WASHINGTON D.C. A federal complaint was unsealed Wednesday charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding and making…
Former City of Compton Treasury Official Allegedly Embezzled $3.7 Million
LOS ANGELES The former deputy city treasurer for the City of Compton was arrested Wednesday on federal charges related to the theft of more than $3.7 million of city funds, according to…
Medical Clinic Owner Sentenced for Multi-Million-Dollar Healthcare Scam and Tax Fraud
LOS ANGELES The office manager and part-owner of a Reseda medical clinic has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for his role in a health-care fraud scheme…
Bank Heist Leader Whose Crew Cut Through Bank Roofs Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced Banning man who led a group of burglars that conducted a 10-year-long series of heists targeting Southland banks. The bank burglars got into the banks by…
Supreme court sides with death row inmate who claims intellectual disability
Ruling stated that Texas used outdated medical criteria to make decide that Bobby James Moore, convicted for 1980 murder, does not have mental disability. Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Texas’s appeals court ignored current…
GQ’s Keith Olbermann: Which of Trump’s Cronies Will Flip on Him First?
Could turning on Trump be the only way out of jail for some of these guys? Keith Olbermann analyzes what could happen in the Russian investigation involving the Trump campaign.
Former Bosnian Army Prison Guard Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining U.S. Citizenship
FLORIDA A federal judge sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida man to 18 months in prison for unlawfully obtaining a U.S. citizenship. He failed to disclose his membership in the Bosnian Army, officials announced…
Just Saying: Obamacare’s “Death Spiral,” Hannity Bad for America and Rights of Unborn
JUST SAYING By Raul Hernandez Notebookventura@gmail.com OBAMACARE “DEATH SPIRAL” Obamacare “is in a death spiral.” — Hugh Hewitt said on Sunday in comments on “Meet the Press” That statement is completely false,…
National Geographic: How Fake News Tricks Your Mind
A NEW MEDIA REVOLUTION? In this clip from Explorer, Scott Pelley and Nick Schifrin discuss fake news and the state of the media. By Alexandra E. Petri PUBLISHED MARCH 24, 2017 How…
Social Security Lawyer Guilty for Role in $550 Million Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON D.C. A Social Security Disability lawyer is set to be sentence in July for his role in a $550 million Social Security fraud scheme, officials announced Friday. Eric Christopher Conn, 56,…
North Korea: Who would dare to piggyback on Kim Jong-un?
The officer appeared to be overcome with emotion as he climbed onto his leader’s back North Korea’s test of a rocket engine last weekend was accompanied by the usual state media propaganda…
Time.com: NHL is Headed to China
Scott Cendrowski Mar 23, 2017 The National Hockey League is drafting big plans to expand hockey’s popularity in China. League officials are putting the finishing touches on a pair of exhibition games…