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States want to make it harder for health insurers to deny care, but firms might evade enforcement
For decades, Amina Tollin struggled with mysterious, debilitating pain that radiated throughout her body. A few years ago, when a doctor finally diagnosed her with polyneuropathy, a chronic nerve condition, she had begun ...Read more
Swap funds or add services? Use of opioid settlement cash sparks strong disagreements
State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in opioid settlements to address the drug crisis that has ravaged America for decades. But instead of spending the money on new addiction treatment and ...Read more
Mayo Clinic Minute: How often should you wash your hair?
To shampoo or not to shampoo? That might be your question each time you head into the shower. Dr. Dawn Davis, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, says, when it comes to the scalp and the hair, there's a new trend online where ...Read more
Sealing homes' leaky HVAC systems is a sneaky good climate solution
There's a hidden scourge making homes more harmful to the climate and less comfortable: leaky heating and cooling systems. Plugging those leaks may be the dull stepchild of the energy transition, but that doesn't make it ...Read more
Paris Hilton backs California bill requiring sunshine on 'troubled teen industry'
Celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton is backing California lawmakers’ push to increase the transparency of residential teen therapeutic centers by requiring these programs to report the use of restraints or seclusion ...Read more
LA's water supplies are in good shape. But is the city ready for the next drought?
LOS ANGELES -- California’s second wet winter in a row has left L.A’s water supplies in good shape for at least another year, but the inevitable return to dry conditions could once again put the city’s residents in a...Read more
Editorial: If 10 straight months of record-breaking heat isn't a climate emergency, what is?
Californians have had weekend after weekend of cool, stormy weather and the Sierra Nevada has been blessed with a healthy snowpack. But the reality is that even the last few months have been more than 2 degrees hotter than...Read more
Metro Detroit police brace for more burglaries by South American 'crime tourists'
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police in Metro Detroit are bracing for another round of burglaries by South American "crime tourists" who enter the United States through a visa waiver program and move from state to state ...Read more
NASA Langley is testing solar sail technology that could reduce costs of space missions
A sunlight-propelled satellite floating though space on huge metallic sails sounds like an idea straight from science fiction.
But scientists at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton have spent five years making the ...Read more
When rogue brokers switch people's ACA policies, tax surprises can follow
Tax season is never fun. But some tax filers this year face an added complication: Their returns are being rejected because they failed to provide information about Affordable Care Act coverage they didn’t even know they...Read more
Health workers may face rude awakening with $25 minimum wage law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage law could be in for a rude awakening if hospitals and other health care providers follow ...Read more
California health workers may face rude awakening with $25 minimum wage law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage law could be in for a rude awakening if hospitals and other health care providers follow ...Read more
In reversal, more areas allow high-speed police chases
During several years of efforts to refine policing tactics — ranging from mandating body-worn cameras to limiting or banning excessive use of force — many states and law enforcement agencies nationwide imposed more ...Read more
Editorial: Biden shrugs at inflation
Over the past three years, the Biden White House has gradually passed through the five stages of grief when it comes to inflation. President Joe Biden has now reached the “acceptance” stage. The American public, ...Read more
LA ethics panel approves fine for former CBS exec Leslie Moonves over interference with LAPD investigation
LOS ANGELES — Former CBS President Leslie Moonves will pay $15,000 to settle a Los Angeles city ethics complaint over his role in an alleged cover-up of sexual assault accusations against him.
The city’s Ethics ...Read more
Salmonella outbreak causes Trader Joe's to recall a Miami firm's herbs in 29 states
Trader Joe’s took herbs made by a Miami area company off the shelves of stores in 29 states and issued a recall of those already sold after a CDC and FDA investigation links the herbs to a salmonella outbreak.
Here’s ...Read more
Clark County GOP chair arrested, faces domestic battery charge
Clark County Republican Party Chairman Jesse Law was arrested last weekend and faces a domestic battery charge, according to Metro booking records.
Law was arrested Sunday and faces a charge of domestic battery first ...Read more
San Diego Unified OKs its first affordable housing development on school property
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Unified School District officials took a key step forward this week with their plan to help ease the local housing crisis by letting developers build large rent-restricted apartment complexes on ...Read more
House bill gives up to a year to sell TikTok; eyes Russian assets
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson late on Wednesday unveiled a modified version of the previously House-passed legislation targeting TikTok that would give Chinese owner ByteDance up to a year to divest the app, an ...Read more
Pa. state Rep. Kevin Boyle evades arrest; US Rep. Brendan Boyle says his brother has 'serious mental health condition'
PHILADELPHIA — State Rep. Kevin Boyle had not yet turned himself in to Philadelphia police as of Wednesday evening, a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges related to violating a protection from abuse ...Read more
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