Behind the closed door of a therapist’s office, there is supposed to be trust, safety, and the quiet promise that a professional is listening carefully and acting in your best interest. That is why the case against Peter Jason Meilahn, a licensed psychotherapist from Duluth, Minnesota, feels so deeply unsettling. Meilahn now faces 13 felony counts after prosecutors accused him of receiving more than $2.25 million in Medicaid payments for psychotherapy services that investigators say were never actually provided. The criminal complaint, filed by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, paints a picture of a trusted clinician who allegedly used the…

Paragraph 1: FIFA has accused European football’s governing body, UEFA, of running a “misinformation campaign” and trying to interfere in the race for the FIFA presidency, a charge that turns an already bitter institutional rivalry into a full-blown legal and political war. The dispute is unfolding against the backdrop of Gianni Infantino’s bid for a fourth term as FIFA president, with an election scheduled for March, and it has pulled football’s global leadership into open conflict just as the sport is trying to present a unified face to the world. In a filing before a US federal court in the…