Actress, director and humanitarian Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer
US. cities on Tuesday with Medicare fraud schemes that the government said totaled $223 million in false billings. More than 400 law enforcement officers including FBI agents made arrests of 89 suspects who posed as physicians and scammed the $590 billion healthcare program with phony or unnecessary bills. About one in four defendants was a doctor, a nurse, a physical therapist or some other medical professional.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his clinic agreed on Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal will face a life in prison. Gosnell will be spared a death sentence.
Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he recused himself from a case involving a Department of Justice decision to subpoena phone records from Associated Press. Holder also said that the Justice Department has ordered a criminal investigation into the IRS' targeting of different conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.
