Luxury cars seized amid alleged $30 million fraud ring involving children’s health services

Federal law enforcement officials on Thursday announced that two Ohio state employees and two co-conspirators were indicted in connection with an alleged $30 million Medicaid billing fraud scheme involving children’s behavioral health services that were never rendered. As part of the investigation, 14 vehicles were seized, including a Maserati, a Mercedes, a Bentley and a … Read more

Luxury cars seized after alleged $30 million fraud ring involving children’s health services busted, officials say

Federal authorities have busted what they say is a $30 million fraud conspiracy involving billing for children’s behavioral health services that were never provided, officials announced at a news conference in Ohio on Thursday. All four defendants involved in the case turned themselves in to authorities this week, a source familiar with the investigation told … Read more

Years of ignored warnings freed a children’s pastor to sexually abuse girls, lawsuit says

Survivors described the same devastating cycle: children who tried to warn adults, pastors who minimized or ignored allegations, and church leaders who extended grace and protection to abusers, clearing the way for more children to be harmed. Davis’ account was one of the starkest examples. After NBC News’ investigation was published, more women came forward … Read more

Top court orders children’s hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado’s largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding. Children’s Hospital Colorado suspended medical treatments for transgender patients under 18 in January after it said … Read more

Texas Children’s will create ‘detransition clinic’ to settle DOJ and state investigation

Texas Children’s Hospital must create the country’s “first-ever detransition clinic,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday in announcing a settlement agreement that concludes a yearslong investigation into the medical center’s treatment program for transgender youth. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. As part of the … Read more

Save the Children’s Janti Soeripto says Sudan is “truly the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”

Janti Soeripto, the president and CEO of Save the Children who recently returned from a trip to the Sudan, told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis is in Sudan,” and the situation is “probably also the one that gets the least attention relative to the need.” Source link

What are immigrant children’s rights to a public education? Pressure grows for restrictions.

U.S. states can’t bar immigrant children – no matter their status – from attending public school. The Supreme Court said so in 1982. A growing chorus of Republicans wants to overturn that decision. Bills in state legislatures over the past year have unsuccessfully aimed to collect data on immigrant students without legal status or charge … Read more

Justice Gorsuch highlights humanity, history in children’s book celebrating America’s 250th anniversary

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is releasing a children’s book this month aimed at teaching young Americans about the Declaration of Independence and the nation’s founding ideals. The book comes as the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary and amid declining civic knowledge among students, a trend Gorsuch … Read more

Trump admin steps up next phase of effort to protect children’s health

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is stepping up its response to childhood lead exposure, launching new EPA public-education tools while pressing states to use previously awarded lead-mitigation funds that had gone unused, Fox News Digital learned.  “There’s no safe level of lead exposure, and it’s well … Read more