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Co-Owners of Miami Pain Management Clinic Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Opioid Prescriptions
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 30 August 2018 30 August 2018
Miami, Florida - The husband and wife co-owners of a Miami pain management clinic and a patient recruiter pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for their participation in a scheme to unlawfully distribute thousands of pills of oxycodone.
US Economic Growth in the 2nd Quarter Gets Revised Higher, Remains Strongest Since 2014
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- Written by White House via Akin Oyedele Business Insider White House via Akin Oyedele Business Insider
- Published: 29 August 2018 29 August 2018
Washington, DC - The US economy in the second quarter grew even faster than initially estimated, according to a Commerce Department report released Wednesday.
First Bisexual U.S. Senate Nominee Kyrsten Sinema to Face Anti-LGBTQ Challenger Martha McSally
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- Written by Elliot Imse Elliot Imse
- Published: 28 August 2018 28 August 2018
Washington, DC - Tonight Democratic primary voters in Arizona made U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema the first openly bisexual person to be nominated for U.S. Senate by a major American political party. The historic achievement was especially notable given Republican primary voters chose anti-LGBTQ candidate Martha McSally to face her in November. The race is of national significance because of its potential to be the deciding factor in whether Democrats take the U.S. Senate on Election Day.
FDA’s ongoing work to forcefully address the opioid crisis
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- Written by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
- Published: 29 August 2018 29 August 2018
Washington, DC - Over the past 17 months, we’ve set out to address the opioid crisis forcefully, using all the agency’s tools and authorities. These steps have been part of a comprehensive approach that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has outlined. Our efforts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are part of these broader efforts and cut across three broad areas.
19 foreign nationals indicted for illegally voting in 2016 elections
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 28 August 2018 28 August 2018
Wilmington, North Carolina - Nineteen foreign nationals were charged with unlawfully voting in the 2016 elections Friday (15 Democrats, 3 Republicans, and 2 Unaffiliated), and a U.S. citizen was charged with aiding and abetting an alien to falsely claim U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The indictments follow an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as part of a newly created Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force (DBFTF) in the Eastern District of North Carolina.