SOUTH CAROLINA Quest Diagnostics Inc. agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the laboratory paid kickbacks to doctors and did unnecessary testing, according to officials. Quest, which is…
Two Elementary School Teachers Arrested for Allegedly Bullying a Student
KATC.com | Continuous News Coverage | Acadiana-Lafayette Two teachers at Washington Elementary have been arrested, accused of bullying a child. Tracy Gallow, 50, has been booked with malfeasance in office, simple battery,…
Man Who Kicked Gay Man to Death Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison for Hate Crime
IDAHO A federal judge sentenced a 23-year-old man who plead guilty to a hate crime to 28 years in prison for kicking to death a gay man, according to federal officials….
Juvenile Detention Supervisors Guilty of Assaulting Detainees Using Pepper Spray
ARKANSAS The Justice Department announced Wednesday that two former White River Juvenile Detention Center supervisors, Captain Peggy Kendrick, 43, and Lieutenant Dennis Fuller, 40, pleaded guilty to assaulting juvenile inmates. Kendrick also…
Businessman Stole $2.9 Million from NFL Players and Failed to Pay Taxes
NORTH CAROLINA High Point, North Carolina businessman, who provided financial services to NFL players, was sentenced Wednesday to five years and five months in prison for wire fraud and filing a false…
Business Owner, Three Employees Allegedly Dumped Acidic Wastewater into Sewer
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury issued a 12-count indictment that accuses a Fontana company, its owner and three employees of regularly dumping acidic industrial wastewater into the sewer system, officials announced….
IRS Employee Indicted for Stealing Taxpayers’ IDs and Filing Fraudulent Returns
GEORGIA A federal grand jury indicted an IRS employee Monday for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, officials announced this week, according to officials. The indictment alleges that between September 2012 and April…
Pilot Who Operated Private Jets With Passengers Without License Sentenced to 10 Months
LOS ANGELES An Irvine man who admitted that he illegally piloted private jet airplanes with passengers onboard without having a valid pilot’s license was sentenced Monday to 10 months in federal…
Attorney Performed Fraudulent Marriages for 87 Chinese so They Could Stay in U.S.
LOS ANGELES A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney as part of an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which at least 87 foreign nationals – mostly Chinese citizens –…
Just Saying: The Great War, Radio Free O’Reilly and Murdochs’ Housekeeping
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] PBS’s The Great War is a three-part series about World War I, and the documentary rivals Ken Burns Civil War in extraordinary storytelling. I enjoyed watching…
Watch a Giant Spider Wriggle out of Its Skin
By Liz Langley PUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2017 Spiders freak people out just by existing, but they also have a quality some might consider creepy: They shed their skins. Regular skin peels are…
Russian Cyber-Criminal Sentenced to 27 years for Hacking, Credit Card Fraud
WASHINGTON Russian cyber-criminal was sentenced to 27 years in prison for hacking and credit card fraud scheme, officials announced Friday. He stole and sold millions of credit card numbers, defrauding victims of…