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Sticker shock: 92,000 Pennsylvanians drop Obamacare health insurance in 2026
Roughly 1-in-5 Pennsylvania Obamacare plan enrollees dropped health coverage for 2026 due to "unprecedented cost increases," the state's online health insurance marketplace reported Monday.
Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, also called Obamacare, totaled about 486,000 for 2026, with about 92,000 dropping their health...Read more
Providence releases body cam footage of Brown University shooting
The city of Providence, Rhode Island, released body camera footage, incident reports, and emergency radio recordings from the December double-fatal shooting at Brown University, showing a swarm of officers responding.
The documents, at times heavily redacted, show the initial response to the mass casualty event that took the lives of two ...Read more
Stepbrother of girl who died on Carnival cruise appears in Miami federal court
MIAMI — A 16-year-old Florida boy appeared Friday at a closed-door federal court hearing in Miami on charges related to the death of his teenage stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship in November.
But his case and the proceedings will remain sealed from public view because the defendant is a juvenile, unless prosecutors seek and obtain a judge�...Read more
Philadelphia's Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to men
PHILADELPHIA — Moore College of Art & Design will consider opening its undergraduate programs to men for the first time in its 177-year history.
The Philadelphia school, which touts its role as “the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation,” cited the need to make arts programs more accessible in the region ...Read more
Journalism may be too slow to remain credible once events are filtered through social media
In the first weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a strange pattern emerged in Western media coverage. Headlines oscillated between confidence and confusion. Kyiv would fall within days, one story would claim, then another would argue that Ukraine was winning. Russian forces were described as incompetent, then as a terrifying ...Read more
How the law can add to child sex trafficking victims’ existing trauma
The January 2026 release of additional files related to the Justice Department’s investigation of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has brought renewed attention to the late financier’s connections to the world’s rich and powerful.
However, the failure to redact identifying victim information and ...Read more
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing for another harsh summer
Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than 4,000 animals in an auction that lasted nearly 24 hours – about 200 cows an hour.
It was the height of a drought that has gripped the ...Read more
Americans are asking too much of their dogs
Americans love dogs.
Nearly half of U.S. households have one, and practically all owners see pets as part of the family – 51% say pets belong “as much as a human member.” The pet industry keeps generating more and more jobs, from vets to trainers, to influencers. Schools cannot keep up with the demand for veterinarians.
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Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how faith and politics reshaped a generation
Fifteen years ago, Egyptians from all walks of life took to the street to demand “bread, freedom, social justice.” They were protesting the oppressive 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt had been under martial law for 31 years. This meant that political opposition was silenced, and opponents were often imprisoned and tortured. ...Read more
Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
With a stroke of a presidential pen, the lives of Izumi Taniguchi, Minoru Tajii, Homei Iseyama and Peggy Yorita irreparably changed on Feb. 19, 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which set in motion their wartime incarceration along with other people of Japanese ancestry who were forcibly removed ...Read more
Ghislaine Maxwell takes Fifth but offers to talk if Trump issues pardon
Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying to a congressional committee Monday but offered to talk if President Donald Trump grants her clemency for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous sex trafficking ring.
Epstein’s convicted sidekick refused to answer any questions in a virtual appearance before the House ...Read more
Cuba warns airlines it's out of jet fuel, announces drastic measures amid US oil blockade
Cuban authorities have notified international airlines that they won’t be able to refuel at the island’s airports, as the country’s energy crisis deepens following President Donald Trump’s steps to cut the island’s oil supply in a push for negotiations.
The Federal Aviation Administration published notices Sunday alerting U.S. ...Read more
Nancy Guthrie ransom note demanded $6 million by 5 p.m. Monday. The deadline looms
The apparent ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie abduction demanded $6 million in bitcoin by 5 p.m. Monday in exchange for her return, sources told the Los Angeles Times.
The looming deadline comes as both law enforcement officials and Guthrie’s family express concerns about the 84-year-old’s health. Officials say she was abducted from her ...Read more
The 'degradation of society': Idaho lawmakers push new bathroom bills
BOISE, Idaho — Two Idaho lawmakers have proposed bathroom bills aimed at making people use the bathroom that corresponds to their biological sex, despite disagreement over whether that was an issue.
State Rep. Cornel Rasor, a Sagle Republican, proposed a bill Friday that could make it a misdemeanor to “knowingly and willfully” enter such ...Read more
Trump shrugs off racist meme posting amid rare wave of GOP criticism
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has shrugged off a controversy surrounding a racist meme of the Obamas shared on his social media account, ignoring rare pushback from several Republican lawmakers.
One White House ally, granted anonymity to be candid, dubbed the posting of a meme depicting former President Barack Obama and former first ...Read more
Trump's drug pricing plan gets lukewarm reception
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s unconventional plan to lower prescription drug prices is being met with a skeptical eye from Republicans as Congress places a greater focus on drug pricing ahead of the midterm elections.
Trump’s plan is to establish “most favored nation” pricing to bring U.S. prescription drug pricing more in ...Read more
British Prime Minister Starmer catches a break as his Cabinet gives a show of support
LONDON — Keir Starmer’s Cabinet members voiced their support for the prime minister on Monday, buying him time to shore up his beleaguered premiership after the Labour Party’s leader in Scotland urged him to quit.
One by one, every single Cabinet minister backed Starmer in the hour after Anas Sarwar’s intervention. That included both ...Read more
Minnesota school leaders fear declining attendance during ICE surge will also lower state funding
MINNEAPOLIS — The recent surge of federal agents in Minnesota has not only forced businesses that rely on immigrant and refugee workers to curtail their hours and some to close their doors.
It’s hurting schools as well. Especially their finances.
Fears that their children will be approached and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs ...Read more
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he's 'working with judges' on redistricting, prompting ethics concerns
BALTIMORE — When asked recently if Maryland Courts might strike down his efforts to redraw congressional districts to stamp out the state’s only Republican seat, Gov. Wes Moore told “MS NOW” that his team has been “working with judges” to prepare for legal challenges. The statement raised ethical red flags among some law professors ...Read more
Minneapolis shelter vandalized more than year ago asked for leniency for attacker as it mends
MINNEAPOLIS — St. Anne’s Place, a family homeless shelter in north Minneapolis, was attacked by a group of its across-the-street neighbors in the middle of the night, forcing the shelter to relocate 16 mothers and their 30-plus children. More than a year later, shelter staff attended the sentencing of one of the assailants, asking a Hennepin...Read more
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