Dr. Oz Demands States Take Action On Medicaid Fraud
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
· Tyler Durden
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Newest first · UTC+11:00DOJ: SPLC funded KKK, neo Nazi group leaders to profit off their existence
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was indicted on Tuesday for allegedly engaging in fraud and money laundering when it transferred $3 million in donors' funds to field sources that were leaders and organizers in white supremacist and neo Nazi groups, according to American law enforcement officials.
· MICHAEL STARR
Appeals court rules that Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, agreeing with lower court
President Donald Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Abortion rights in Kenya: Court of appeal reverses key ruling
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A court of appeal in Kenya Friday overturned a ruling that affirmed the right to access abortion, setting up a legal clash that is likely to be appealed again to the Kenyan Supreme Court.
· Evelyne Musambi
Palestine Action defendants targeted Elbit's use of ‘deadly AI’, court hears
Palestine Action defendants charged in connection with a break-in at an Elbit Systems factory targeted the Israeli arms company’s use of artificial intelligence, an English court heard on Friday.
· Middleeasteye
South Korean prosecutors deny arrest warrant request for K-pop tycoon behind BTS
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Friday rejected a police request for an arrest warrant for music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, questioning whether detention is necessary as he faces a high-profile investigation into alleged investor fraud.
· Associated Press
Israeli police investigate after officers 'cut Palestinian flag' from skullcap
A British Israeli academic has told the BBC of his shock at being detained by Israeli police for wearing a Jewish kippah, or head covering, embroidered with an Israeli and a Palestinian flag.
· Yolande Knell
Mandelson under formal investigation by EU's anti-fraud office
The EU's anti-fraud office has begun a formal investigation into Lord Peter Mandelson, who was sacked as UK ambassador to the US over his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
· Paul Kirby
South Korean prosecutors seek 30-year prison term for ex-leader Yoon
SEOUL — South Korean prosecutors on Friday requested a 30-year prison term for ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations he deliberately tried to escalate tensions with North Korea in 2024 by ordering drone flights over its capital Pyongyang as he sought to create justifiable conditions for martial law at home.
· Associated Press
How the Rodrigo Duterte case became the ICC’s institutional survival strategy
BY any measure, the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected the jurisdiction challenge, despite the Philippines’ withdrawal from the ICC in 2018. The court ruled that it still has jurisdiction because crimes occurred while the Philippines was a member, a critical legal precedent. Confirming charges against forme…
· Anna Malindog-Uy
Only one group benefits from blocking Kathy Hochul’s NY plan to cut auto insurance — lawyers
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to lower auto insurance rates by cracking down on fraud is one of the hurdles keeping Albany from passing a budget, which is now nearly a month late.
· Post Editorial Board
Appeals Court Backs Ruling That Denver Must Pay $14 Million To George Floyd Protesters
Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
· Tyler Durden
Fiscales usan letras de rap para encontrar culpables en EEUU
Esta imagen de la portada del libro, publicada por The New Press, muestra “Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America” de Erik Nielson y Andrea L. Dennis. (The New Press via AP)
· Maria Sherman
Millwall fumes after anti-racism booklet shows its badge on a Ku Klux Klan robe
Mounted police patrols the streets around the stadium ahead of the English FA Cup soccer match between Crystal Palace and Millwall at Selhurst Park, London, England, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Walton, file)
· Ken Maguire
Changes to fire services law with tougher penalties set for public consultation
Security Bureau to submit amendments, including requirement fire alarms be checked every six months, to lawmakers early next month
· Connor Mycroft
Changes to fire services law with tougher penalties set for public consultation
Security Bureau to submit amendments, including requirement fire alarms be checked every six months, to lawmakers early next month
· Connor Mycroft
70-year-old woman strangled in horrifying Hollywood Hills home invasion
Terrifying home invaders strangled a 70-year-old woman at a Hollywood Hills home before making off with a fortune in cash and jewelry, police said.
· Ross O'Keefe
Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg back Palestine Action before appeal case
More than 130 public figures have written to the UK’s Court of Appeal expressing support for Palestine Action, days before a hearing to decide on the lawfulness of the government’s ban on the direct action group.
· Al Jazeera Staff
US drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing way for nominee Warsh
Judge James Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced ‘essentially zero evidence’ to suspect Powell of a crime
· Associated Press
US drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing way for nominee Warsh
Judge James Boasberg, said prosecutors had produced ‘essentially zero evidence’ to suspect Powell of a crime
· Associated Press
Nigeria sets up court martial over alleged 2025 coup plot
Nigeria has inaugurated a military court to try officers accused of involvement in a failed coup attempt, marking a significant step in the government’s response to a plot that authorities say could have ended decades of democratic rule.
· AfricaNews
Poland to challenge EU-Mercosur deal at top court — but don’t expect fireworks
Poland announced Friday it will file a legal challenge against the EU-Mercosur trade deal at the EU’s top court, in a largely symbolic gesture.
· Bartosz Brzeziński, Camille Gijs
Jason Segel Is One Of His Generation’s Best TV Stars, Even If What He Really Seems To Want Is To Be A Movie Star
In the new movie Over Your Dead Body, Jason Segel wants out. His character, Dan, feels trapped in a seemingly loveless marriage to Lisa (Samara Weaving), and in the early scenes it becomes clear that he’s clumsily constructing an escape plan. On a weekend getaway at his family’s upstate cabin, he will chloroform Lis…
· Jesse Hassenger
Man given life sentence for rape and religiously aggravated assault of Sikh woman
A man who raped a Sikh woman in her home while subjecting her to a tirade of religiously aggravated abuse has been handed a life sentence.
· Vanessa Pearce
Staggering amount Eric Swalwell paid lawyer to fight sex assault claims
Eric Swalwell paid a hotshot Los Angeles lawyer $40,000 in campaign funds to defend him on television against sexual assault allegations that ultimately unraveled his political career, according to a recent financial disclosure.
· Ross O'Keefe
ICC: Fake ‘nanlaban’ evidence push Duterte’s trial | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
· Jaira Roxas
US chooses Jim Furyk as Ryder Cup captain after Tiger Woods arrest blows up plans
HOUSTON — Jim Furyk is returning as U.S. Ryder Cup captain for the 2027 matches in Ireland as the Americans try to get back on track against a European team that has dominated the last three decades, The Associated Press has learned.
· Associated Press
Soldier charged with using intel to win big Polymarket trades on Maduro raid is due in court
Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket, the federal prosecutor’s office in New York said.
· Gary D Robertson
Kosovo court sentences 3 ethnic Serbs to life, 30 years in prison over 2023 clash
Kosovo police officers secure the area outside the Banjska monastery in the village of Banjska, Kosovo on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu, file)
· Zana Cimili
Ex-Goldman Sachs banker imprisoned for fraud files for divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons: report
Tim Leissner, the disgraced onetime star banker for Goldman Sachs who was sentenced to prison for his role in the 1MDB scandal, has reportedly filed for divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons.
· Ariel Zilber
Venice Biennale Jury Excludes Russia and Israel From Awards Considerations
Jurors at the Venice Biennale have disqualified Russian and Israeli artists from consideration for the prestigious Golden and Silver Lion awards this year, citing International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for the leaders of both countries.
· The Moscow Times
DNA test confirms body of high-ranking NPA leader in Samar
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) Forensic Group has confirmed through DNA testing the identity of a decomposing cadaver recovered in the hinterlands of Cabalagnan, Hinabangan last March as a high-ranking leader of the New People's Army (NPA).
· Izel Abanilla
Israeli police cut Palestinian flag from lecturer's kippah after detaining him
Israeli police detained a man wearing a kippah featuring both Palestinian and Israeli flags, then released him after cutting out the Palestinian flag, local media reported on Thursday.
· Middleeasteye
What a reporter learned covering a protest in Venezuela led by women hoping to free their loved ones
Nelcy Escorcia, center, holds a sign with a message reading in Spanish; “Thinking differently isn’t a crime; isolating and torturing them is”, during a protest outside a detention center where her husband, Franklin Parra, is being held on political grounds, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/A…
· Regina Garcia Cano
Two women risked everything after US raid to protest Venezuela's detentions of their husbands
Mileidy Mendoza and her children ride a bus from Caracas to visit her husband, Eric Diaz, imprisoned on political grounds at the Yare prison complex in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
· Regina Garcia Cano
Syrian authorities arrest main suspect of 2013 Tadamon massacre
Syrian authorities have arrested the main suspect accused of the 2013 Tadamon massacre in Damascus, during which at least 41 people were killed.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Greta Thunberg, Sally Rooney and Brian Eno defy Palestine Action ban in letter to judges
Exclusive: Scholars, writers and artists risk arrest with message of support for proscribed group before next week’s appeal hearing
· Haroonsiddique
Putin, Netanyahu get their countries barred from Venice Biennale top prizes
Russia and Israel have been barred from winning the Venice Biennale’s top prizes after the exhibition’s jury moved to exclude countries whose leaders have been indicted by the International Criminal Court.
· Martina Sapio
Four people in court over Jewish ambulance arson
Three men and a teenager charged over an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in north-west London have made their first Crown Court appearance at the Old Bailey.
· Neil Henderson
Texas death row case highlights use of rap lyrics in court
(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)
· Maria Sherman
Israeli man arrested for wearing kippah with Palestinian flag
A lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has said that he was detained by police for wearing a kippah with the Israeli and Palestinian flags on it.
· RT
Police statements about writer may be defamatory, judge rules
Statements made by Essex Police said to be about Daily Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson could be defamatory, a High Court judge has ruled.
· Lewis Adams
Prosecution rejects arrest warrant request for Hybe chairman, calls for further review
Prosecutors said Friday they have rejected a police request for an arrest warrant for Bang Si-hyuk, chairman and founder of K-pop powerhouse Hybe, who is accused of unfair stock trading, citing insufficient evidence.
· Yonhap
Rep. Max Miller’s divorce from Sen. Bernie Moreno’s daughter gets ugly over questions about 2-year-old’s broken collarbone
WASHINGTON — Ohio Rep. Max Miller is mired in a messy custody battle with his ex-wife that has involved a police investigation into their 2-year-old’s broken collarbone, court documents reveal.
· Ryan King
Venice Biennale jury will not ‘award artists whose countries face war crimes charges’
Jury’s statement, apparently aimed at Russia and Israel, makes clear it is committed to defence of human rights
· Angela Giuffrida
Rappler Talk: What Duterte’s upcoming ICC trial means for the victims
MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is going to trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his crimes against humanity case.
· Jairo Bolledo
Dubai Police seize motorcycles to put brakes on reckless riding | The National
Dubai Police impounded motorcycles as part of efforts to tackle reckless riding that endangers the lives of others.
· Ali Al Shouk
Former top NT doctor to stand trial over rape, gross indecency allegations
The former doctor has been committed to stand trial on the charges against him. (Pixabay: Orzalaga)
· Elsie Lange
Suffolk sheriffs now equipped with GPS-launching dart guns to track fleeing suspects without high-speed chases
Suffolk County sheriff’s deputies are testing out high-tech guns that will be mounted on police car bumpers to fire GPS darts onto suspects’ vehicles’ during high-speed chases.
· Brandon Cruz
Philippines' ex-president Duterte to face ICC trial for crimes against humanity
Former Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte will face trial at the International Criminal Court after judges on Thursday confirmed charges of crimes against humanity over his so-called "war on drugs."
· AfricaNews