BY RAUL HERNANDEZ I started writing my novel The Rivera Girls in 2018, a few months after Pixar’s Coco hit theaters in November 2017. Coco went on to win Academy Awards for…
CRUSHER’S FUNERAL He’s Dead. The City Isn’t Done With Him. Now on Audiobook
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For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
Notes, Thoughts, Art, Books and Poetry: STEPPING ON THE DEVIL’S TAIL — A CRIME NOVEL ************ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raul Hernandez is a former newspaper reporter who spent more than…
California Aspiring Rapper Among Three Charged in Alleged $8.1 Million Stolen Check Scheme
Federal prosecutors charged three Southern California defendants in an alleged scheme involving more than $8.1 million in stolen checks, including Treasury payments.
California Hospice Owner Pleads Guilty in $2.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
LOS ANGELES — An Orange County hospice owner pleaded guilty Thursday to submitting more than $2.2 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for patients who were not terminally ill. Medicare paid more than…
The Great American Road Trip & The Deep, Ongoing Ties Between Fox News and the Trump administration
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Feds: Dallas Clinic Aymancare to Pay $7.5M for Allegedly COVID-19 Testing Fraud
DALLAS — A Dallas-area medical clinic has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations it submitted fraudulent claims to the federal government for COVID-19 testing services performed on uninsured patients during…
FBI: Man Posing as 49ers Player Accused of Defrauding Women of $1.3 Million — 26 Victims
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two men accused of allegedly using dating apps, fake investment opportunities and claims of NFL wealth to defraud more than two dozen women of approximately $1.3 million have been…
San Antonio Felon Gets 140 Months for Two ATM Bombings, Illegal Firearms
SAN ANTONIO — A convicted felon was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in federal prison for attempting to blow open two San Antonio bank ATMs and illegally possessing firearms and…
Former Philips Engineer Convicted of Stealing X-Ray Trade Secrets to Help Chinese Competitor
CHICAGO — A former Philips Medical Systems engineer was convicted of stealing closely guarded X-ray technology and using it to help a Chinese competitor enter the medical-imaging market. A federal jury found…
Minneapolis Man Charged With Laundering $750,000 for CJNG Cartel
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal grand jury indicted a Minneapolis man accused of allegedly conspiring to launder at least $750,000 in drug proceeds for one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, the Justice Department…
The World Is Sitting on 12,187 Nuclear Warheads—and Pretending That’s Security
It Would Take Only a Fraction of Them to Destroy Civilization and Starve Billions *********** Nine countries possess nuclear weapons. Together, they control an estimated 12,187 nuclear warheads—enough destructive power to turn…
Billings Bail Bondsman Gets Prison for Trading Bail for Sex
A Billings bail bondsman was sentenced to one year in federal prison for pressuring jailed women for sex in exchange for reduced-cost bonds.
FBI Art Crime Team Repatriates 48 Ancient Artifacts to Egypt
LOS ANGELES — The FBI has returned 48 cultural artifacts to Egypt after investigators determined the objects had been illegally trafficked out of the country, officials announced last week. The artifacts were…
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