The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is floating a new idea in its ongoing battle against the opioid crisis—and this time, they’re asking the public to weigh in before making any decisions. Through a formal notice published in the Federal Register, the agency is exploring whether drug companies should be required to provide in-home opioid…

The U.S. is putting aesthetics back at the center of infrastructure with a new nationwide design competition announced by Sean P. Duffy under the administration of Donald J. Trump, and it’s not just about roads and bridges doing their job anymore—it’s about them inspiring people again. The “Beautifying Transportation Infrastructure Challenge,” launched on March 13,…

A 25-year-old Trumbull man has admitted in federal court that he orchestrated a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that targeted Amazon’s logistics system by creating fake trucking accounts and billing the company for transportation jobs that were never performed. Federal prosecutors say the scheme allowed him to collect more than $3.5 million through fraudulent invoices over a…

A Ghanaian national living in Connecticut has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after a jury found he carried out a fraud scheme that used stolen identities and credit card information to obtain tens of thousands of dollars from the University of Connecticut. Federal prosecutors say the case was part of a broader…

Two men have admitted in federal court that they played key roles in a large-scale scheme that helped move and hide millions of dollars stolen from victims of online scams, many of whom were elderly individuals targeted through deceptive internet relationships. Federal prosecutors say the operation helped funnel nearly $9 million obtained through fraud into…

A Hartford man has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after authorities uncovered a long-running fraud scheme in which he collected government benefits for more than two decades while secretly working and earning hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ricardo Santiago, 60, was sentenced in federal court in Hartford to 57 months in…