Social issues

Florida nurse practitioner convicted in $200 million Medicare fraud scheme

A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner of health-care conspiracy and other charges for playing a key…

Republicans grill Merrick Garland on Trump, Hunter Biden in combative House Judiciary hearing

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a full-throated defense of federal law enforcement officers and the Department of Justice…

This account is like an ‘extra strength’ Roth IRA, advisor says. Here’s when to use it

For savers, choosing how to best allocate money among a stream of account types may seem an impossible task. There…

Pay secrecy norms have ‘simply lost their teeth,’ say experts. Here’s why

Pay transparency is on the rise for job applicants — and momentum suggests that trend will continue, experts said. In…

The wage gap costs women $1.6 trillion a year, new report finds. Here’s how to get the pay you deserve

The wage gap costs women in the U.S. about $1.6 trillion a year, a new report finds. Women earned 78…

Trump, DeSantis go head-to-head at key conservative group summits in DC

Former President Donald Trump is set to deliver a pair of headline speeches Friday night at two socially conservative Christian…

More than 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize strike

More than 60,000 health-care workers on Thursday voted to authorize a strike against Kaiser Permanente if an agreement is not…

Hunter Biden indicted on firearms charges

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, was indicted Thursday on three criminal counts related to his possession of a…

FBI investigating violent threats against officials in Fulton County, Georgia

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is responding to violent threats made against officials in Fulton County, Georgia, the agency said…

Before Elon Musk, Twitter rarely lobbied against state laws. Now X is suing California over one

Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform quietly waged a lobbying campaign to derail an online content moderation bill in California…