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Month: June 2024

Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against doctors, nurse practitioners and others across the U.S. accused of a variety of scams,

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Wisconsin Elections Commission rejects recall attempt against state’s top Republican

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has rejected an effort to force a recall election of the state’s top Republican after determining that not enough valid signatures were collected. The vote Thursday by three Republican commissioners and one Democratic commissioner means Assembly Speaker Robin Vos will not have to stand

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Republicans advance contempt charges against Biden’s ghostwriter for refusing to turn over records

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have advanced a resolution that would hold President Joe Biden’s ghostwriter in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records related to the special counsel investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents. The House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday along party lines to recommend contempt charges against Mark

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Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud crackdown

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced a sweeping series of charges Thursday against nearly 200 people accused of participating in health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion. More than 190 defendants, including 76 doctors, nurse practitioners and other licensed medical professionals, were charged over two weeks in federal courts

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Panel’s approval of liquefied natural gas export terminal puts more pressure on Biden to block it

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What would be the nation’s largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas has won approval from a federal commission. Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass 2 project was approved with little discussion by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during a livestreamed meeting Thursday. The project still needs Department of Energy approval.

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South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise

Associated Press BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s most comprehensive aerial wildlife survey found about 6 million antelope — a figure that would make it the world’s largest land mammal migration. The government and the nonprofit African Parks teamed up to carry out the survey in spring of last year.

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Despite Supreme Court ruling, the future of emergency abortions is still unclear for US women

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions. The court delivered a 6-3 procedural ruling that left key questions

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Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back on idea that more hearings will delay Trump classified documents case

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon wants to hold additional hearings on Donald Trump’s attempts to challenge key evidence in his classified documents case and will allow the former president’s lawyers to question witnesses about the investigation and search of Mar-a-Lago. On Thursday, the Florida-based judge said in a new order that

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Ultra-marathon open-water swimmer swims from Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

By Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — She made it! Ultra-marathon open-water swimmer Katie Pumphrey, a Maryland native, swam 24 miles from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday as part of a “Bay-to-Baltimore” history-making event. The swim started at Sandy Point State Park at

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Oklahoma state superintendent announces all schools must incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in curriculums

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — All Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in their curriculums, effective immediately, the state’s chief education officer announced in a memorandum Thursday. At a State Board of Education meeting, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said the Bible is “one of the

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A leading human rights group calls on Iraq to halt deportations of Syrian refugees

Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A leading international rights group says Iraqi authorities in Baghdad and the administration in the semi-autonomous northern Iraqi Kurdish region have arbitrarily detained and deported Syrian refugees home to their country. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that it has documented cases in which Iraqi authorities deported

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Judge in Trump classified docs case grants his request for hearing on key evidence in indictment

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump granted his request Thursday for a hearing on whether prosecutors had been permitted to improperly breach attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of his ex-lawyers. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon

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New Hampshire teacher says student she drove to abortion clinic was 18, denies law was broken

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A private school teacher who says she was fired after driving an 18-year-old student to get an abortion is suing New Hampshire’s Department of Education and officials she says falsely suggested she circumvented state law. The commissioner of education mentioned the teacher in an essay published in April, saying

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Ohio Republicans move bill on school bathroom use by transgender students forward in Legislature

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers are advancing a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identity. The late-night state House vote took place on Wednesday, just before legislators left Columbus for the summer. The Republican-backed proposal was sent to the state Senate for its consideration. The bill pertains to public K-12

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News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement

AP Technology Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another news organization is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement. The Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, said it filed a lawsuit Thursday in a New York federal court where it joins copyright infringement cases brought by

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Wisconsin Supreme Court says an order against an anti-abortion protester violated First Amendment

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a Planned Parenthood nurse violated his First Amendment free speech rights and must be overturned. The court is controlled 4-3 by liberals. It ruled unanimously in ordering that the injunction be dismissed.

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Spain arrests four Colombians rescued from submarine suspected of transporting drugs

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say they have intercepted another submarine suspected of transporting drugs into Europe and arrested four Colombians who crewed the vessel. Police said occupants of the 20-meter submarine on Tuesday scuttled it before officers could seize it. In a statement, the Civil Guard said Wednesday that due to the characteristics of

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