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Nevada Doctor Charged in $95 Million Medicare Wound Care Fraud Scheme

August 7, 2026 11:29 amAugust 7, 2026 11:30 am

A Henderson physician has been charged in a sprawling $95 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts applied to elderly patients, including those in hospice care, federal prosecutors announced this week. On Tuesday, a...

Suspected Iranian Hackers Target Water Systems In At Least 12 States After Iran-Linked Arizona Election Portal Attack

August 7, 2026 10:06 amAugust 7, 2026 10:06 am

Federal investigators are examining a wave of cyberattacks that disrupted municipal water operations across at least 12 states, weeks after an Iran-linked group claimed it breached systems associated with a major California water utility and more than a year after...

White House Declassifies 2020 Maricopa County Voter Data Breach

August 6, 2026 1:14 pmAugust 6, 2026 1:14 pm

The White House Government Transparency Task Force released newly declassified FBI and intelligence community records Thursday detailing a significant cybersecurity incident in Arizona’s largest county just days before the 2020 presidential election. https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2085427895527166192 A self-described “hacker or tinkerer” exploited a...

FBI Investigates Gunfire At Phoenix ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Office

July 17, 2026 10:30 amJuly 17, 2026 10:31 am

The FBI is investigating after one or more unidentified people fired several rounds at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in central Phoenix, striking the exterior of the federal building in multiple locations. The shooting occurred during the...

Gavin Newsom Ally Wore FBI Wire in Corruption Probe Targeting Former Chief of Staff

July 3, 2026 9:13 amJuly 3, 2026 9:13 am

A longtime Gavin Newsom appointee and Democratic power broker secretly wore an FBI wire and recorded conversations as part of a federal public corruption investigation that began with the governor’s inner circle and has since expanded Newsom and his wife,...

LVMPD Thwarts Alleged Mass Shooting Terror Plot by Transgender Suspect at Sunset Station Casino

July 2, 2026 10:05 amJuly 2, 2026 11:15 am

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers, working with Henderson police and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, prevented what authorities described as a potential mass shooting or terror act when they arrested 36-year-old Allison Howlett in the parking garage of...

Carvalho Resigns as LAUSD Superintendent Amid Ongoing Federal Investigation

June 22, 2026 12:14 pmJune 22, 2026 12:26 pm

Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), abruptly resigned effective Sunday, June 21, 2026, citing a desire to keep schools “focused on students and learning without distraction.” His departure comes nearly four months after FBI agents...