Two Texas pain management doctors have been charged with healthcare fraud and have agreed to a settlement totaling $3.9 million. Pain management physicians Robert Wills and Brannon Frank are accused of violating the False Claims Act after knowingly submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE.... Read More »
Rhode Island is set to become the first state to pilot a safe-injection site program. The program would create injection sites around the state where drug addicts can safely use illegal intravenous drugs. The state aims to codify the program in January and hopes to have its first sites up... Read More »
Following an investigation into claims of racial harassment towards Black and Asian students, a school district in Utah has settled with the government to resolve shocking racist behaviors and practices. According to the Justice Department, the Davis School District in Utah routinely allowed and even perpetrated the mistreatment of its... Read More »
The notorious real estate scion, Robert Durst, 78, is facing charges related to the death of his first wife, Kathie Durst. This latest turn of events in the Durst saga comes after State Police investigator Joseph Becerra filed a complaint charging Robert Durst with the death of his first wife.... Read More »
A Texas medical doctor has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars after he unlawfully prescribed an opioid to a patient who later died. 63-year-old Thomas K. Ballard was the owner and operator of the Ballard Clinic in Jackson, Tennessee, a family medicine facility. Officials explain that Ballard prescribed highly... Read More »
The tension between Chicago police and city officials continues after some police officers have failed to comply with the mayor’s vaccine mandate for all city employees. The backlash began in late August when mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that all city employees would be required to get vaccinated or submit to... Read More »
Dental records of skeletal remains found at the Carlton Reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, the FBI announced late Thursday. The search for Laundrie sparked national and global attention after the 23-year-old was named a person of interest in the disappearance and later death of his 22-year-old fiancée Gabby Petito.... Read More »
A Dallas man has been sentenced to 23 years and four months behind bars for his role in a hate crime that targeted gay men for violent crimes. Twenty-two-year-old Daniel Jenkins was the last of four individuals to be sentenced for their role in violent hate crimes. Jenkins was accused... Read More »
When the now iconic Bird Electric Scooters first hit the streets of populated California cities like Santa Monica and Los Angeles, their presence was a novelty that drew intrigue and curiosity. The scooters proved to be a quick and fun way to get from one location to another and gained... Read More »
Buckeye Pipeline Co. and West Shore Pipeline Co have agreed to a settlement totaling nearly nine million dollars. The settlement comes after both companies allegedly violated the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act when their pipeline leaked crude oil into Chicago wetlands. The Houston-based Buckeye company operated the... Read More »
A family in Arlington, Texas, is suing the city for negligence after their three-year-old toddler died as a result of a brain-eating amoeba he encountered at a community splash pad. Tariq Williams and Kayla Mitchell filed the lawsuit after their son Bakari Williams died on September 11th days after he... Read More »
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit after he was exonerated last year of a1983 rape and murder. On August 19, 1983, 19-year-old Barbara Grams of Tampa, Florida, was walking home from her restaurant job when she was attacked, raped, and beaten to death. Her body was found behind... Read More »
Two Wisconsin families have filed a lawsuit against their school districts after their children caught the coronavirus from classmates. When students returned to school this year, Districts in the state rolled back some of the COVID-19 measures that were in place when the pandemic first broke out. Among the changes... Read More »
A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted former chief technical Boeing pilot Mark Forkner, 49, in connection to two 737 MAX crashes. Forkner pled not guilty to six fraud charges in front of a judge last Friday. The indictment against Forkner follows a years-long investigation into Forkner’s knowledge and... Read More »
The Supreme Court issued a ruling ordering the Biden administration to reinstate a Trump-era immigration policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols. The program which was dubbed the “Remain in Mexico” program required migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to stay in Mexico while their claims are being processed in... Read More »
