The case centers on Detroit judge Kenneth King’s actions during the proceedings. The…...

3+ day, 43+ min ago   (492+ words) The city of San Jose, California, is trying to curtail residents' Second Amendment rights by enacting an unaffordable fee for a concealed carry permit. Under that scheme, anyone who wants to exercise his Second Amendment rights must not only apply…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (273+ words) A Wisconsin man has been sentenced for defrauding nearly 200 investors out of over $14 million. Stanley Pophal, 65, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to eight years in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering. Pophal pleaded…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (514+ words) An Orange County man was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison for masterminding a massive healthcare fraud scheme in which nearly $270 million in fraudulent claims were submitted to Medi-Cal over an 11-month span. Those claims sought expensive prescription drugs…...