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DALLAS (AP) — A 60-year-old Dallas-area doctor has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping defraud Medicare and Medicaid out of almost $375 million. A federal judge also ordered Dr. Jacques (ZHAWK) Roy on Wednesday to pay more than $268 million in restitution. A jury in April 2016 convicted the Rockwall physician of nine of 10 counts of defrauding a health care benefit program. Roy owned Medistat Group Associates in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto. Authorities say Roy and six co-defendants certified 11,000 Medicare beneficiaries through m...
PHOENIX (AP) — For more than five years, Arizona has been dogged by a federal lawsuit that alleges the state provides shoddy medical care for its prisoners. Now, the state is facing the prospect of millions of dollars in fines over its failure to carry out reforms of its medical system. Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan was berated in court Tuesday by a judge who described the state's efforts to overhaul prison health care as an "abject failure," two years after it agreed to make such changes as part of a settlement of the lawsuit. U...
Scientists have the first major evidence that blood tests called liquid biopsies hold promise for screening people for cancer. Hong Kong doctors tried it for a type of head and neck cancer, and boosted early detection and one measure of survival. The tests detect DNA that tumors shed into the blood. Some are used now to monitor cancer patients, and many companies are trying to develop versions of these for screening, as possible alternatives to mammograms, colonoscopies and other such tests. The new study shows this approach can work, at least...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and the chairman of Arkansas' medical board are overseeing a new industry group representing people and corporations doing business under the new amendment legalizing medical marijuana. McDaniel and Medical Board Chairman Dr. Steven Cathey are among the seven board members for the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association announced on Wednesday. The association says in a news release it would be the "leading voice" for cultivators, distributors and businesses serving the medical m...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan praised local officials in southern Maryland on Wednesday for bringing murder charges against eight alleged drug dealers linked to eight overdose deaths. Hogan, speaking a news conference in Leonardtown, said he hopes the long-term investigation would serve as a model to prosecutors statewide for fighting a deadly epidemic that resulted in more than 2,000 overdose deaths last year in Maryland. "Everyone is entitled to due process, and everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but I believe that this is t...
NEW YORK (AP) — Mylan's second-quarter profit and revenue surged, but not as much as Wall Street had expected and the company is taking a more conservative view going forward because of "ongoing challenges and the uncertain U.S. regulatory environment." Shares tumbled 5 percent and were trading close to four-year lows at the opening bell Wednesday. The generic drugmaker, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom but has its U.S. headquarters outside of Pittsburgh, said profit surged 76 percent to $297 million, or 55 cents per share. Earnings,...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Google engineer who blamed biological differences for the paucity of women in tech had every right to express his views. And Google likely had every right to fire him, workplace experts and lawyers say. Special circumstances — from the country's divisive political climate to Silicon Valley's broader problem with gender equity — contributed to the outrage and subsequent firing. But the fallout should still serve as a warning to anyone in any industry expressing unpopular, fiery viewpoints. "Anyone who makes a statement like...
LONDON (AP) — The man accused of kidnapping a British model in Italy painted a picture of big money, international intrigue and spine-chilling dealings as a member of Black Death, an organization selling drugs, guns and murder on the dark web. The reality of Lukasz Pawel Herba's life appears to be more prosaic, riddled with exaggerations and contradictions. Investigators are picking through his story to sift truth from myth — and uncover whether the shadowy Black Death group really exists. ___ WHAT HAPPENED? Italian police have arrested 30-...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Cabinet often avoid talking about the science of climate change, but when pressed what they have said clashes with established mainstream science, data and peer-reviewed studies and reports. Even the federal government's own reports — including a draft science study for the National Climate Assessment obtained this week by The Associated Press and other media — paint an entirely different reality than what's coming from the Trump administration. ___ COOLING and HOAX President Trump has not talke...
CHICAGO (AP) — When Illinois jurors convicted Patrick Pursley of murder, they relied on an expert's assurance that the scratches and dents on bullets and shell casings from the crime scene proved they could only have come from Pursley's gun. More than two decades later, technological advances have eroded confidence in ballistic experts, and the analyst who testified against Pursley is no longer so sure of his findings. Now Pursley is awaiting a new trial, and the case could become the first in which a database used to help put countless c...
LONDON (AP) — Scientists have named a prehistoric crocodile described as "one of the nastiest sea creatures to have ever inhabited the earth" after late Motorhead frontman and British heavy metal icon Lemmy Kilmister. London's Natural History Museum says the fossil of what's now known as Lemmysuchus obtusidens was dug up in England in the early 20th century but was incorrectly categorized with other sea crocodiles found in the area. Researchers recently took another look at the specimen and gave it a new classification and a scientific name o...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas highway officials shut down westbound lanes of a cross-country interstate for four hours so crews could pick up pizza. An 18-wheeler containing DiGiorno and Tombstone frozen pizzas scraped a bridge support and sliced open its trailer Wednesday, spilling them across Interstate 30 in front of the Arkansas Department of Transportation office. Agency spokesman Danny Straessle said the bridge had only cosmetic damage. I-30 was closed for a time in both directions while crews picked up the DiGiorno and Tombstone b...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A retired corporate executive said in a lawsuit that she spent $150,000 on a matchmaking service that set her up with a string of highly incompatible suitors, including men who were married, mentally unstable or felons. Darlene Daggett, former president for U.S. commerce for the West Chester-based home shopping channel QVC, settled the lawsuit against Corte Madera, California-based Kelleher International hours after it was filed in federal court last week, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/2vmkpoc ). K...
NEW YORK (AP) — Frito-Lay is getting in on New York City's restaurant week by opening a pop-up eatery with a menu full of Cheetos-themed cuisine. The Spotted Cheetah opens its doors in lower Manhattan for just three days next week. Some of the dishes on the three-course menu created by chef Anne Burrell include Cheetos Crusted Fried Pickles, Mac n' Cheetos and Cheetos Sweetos Crusted Cheesecake. Prices run from $8 to $22 per dish. Frito-Lay says recipes created by fans inspired the company to "bring a full Cheetos culinary experience to l...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate's top Republican called for GOP Gov. Sam Brownback to give corrections officers at state prisons an immediate pay increase, adding to the bipartisan pressure for quick action in the wake of recent disturbances at a maximum-security prison. Senate President Susan Wagle issued a statement Wednesday urging Brownback to take "executive action immediately." She toured the El Dorado Correctional Facility with hometown Republican Sen. Bruce Givens and Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood. The Department of C...
WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man who escaped from a Kansas prison where he was serving time for a burglary case has been recaptured in another county. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says 53-year-old Lewis Mitchell was caught shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday after a sheriff's deputy saw him hitchhiking along a highway and, after approaching the man, saw him run into a corn field. The Kansas Department of Corrections said Mitchell had walked away Tuesday night from the Winfield prison in Cowley County. Mitchell was serving a s...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — If a Kansas man had been convicted at trial of felony theft, one of his jurors might have been none other than the top official on the judicial panel that ultimately could have reviewed his appeal. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss reported for jury duty Tuesday with 51 other Shawnee County residents, an opinion he was drafting in his briefcase. Nuss wasn't selected because the defendant pleaded avoided trial by pleading guilty. Nuss said Wednesday he was prepared to be t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials have chosen seven school districts to participate in an effort to improve public education. The Kansas Board of Education announced the districts participating in the Kansans Can School Redesign program Tuesday. The districts were picked out of nearly 30 applicants, the Kansas City Star reported . "The schools we are about to announce have already started breaking some of the outdated education models that have been entrenched in schools for decades," said Jay Scott, a secondary school redesign specialist w...
TONGANOXIE, Kan. (AP) — Linn County authorities have dismissed a criminal case against a Tonganoxie school superintendent who was charged with not reporting sex abuse cases. Chris Kleidosty was scheduled to appear Monday in Linn County District Court but County Attorney James Brun recently dismissed the charges. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kleidosty was charged in February with failing to report two sex abuse cases in the Prairie View school district, where he previously was superintendent. He was placed on administrative leave with p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former McClain County jail administrator has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for violating the civil rights of an inmate who died in custody. Officials say former Lt. Wayne Barnes was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot, who also ordered Barnes to pay a $10,000 fine. Barnes pleaded guilty in February and faced up to life in prison. Barnes was accused of violating the rights of an inmate who suffered from diabetes and died after medical care wasn't provided. The inmate is i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court streamed its proceedings online for the first time this week after the chief justice anticipated public interest in cases challenging new taxes and fees. Chief Justice Doug Combs allowed the state's publicly funded television station, OETA, to broadcast oral arguments for three cases on Tuesday, The Oklahoman reported . The cases involve taxes and fees that the Legislature passed this year affecting cigarettes, automobile sales and electric vehicle ownership. The fees are meant to raise revenue w...
Either Oklahoma or Texas won the last seven Big 12 championship games. When the conference title game resumes this season after a six-year hiatus, the Red River rivals could be facing each other for the second time that season. Or maybe it will be a rematch between the Sooners and Oklahoma State, though they wouldn't play consecutive weeks since the regular Bedlam game is now set for the first Saturday of November and not at the end of the regular season. The championship game is back in the Big 12, which was left out of the College Football...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma bail bond agent has fatally shot a man she was trying to trying to arrest. Police Capt. Kyle Gibbs in Stillwater says the man was found dead at the agent's office about one block east of the Payne County courthouse after she called police shortly before noon Wednesday and said she shot him. The names of the man and the bond agent were not immediately released. Gibbs says the bond agent told officers she had called the man to her office to revoke his bond and take him to the sheriff's office. Gibbs says t...
WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy trying to speed away from police in western Oklahoma on Wednesday hit a curb and flipped the car, killing two girls and injuring one of two boys who were with him, authorities said. The two girls, ages 12 and 13, were from Woodward, which is about 125 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City and the site of the 1 a.m. crash. Authorities haven't released their names. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a Woodward police officer tried to stop the car for running a stop sign, but the d...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican state Rep. Leslie Osborn says she'll run for Oklahoma labor commissioner next year. Elected in 2008, Osborn is the former chairman of the powerful House Appropriations and Budget Committee. She was replaced last month by Republican House Speaker Charles McCall amid a disagreement over cuts to services administered by the state Department of Human Services. A resident of Mustang, Osborn said Wednesday she'll work with businesses and workers to create safe workplaces and strong companies. The Labor Commission is r...
