WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Oroville Hospital, located in Oroville, California, has agreed to pay $10,250,000, to the United States and the State of California to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid arising from medically unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions, a kickback and physician self-referral scheme and the use of erroneous diagnosis codes. Oroville Hospital will pay $9,518,9  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Defendant Sought More than $870,000 in Fraudulent Refunds from the IRS * * * A former California resident was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to file false claims against the United States. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2016 to 2020, Richard Jason Mountford, now of Las Vegas, conspired with another person to submit false individual income tax  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan Over 4,000 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) personnel, service members, and local Japanese residents participated in Comic Con Okinawa 2024 at Camp Foster from Dec. 7-8. The two-day comic convention featured voice actor panels, booths, merchandise vendors, cosplay competitions, costume workshops, and video game tournaments. "I worked in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The number of owner-occupied housing units increased by 8.4%, from 76.4 million in 2014-2018 to 82.9 million in 2019-2023, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. The 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates show that more people owned homes than rented in 3,070 of the nation's 3,144 counties and county equivalents between 2019 and 2023. Additionally, home values increased 21.7% bet  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of a foreign press center briefing on Dec. 13, 2024, featuring Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation: * * * * In addition to highlighting the Biden-Harris Administration's unprecedented investments in infrastructure across the United States, Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses efforts early in the Administration to address the global pandemic's shock to transportation systems and supply chains, and th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two master's degre  more