The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to a $4.5 million settlement to resolve claims that the medical center failed to properly secure controlled substances including fentanyl. The settlement comes after a three-year-long joint investigation by the DEA and the US attorney's office. The investigation was prompted after... Read More »
A Puerto Rican mayor has pled guilty to bribery charges after he allegedly engaged in a scheme where he awarded highly valued municipal contracts in exchange for cash bribes. A Puerto Rican contractor was also arrested for participating in the bribery scheme. Felix Delgado-Montalvo, 40, was the mayor of Catano,... Read More »
Two former Georgia election workers have filed a lawsuit against a far-right-wing conspiracy website, The Gateway Pundit, and its owners. The two women allege that the website and the website’s owners knowingly published false stories about them regarding the 2020 presidential election. The false stories incited an onslaught of harassment... Read More »
A fourth student passed away Wednesday morning after the deadly school shooting in Oxford Township, Michigan, Tuesday afternoon. The deadly shooting had already claimed the lives of three others and injured six students and one teacher. Those who were injured range in ages from 14 to 17. A 47-year-old teacher... Read More »
The parents of 15-year-old school shooter Ethan Crumbley have been charged and arraigned on four counts of involuntary manslaughter each. According to authorities, the teen went into a school bathroom where he took out a 9 mm Sig Sauer SP2022 semi-automatic handgun before he went into the hallway and shot... Read More »
Disturbing cell phone footage out of Texas shows a Texas man fatally shooting his partner’s ex-husband during a child custody battle. The victim's widow, Jennifer Read, shared cell phone footage with her attorney that was later released to the public on Tuesday. In the footage, Lubbock, Texas, man Kyle Carruth... Read More »
CNN announced earlier this week that they would indefinitely suspend one of their top news anchors, Chris Cuomo, after allegations that he use his journalistic connections to help prepare his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, against recent sexual harassment allegations. The news of the suspension comes after documents... Read More »
A central Florida man has been indicted in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on charges of trying to defraud the government out of more than $7 million. 76-year-old Barrie J. Osborne of Celebration, Florida, was indicted on several charges of trying to defraud federal loan programs that were designed for... Read More »
Columbia University has reached a settlement with students who sued over unfair tuition and fees after classes moved online during the pandemic. When the novel coronavirus prompted a national lockdown, Columbia University along with other universities throughout the nation shut down in-person learning and transitioned to online classes in an... Read More »
E-cigarette company JUUL Labs has reached a $14.5 million settlement with the state of Arizona. The settlement comes after the state filed a lawsuit in 2020 alleging the company targeted young people in its campaign ads without letting them know about the risks associated with vaping. Republican Attorney General Mark... Read More »
The United States government has neared a settlement with the families of victims and survivors of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. On Valentine’s day in 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz walked into his Parkland, Florida, high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and went on a shooting rampage that... Read More »
Over the past week, San Francisco has been the target of brazen organized crime retail theft. Last Saturday, roughly 80 individuals rushed into a Nordstrom store just outside of San Francisco in the city of Walnut Creek and made off with over $200,000 worth in merchandise, according to officials. The... Read More »
Missouri man Kevin Strickland has been released from prison after serving 43 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Immediately after Senior Judge James Welsh filed his ruling that set aside Strickland’s conviction Tuesday morning, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office filed a Notice of Dismissal that ordered... Read More »
Jacob Chansley, the most recognized man in the crowd that took over the U.S. Capitol building nearly a year ago, has been sentenced to 41 months behind bars after pleading guilty to obstructing an official proceeding. Chansley’s “Q-Anon Shaman” persona, complete with a Viking-styled headdress, patriotic face paint, and an... Read More »
A holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, turned deadly over the weekend when a red SUV plowed through a crowded street after residents came together to celebrate the holiday season. The red SUV is seen on the city’s live-streamed footage speeding through the town's Main Street. Moments later, it came to... Read More »
