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Plan-switching, sign-up impersonations: Obamacare enrollment fraud persists
Florida resident Keith Jones says his Affordable Care Act insurance plan was changed multiple times this year without his ... Read More
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Medicare's new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
In January, the ...Read more
Under Kennedy, America's health department is in the business of promoting Kennedy
As health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields one of the louder megaphones the federal government has. Yet he insists he doesn’t want to impose his opinions on Americans.
“I don’t think people...Read more
With homelessness rising, new federal rules could benefit states that take tougher approaches
As the housing shortage pushes more Americans into homelessness for the first time, the Trump administration wants to focus federal housing aid on mental health treatment and enforcement against street homelessness, rather...Read more
Drugs took both her sons and her leg. Now, Kelly Wyatt is committed to staying sober
PHILADELPHIA — Kelly Wyatt winced as a nurse unwrapped layers of gauze from her left leg, exposing the massive wound beneath.
Yellow and red and gray, weeping plasma and agonizingly painful at the slightest touch, it ...Read more
You can touch them, just don't eat them: Death cap mushrooms sicken Californians
LOS ANGELES — The winter season has brought cold and wet conditions that are perfect for fungi like death cap mushrooms, or Amanita phalloides, to grow in California, experts say, but with that has come a rash of people ...Read more
A North Carolina hospital was slated to open in 2025. Mired in bureaucracy, it's still a dirt field
Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
The ambulances frequently travel back and forth to Mission Hospital in ...Read more
In first year in Senate, Schiff pushes legislation, party message and challenges to Trump
Five months after joining the U.S. Senate, Adam Schiff delivered a floor speech on what he called "the top 10 deals for Donald Trump and the worst deals for the American people."
Schiff spoke of Trump and his family ...Read more
Kamala Harris quells new speculation about CA governor run in 2026
Kamala Harris’ team is shooting down speculation that the former vice president is again considering a run for California governor next year, after she announced in July that she would not.
Fueled by polls showing a ...Read more
Minneapolis officials decry ICE arrest of Somali American citizen
Minneapolis leaders stood in silence as they watched footage of Mubashir, a Somali American, getting slammed against a metal door and put in a chokehold in the snow by federal immigration agents.
The security and ...Read more
UC Berkeley, Pomona College settle with Jewish groups over antisemitism allegations
Two prominent California higher education institutions said Wednesday they have reached settlement agreements with Jewish groups or individuals who filed complaints about alleged antisemitism stemming from pro-Palestinian ...Read more
Charlotte church adds ICE agents to nativity scene that aims to 'disturb' passersby
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte church says it wants to “disturb” passersby this Christmas with a nativity scene pictures Jesus, Mary and Joseph with masked immigration agents wearing bulletproof vests and brandishing ...Read more
Driver slams into 8 Anaheim High runners -- a 'nightmare scenario,' says one SoCal track coach
Eight students on the Anaheim High School track team have been transported to a hospital after a man plowed into the group while they were on a practice run, authorities said.
The car veered off the road and hit the ...Read more
Chaos, bloodshed as driver slams into 8 Anaheim High School runners
Eight students on the Anaheim High School track team have been transported to a hospital after a man plowed into the group while they were on a practice run, authorities said.
The car veered off the road and hit the ...Read more
Washington flooding a state of emergency, governor says
CAMP MURRAY, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson declared a state of emergency Wednesday, called in the National Guard and said he is requesting assistance from the federal government following historic flooding that continues in ...Read more
Nearly 8 years later, Trump admits he called Haiti, African nations 's--hole' countries
Nearly eight years later, President Trump has finally confirmed reports that he referred to Haiti and African nations as “s–thole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers.
Trump adamantly claimed at ...Read more
Trump pardoned them for Jan. 6. Now they want millions of dollars
WASHINGTON — Almost 400 people pardoned or granted clemency by President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are now seeking millions of dollars in payouts from the federal ...Read more
Illinois National Guard still federalized as President Trump extends order, despite troops sitting idle
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Three hundred Illinois National Guard troops remain under Republican President Donald Trump’s control roughly a week after an initial 60-day federal activation order expired, continuing a clash over...Read more
Idaho donor dies of rabies, transmits virus via kidney transplant, CDC says
An Idaho man who died of rabies passed the virus to another man through a kidney transplant, marking the fourth known instance in the country in nearly half a century where rabies was transmitted from an organ donor to a ...Read more
Trump says Warner Bros. deal should include sale of CNN
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled he’ll oppose a Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. deal that doesn’t include new ownership of CNN, a potential wrinkle for the bid from Netflix Inc.
“I think any deal should �...Read more
Chicago aldermen forge ahead with counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget, push new teen curfew plan
CHICAGO — Aldermen officially threw their budget cards on the table Wednesday by introducing their own 2026 package to the City Council, the clearest sign yet they believe they don’t need Mayor Brandon Johnson to solve...Read more
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