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Federal judge won't block Colorado prescription drug discount law

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DENVER — A federal judge declined to block a Colorado law that requires drugmakers to offer discounted medications to more pharmacies, but a lawsuit challenging the legislation can still proceed.

Drugmaker AbbVie sued the state in June because of Senate Bill 71, which forbade drug companies from limiting how many pharmacies can participate in...Read more

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Nevada Democrats demand answers about renewed nuclear testing

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LAS VEGAS – Nevada Democrats are pushing for more detail into Donald Trump’s call to resume nuclear testing as members of the president’s administration say publicly that explosive testing is unlikely.

Sens. Jacky Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Steven Horsford, Susie Lee and Dina Titus sent the Trump administration a letter ...Read more

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Las Vegas lawsuit challenges no-bail detention for immigrant detainees

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LAS VEGAS – Two men being held by immigration authorities were misclassified by the Department of Homeland Security in a way that doesn’t allow them a chance to bail out as their cases proceed, a break in a decades-long established practice, a federal lawsuit filed in Las Vegas alleges.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, the ACLU...Read more

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SpaceX, ULA line up double launch night that would tie Space Coast record

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ORLANDO, Fla. — While SpaceX has managed the lion’s share of launches this year, it’s set to be a team effort with United Launch Alliance as the two companies have lined up a pair of launches Wednesday that would tie the annual record for orbital missions from the Space Coast.

Both a SpaceX Falcon 9 and ULA Atlas V stand less than two ...Read more

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UPS Louisville plane crash: Victim search continues, operations disrupted

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The search for victims continues after the fiery crash of a UPS wide-body cargo plane at the Louisville, Kentucky, airport on Tuesday afternoon, with nine confirmed dead so far.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear posted on social media Wednesday morning that “the number of those lost has now risen to at least 9, with the possibility of more.”

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Philippine typhoon deaths climb to 116 as new storm looms

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Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 116 people in the Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a year, with dozens more missing.

The typhoon, locally known as Tino, also displaced more than half a million people as widespread floods submerged homes and trapped residents on rooftops. The central province of ...Read more

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LA County moves to ban 'predatory solicitation' amid questions about sex abuse lawsuits

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LOS ANGELES — L.A. County supervisors want to bar "predatory" salespeople who they say prey on vulnerable residents seeking benefits from the region's social services offices.

The supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to explore creating a "buffer zone" outside county offices, prohibiting certain types of "aggressive" solicitation toward ...Read more

California agriculture dept. is hiding bird flu information, legal aid group alleges in lawsuit

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LOS ANGELES — A rural legal aid group is suing the California Department of Food and Agriculture for refusing to disclose the locations of dairies infected with H5N1 bird flu.

More than half of the 70 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu infection in the United States in the last year and a half have been in California dairy workers.

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Louisiana took months to sound alarm after two babies died in whooping cough outbreak

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When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard practice, public health and infectious disease experts told KFF Health News and NPR. The goal is to keep as many other vulnerable people as ...Read more

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Congressional stalemate creates chaos for Obamacare shoppers

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This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

Even with sign-up season underway, the fate of the enhanced premium tax credits that make coverage ...Read more

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Trump's HHS orders state Medicaid programs to help find undocumented immigrants

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The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve together received more than 170,000 names — an “unprecedented” step by the federal government that ensnares the state-federal ...Read more

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At The Hollow in Florida, the 'medical freedom' movement finds its base camp

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VENICE, Fla. — MAGA and MAHA are happily married in Florida, and nowhere more at home than in Sarasota County, where on a humid October night a crowd of several hundred gathered to honor state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, his wife, and an unlicensed Canadian radiologist who treats cancer with horse paste.

The event, titled “The 3 Big C’...Read more

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Minnesota schools under stress as they try to serve students' mental health needs

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota schools are confronting a student mental health crisis with a fragile patchwork system — and without much of the federal money that was supposed to help fix it.

The state received just two of the grants Congress approved after the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting to expand school-based mental health ...Read more

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For Philly immigrants seeking citizenship, the test is getting harder and support harder to find

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PHILADELPHIA — Raised in Northeast Philadelphia, sisters Perla and Aydee Trinidad do everything together, from speaking with a similar cadence to enrolling in the same college program. But these days, only one of them feels like she can move through the city without the worry of being taken away.

Even as a legal resident, “with all this ...Read more

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North Korea preparing for potential Trump-Kim meeting, Seoul says

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is preparing for a potential summit meeting between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump as the idea was broached during Trump’s recent visit to Asia, based on an assessment by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service.

Pyongyang gathered intelligence on American officials involved in North ...Read more

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At least 7 fatalities reported after UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least seven fatalities and 11 injuries were reported following an early evening plane crash in Louisville on Nov. 4, officials said Tuesday evening.

Some of the injuries were “very significant,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in a 7:30 p.m. update.

Beshear said he expects the number of dead and injured to grow, and updated ...Read more

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Democrat Jay Jones unseats Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares

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NORFOLK, Va. — At the end of a tight race, former Del. Jay Jones emerged victorious in the race for attorney general. The Associated Press called the race at 10:05 p.m. Tuesday.

Jones, a Democrat, unseated Republican incumbent Jason Miyares for the position. With 82% of votes counted, Jones led the race 51.6% to 48%, according to unofficial ...Read more

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Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans gripe about spotty Pentagon communication

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Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee repeatedly voiced frustration with a lack of information coming from the Pentagon at a confirmation hearing Tuesday for several assistant secretary nominees.

Austin Dahmer, who is currently serving as the acting deputy undersecretary of Defense for policy and has been nominated to be the ...Read more

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LAPD report says confusion, miscommunication hampered Palisades fire response

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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department has released a report that identifies several shortcomings in its response to the devastating Palisades fire, including communication breakdowns, inconsistent record-keeping and poor coordination at times with other agencies — most notably the city's Fire Department.

The after-action report ...Read more

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At least 4 fatalities, 11 injuries reported after UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least four fatalities and 11 injuries were reported following an early evening plane crash in Louisville on Nov. 4, officials said Tuesday evening.

Some of the injuries were “very significant,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in an update at 7:30 p.m.

Beshear said he expects the number of dead and injured to grow. The ...Read more