Oregon aggressively expanded its Medicaid rolls under the Affordable Care Act, adding enough people to leave only 5 percent of its population uninsured — one of America’s lowest rates. Now, with the reduction of a federal match that covered those enrollees, the state is calling on voters to decide how […]
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Doctor who aided hunt for bin Laden languishes, forgotten
Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years — since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to identify Osama bin Laden’s home, aiding U.S. Navy Seals who tracked and killed the al-Qaida leader. Americans might wonder how Pakistan could imprison a man who helped […]
Tokyo holds evacuation drill to prepare for N. Korean threat
People huddled into an amusement park basement and a subway station in Japan’s capital and others ducked and covered their heads at a community center Monday during a drill based on the scenario of an incoming North Korean missile. Loudspeakers in Tokyo’s first such drill warned that the activities involved […]
Trust in US institutions down dramatically, survey finds
A year on from the inauguration of President Donald Trump, trust in U.S. institutions is down sharply despite a rebounding economy and record highs in the stock market, according to a survey by public relations firm Edelman. In an annual assessment of trust levels around the world, the firm said […]
2 explosive devices detonated at Lake Wales mall: Police
Two improvised explosive devices detonated in the corridor of a mall in Lake Wales, Florida, Sunday evening, authorities said. The blast caused damage to a drop ceiling at the Eagle Ridge Mall as well as structural damage to an unpopulated area of the property along the corridor wall of a […]
WATCH: Blizzard warnings are in effect from Colorado to Minnesota
Transcript for Blizzard warnings are in effect from Colorado to Minnesota $100,000 death benefits during the shutdown. And next to the major winter storm at this hour. The blizzard warning from Colorado to Minnesota, and tornado watch issued for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, a. Denver’s airport, de-icing planes. Here’s Adrienne […]
NOAA says 2017 was record-breaking year for natural disasters in US
An onslaught of wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters across the nation in 2017 caused $306.2 billion in damage, breaking a record for the price of destruction, according to a report released Sunday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information tallied 16 […]
Families of soldiers killed in Apache crash won’t receive death benefit
The families of two Army soldiers killed early Saturday morning when their Apache helicopter crashed in California will not receive the $100,000 death benefit they are entitled to because of the ongoing federal government shutdown. When the same situation happened during the last government shutdown in 2013, families received the […]
More texts turned over from FBI agent taken off Mueller team
The Justice Department has turned over to Congress additional text messages involving an FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team following the discovery of derogatory comments about President Donald Trump. But the department also said in a letter to lawmakers that its record of messages […]
Calif. highway swamped by deadly mudslides reopens
A coastal California highway swamped by deadly mudslides reopened Sunday after a nearly two-week closure that caused traffic headaches across the region, state officials said. Traffic began moving again on U.S. 101 in Santa Barbara County shortly after noon, according to Jim Shivers, spokesman for the California Department of Transportation. […]