Diddy. Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Diddy’s residences in Los Angeles and Miami have been raided by federal agents, outlets reported on March 25. “Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our local law enforcement partners,”… Continue reading Diddy’s L.A. and Miami Homes Raided by Federal Agents
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Federal juice-loan case with alleged mob links is dropped
After a chaotic mistrial earlier this month, a federal juice loan extortion case with ties to a larger probe of the Chicago Outfit ended Monday when prosecutors announced they were dropping all charges. Gene “Gino” Cassano, 55, and Gioacchino “Jack” Galione, 47, were indicted in 2021 on charges of conspiring to collect a debt by… Continue reading Federal juice-loan case with alleged mob links is dropped
Organized crime links seen in troubled federal case
The first objection in the recent extortion trial of Addison businessman Gene “Gino” Cassano came about five seconds into opening statements, when a prosecutor mentioned the term “juice loan.” Three days later, the proceedings abruptly ended in a mistrial after an FBI agent testified he was assigned to investigate “organized crime,” a term the judge… Continue reading Organized crime links seen in troubled federal case
Federal policy oversees and regulates immigration to the United States. Period.
Had you told Congress, or the White House, in the 1970s or 1980s that the nation’s immigration system would, in the third decade of the 21st century, devolve into an intramural scrimmage between the states, they’d have thought you a fool. Federal policy oversees and regulates immigration to the United States, they would have insisted,… Continue reading Federal policy oversees and regulates immigration to the United States. Period.
What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
One of the newest battlefields in the abortion debate is a decades-old federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known by doctors and health policymakers as EMTALA. The issue involves whether the law requires hospital emergency rooms to provide abortions in urgent circumstances, including when a woman’s health is threatened by continuing… Continue reading What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana
Marijuana is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed from the nation’s most restrictive category of drugs, federal scientists have concluded. The recommendations are contained in a 250-page scientific review provided to Matthew Zorn, a Texas lawyer who sued… Continue reading Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana
Federal Officials Propose New Nursing Home Standards to Increase Staffing
The nation’s most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed on Friday by the Biden administration, the greatest change to federal nursing home regulations in three decades. The proposed standard was prompted by the industry’s troubled performance earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, when 200,000 nursing home residents… Continue reading Federal Officials Propose New Nursing Home Standards to Increase Staffing