WASHINGTON D.C. Former Leader of the Gulf Cartel Extradited to the United States from Mexico for Funneling Massive Amounts of Marijuana and Cocaine Into the United States Mario Ramirez-Trevino, also known as…
Consumer Reports: Best Cell-Phone Companies: Is Bigger Better?
Little guys like Consumer Cellular and Ting take on industry giants in Consumer Reports’ new survey By Bree Fowler Last updated: December 15, 2017 Bigger is better. Right? Not necessarily when it…
Drug Maker Agrees to Pay $210 Million for Paying Kickbacks
MARYLAND Pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics Corporation, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, agreed to pay $210 million to resolve claims that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of…
Postal Worker Who Stole IDs to Commit Tax Fraud Sentenced to Prison
GEORGIA A U.S. postal worker was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, authorities said. Harold Coley was convicted by a jury in…
Wash Post: Mueller Investigation Could Last at Least Another Year
Politics Trump team’s meeting with Mueller’s office poised to ratchet up tension President Trump has expressed optimism that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III will soon end his focus on the White…
“Glee”Actor Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography
LOS ANGELES Actor Mark Wayne Salling on Monday plead guilty to a federal offense of possessing child pornography, according to officials. Specifically, he admitted that he possessed approximately 25,000 images of…
The Ballad of Luna the Pig and Cloud the Dog
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: “Luna the pig and Cloud the dog have been inseparable ever since Luna was adopted. They live at a home in Atlanta, Georgia and love to play together in the…
L.A. Woman Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Boyfriend
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities this week arrested a Bellflower woman on federal charges that she contracted with an FBI informant to kill her boyfriend. In exchange for a portion of the proceeds…
Putin Praises Trump at Annual Conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Trump Thursday at an annual news conference while criticizing his opponents. Joyce Vance and Dan Hoffman discuss Putin and GOP efforts to discredit Mueller, according to…
Mom died in 1993, but her daughter kept cashing her Social Security checks for 24 years
BY SAM STANTON [email protected] DECEMBER 12, 2017 Dorothy Griffin began collecting her Social Security benefits in 1986. By April 1991, her daughter, Emma Carter-Alexander, began to care for her and was approved…
Drug Dealers Who Used Fleet of Cars to Make Rapid Narcotics Deliveries Indicted
LOS ANGELES Federal and local law enforcement authorities Wednesday took into custody seven defendants linked to a drug-distribution ring that operated out of Van Nuys and used a fleet of cars and…
21st Century Oncology to Pay $26 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations
FLORIDA 21st Century Oncology Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates agreed to pay $26 million to the government to resolve submission of false attestations regarding the company’s use of electronic health records…