In switching to original Medicare, beware of Medigap plan refusals
It’s open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage, when people currently enrolled in private managed-care plans can ... Read More
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Fetty Wap announces new album 2 months after prison release
Fetty Wap has announced a new album, just two months after his early prison release.
The 34-year-old rapper was sentenced to six years in jail for drug trafficking in May 2023, but he was freed early in January and placed...Read more
Commentary: Trump's 'just for fun' war talk shows a dangerous trivialization
Little shocks me these days, but when I heard President Donald Trump’s remark this weekend that after “totally demolishing” much of Iran’s Kharg Island, the United States “may hit it a few more times just for fun...Read more
Former adviser to California Gov. Gavin Newsom received $50,000 payout after leaving state job amid federal probe
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, left state service with two things: a federal corruption investigation and more than $50,000 in pay for vacation time she accrued but ...Read more
Taylor Swift's No. 1 hits can be dangerous for driving, a new study says
Can the music you listen to in the car increase your risk for crashing?
It’s all about tempo, according to a study released by California attorneys’ group Sweet James, based on research from Australia’s Bond ...Read more
'Dry to the bone': Drought squeezes Everglades airboat operators
MIAMI — Instead of whizzing through the open marsh of the Everglades like he usually does, Tristan Tigertail steers his airboat alongside the man-made canal along Tamiami Trail.
On one side, cars speed past on the two-...Read more
Republicans fret over RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine policies while MAHA moms stew
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fielding pressure from the White House to relax his controversial approach to vaccine policies as the midterms near, but his most steadfast supporters are ...Read more
Commentary: I found out my dementia risk because of my own advocacy. Black families need to reclaim agency
My mother, Terrie Montgomery, was always organized, outspoken and deeply involved in our community. When she started repeating purchases and struggling to keep track of details, it took us months to name what was happening...Read more
As lung disease threatens workers, lawmakers seek protections for countertop manufacturers
César Manuel González, 37, used to work with stone that was engineered to endure: dense, polished slabs designed to outlast the kitchens in which they were installed.
Engineered quartz countertops have surged in ...Read more
Minnesota corn farmers withstood a trade war. The war in Iran is the next cost challenge
The U.S. war with Iran is wreaking havoc on the global fertilizer market and stressing Minnesota corn farmers who are already managing tense balance sheets.
Corn prices remain much lower than 2022’s peak of roughly $348...Read more
Escondido has some of San Diego County's priciest water. Avocado growers have waited a decade for a lifeline
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, California — Burnet Wohlford’s family built Escondido’s water supply.
More than a century ago, his great-grandfather, Alvin, directed water to the area from the San Luis Rey River along a rock and ...Read more
More kids are in ERs for tooth pain. Trump cuts and RFK Jr.'s anti-fluoride fight aren't helping
Eight-year-old Jonah woke up one May morning with a swollen face and a toothache. He refused the pain medication that his mom, Geneva Reynolds, tried to give him. He didn’t sleep or eat and cried constantly.
Within a ...Read more
Don't want that smokey eye – what cigarette smoke does to your vision
Smoking or living with cigarette smoke can accelerate age-related degeneration of the eyes, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine found, and it hurts young eyes more.
“Smoking is often assumed to accelerate aging by ...Read more
'Nobody told us it was dangerous': Quartz countertop boom linked to incurable lung disease among Bay Area workers
Until two years ago, Oakland, California, father of five Jose Peña could tote a 60-pound slab of countertop with ease. Now, a walk down the block with his kids leaves him gasping for breath and reaching for his oxygen ...Read more
Immigration enforcement threatens housing security, rippling through local economies
As federal immigration officers made more “at-large” arrests in communities across the country in the first year of the current Trump administration — including at homes, places of worship and workplaces — more ...Read more
Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals who to blame for cancelled reboot
Sarah Michelle Gellar has revealed the Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot was cancelled because of one executive who was not "a fan of the original".
The 48-year-old actress was set to reprise her role as Buffy Summers in ...Read more
Zendaya admits 'many people' in her life were tricked by fake AI wedding photos
Zendaya admits "many people" close to her were fooled by fake AI photos of her and Tom Holland's wedding.
The 29-year-old actress didn't directly address reports she and her fiancé, also 29, have secretly tied the knot, ...Read more
Healey orders 10 gigawatts of new energy resources by 2035 in 'all-of-the-above' approach
As gas and heating prices spike amid the war with Iran, Gov. Maura Healey announced Massachusetts will be aiming to establish 10 new gigawatts of energy resources over the next 10 years creating an estimated $10 billion in...Read more
Trump gets chilly response from allies over demand on Hormuz
After years of being antagonized by President Donald Trump, U.S. allies in Europe and Asia are in no hurry to bow to his demand that they send ships into a war he started — and has claimed to have won already.
Their ...Read more
Ford repurchase seeks to stabilize shares as GM buys more
Ford Motor Co. has unveiled a share repurchase program — but it differs from General Motors Co.'s buyback efforts in a big way.
The Dearborn automaker on Friday announced a plan to buy up to 31.7 million common shares ...Read more
NJ woman who protested at Columbia University is released from ICE detention
A New Jersey resident who was arrested during a 2024 pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University was released from federal immigration custody on Monday, her lawyers said.
Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman,...Read more
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