On Wednesday, a judge in Georgia dismissed a lawsuit that claimed widespread voter fraud occurred in Georgia's most populous county, Fulton, during the 2020 presidential election. The suit was brought forward by Garland Favorito, a longtime critic of the state's election system, and nine Georgia voters and Trump supporters. The... Read More »
A Texas non-profit environmentalist group named SaveRGV has filed a lawsuit concerning Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. The lawsuit targets activities of the legendary company after repeated road closures for test launches has restricted access to the public Boca Chica Beach. In the complaint, the Texas General Land Office, its commissioner... Read More »
The Biden administration has announced that it will cancel another batch of border wall construction contracts along the southern border. The latest cancelation targets contracts underway in the Laredo and Rio Grande Valley Sectors of the southern border. The Department of Homeland Security shared that the funds will instead be... Read More »
The Biden Administration has announced that it will temporarily amend the rules regarding a federal student loan forgiveness program that was created to help public service workers. Last Wednesday, the Education Department announced that the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) will see an overhaul in an attempt to... Read More »
In 1951, a 30-year-old Black woman by the name of Henrietta Lacks walked into Johns Hopkins Hospital for a diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer. Today, Lacks’ estate is suing a biotech company for allegedly selling and profiting off of Lacks’ cells that were originally collected at that hospital. Lack’s... Read More »
The husband of a wife who sued an Ohio hospital for not administering the drug Ivermectin has died. The family’s attorney confirmed that Jeffrey Smith, 51, passed away on September 25 after losing his battle to COVID-19. Smith contracted the virus on July 9, and his condition continued to worsen... Read More »
Over a dozen former basketball players have been accused of health care fraud as it relates to the National Basketball Association’s health care fund. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, announced the charges Thursday against 18 former basketball players and the spouse of a... Read More »
A California man has been arraigned for alleged insurance fraud and perjury after he claimed to have received cumulative trauma received on the job. Frank Simplicio, 45, of Porter Ranch is accused of collecting workers’ compensation disability benefits after he claimed he was unable to continue his work as a... Read More »
Pacific Gas & Electric, the nation’s largest utility, is facing 31 charges including 11 felonies and manslaughter after their equipment sparked a wildfire in Northern California last year. The wildfire claimed the lives of four victims as they tried to escape the blaze. The victims ranged in ages from eight... Read More »
An Orlando cardiologist has been ordered to pay $6.75 million to resolve allegations that he knowingly performed unnecessary medical procedures. Dr. Ashish Pal was accused of violating the False Claims Act after he knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs for medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures,... Read More »
Student debt trails mortgages as the biggest type of debt a consumer can take on in their life. As a nation, borrowers owe a collective $1.57 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing roughly $38,000. While the student debt crisis has crippled many, there has been a... Read More »
Three men in different states have been indicted for a nationwide copyrighted media theft scheme that lined their pockets with a combined $30 million. Authorities named Bill Omar Carrasquillo, 35, of New Jersey, Jesse Gonzales, 42, of California, and Michael Barone, 36, New York, as the men behind the cable... Read More »
Michigan doctor Francisco Patino, 66, has been convicted on multiple counts of fraud after running a scheme that defrauded the healthcare system out of over 100 million dollars. The Detroit area doctor was found guilty by a jury after evidence showed that Patino gave his patients opioids if they agreed... Read More »
A Massachusetts-based moving and storage company has settled with the U.S. government after auctioning off a deployed service member’s belongings. The company, PRTaylor Enterprises LLC., which operated as Father and Son Moving and Storage, is found to have violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). According to the Department of... Read More »
As tensions at the southern border continue, Texas Governor Gregg Abbot has deployed a fleet of public safety cars to create a “steel wall” keeping the migrants back. This move is the latest in the escalating efforts to help contain the overflow of migrants at the U.S. border. Officials estimate... Read More »
