The Trump administration is now scrutinizing the American Medical Association over the “influence” its medical billing codes have on healthcare nationwide. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are meant to “provide a uniform nomenclature for coding medical procedures and services,” according to the AMA. However, some Republicans have raised concerns about whether the AMA currently holds…
The founder of an anti-violence nonprofit group in Philadelphia has been charged for allegedly attacking a woman on a SEPTA train using a box cutter earlier in July, CBS News reported Thursday. Operation Save Our City founder Rosalind Pichardo-Kent has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault alongside five additional assault and harassment-related charges,…
At the request of Iran, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have begun attacking ships in the Red Sea, but can the U.S. military wrest control of the key shipping lane? The Houthi rebels first flexed their military might in 2023 when they attacked shipping in the Red Sea. The U.S. military once attempted to bomb…
Authorities say a would-be burglar was shot while attempting to force his way into a Gastonia, North Carolina, home. Gastonia Police said in a Wednesday Facebook post that 57-year-old Cedric Ford and his girlfriend, 47-year-old Sanja Stallings, claimed that Ford had been shot at an intersection in a July 12 911 call. However, technology quickly…
Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat in July before a House subcommittee, alongside Justice Elena Kagan, making the case to prioritize funding to protect the justices and their families. She described a recent swatting call at her home — someone phoning in a fake report of gunfire, one of her teenage sons opening the door to find the street filled with squad…
Four Twin Cities men pleaded guilty to defrauding Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program out of approximately $2.2 million and hiding the scheme by using artificial intelligence tools to fabricate records when questioned by insurance companies, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday. Moktar Hassan Aden, 31, Mustafa Dayib Ali, 29, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, 26, and…
