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Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera speaks with media outside a federal court in Miami, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman, File)

Former congressman gets 10 years in Venezuela foreign agent case

Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, 61, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for secretly acting as an unregistered agent of the Venezuelan government and laundering millions of dollars tied to that work, federal prosecutors announced.

October 5, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Brooklyn man pleads guilty in $65M Medicaid fraud scheme

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to defrauding New York State Medicaid of roughly $65 million through claims for social adult day care and home health care services that were not provided, the Justice Department announced.

October 5, 2026
Chuck Lorre poses for a portrait to promote "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage" during the Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., on July 13, 2024. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

White House tells Chuck Lorre to ‘seek psychiatric help’ after gala speech on Trump

TV producer Chuck Lorre, creator of "The Big Bang Theory," used an acceptance speech at a Los Angeles charity gala to mock President Trump and first lady Melania Trump, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House. Lorre called the president a "Russian asset" and said Melania is "a surgically enhanced, cold-hearted Yugoslavian escort who clearly hates her husband." The White House wrote in a statement, "Chuck Lorre should immediately seek psychiatric help to treat his severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted his peanut-sized brain."

October 3, 2026
Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Bill Maher says media slow to call terrorism by name

BILL MAHER: It seems "like the media is always a little reluctant to call it terrorism when it's obviously terrorism ... But I noticed when the Hamas propaganda is out there, boy, that gets fast-tracked."

October 3, 2026
Health workers clean equipment inside a Ebola treatment camp in Butembo, Congo, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)

5 questions about Congo’s Ebola outbreak

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people and is on track to become the deadliest on record, as unpaid health workers, community distrust and violence hamper the response.

October 2, 2026