Author: News Desk

Bradley D. Hounsell, 44, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced today to 13 years in prison, to be followed by seven years of supervised release, for using the internet to coerce and entice a minor in the Philippines to engage in unlawful sexual conduct. According to court documents, Hounsell used an online social media platform to […]

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery, “Old Crime, New Code” Good afternoon. Thank you to Informa Connect for convening its Antitrust West Coast conference and bringing together such a broad cross-section of the enforcement community, in-house counsel, and private bar. Today, I want to cover three topics. First, where algorithmic conduct sits today and what current […]

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A. Inc. has agreed to pay $13,670,921 to resolve allegations that it knowingly caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to healthcare providers to induce prescriptions of Trintellix, an antidepressant medication that Takeda marketed and sold to treat major depressive disorder. “The Department […]

The sudden funding decline is hitting the HIV response “like a shock wave,” said Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, adding that “the world is pulling back just when we need to push forward.” Many countries are unprepared to sustain programmes previously supported by international funding, Ms. Byanyima told reporters at UN Headquarters in New […]

A Colorado business owner pleaded guilty to filing a false personal tax return with the IRS. According to court documents and statements made in court, Manuel Rocha, of Aurora, Colorado, owned and operated Rocha’s Drain, a drain installation business, and Rocha’s Liquor, a liquor store, both located in Denver, Colorado. While operating these businesses, Rocha […]

Somalia’s hunger crisis has worsened sharply in recent months, with more than half a million additional people now facing acute food insecurity compared to projections released in February. The deterioration has been driven by poor Gu rainfall – the country’s main rainy season – rising food and fuel prices linked to the 2026 Middle East […]

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment yesterday against Audias Flores Silva, also known as “Jardinero,” 45, of Mexico, a high-ranking leader of the Mexico-based drug trafficking organization the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The superseding indictment expands on charges first filed in August 2020, when Flores Silva was […]

An extradited Honduran national was sentenced today to over four years in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle nearly two dozen illegal aliens and kilos of cocaine into the United States. “The defendant and his co-conspirators attempted to illegally bring aliens and approximately 24 kilograms of cocaine into the United States by […]

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has completed a year-long investigation into the admissions policies and practices at the Yale School of Medicine. Yale’s documents show that its leadership intentionally selected applicants based on their race. Yale’s documents reveal that they studied how to use racial proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court’s prohibition on using […]

The funding announcement, made on Wednesday by the United States, brings total recent US humanitarian support channelled through the UN-coordinated system to $3.8 billion following an earlier $2 billion allocation announced in December. UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the latest contribution, saying it “will allow humanitarians to reach millions of people in the most urgent […]