By Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby, CNN The Supreme Court said Wednesday that the US Department of Health and Human Services failed to follow the proper procedures in varying reimbursement rates in a drug program aimed at hospitals that typically serve larger shares of disadvantaged patients. The decision was a narrow one
Continue ReadingAt least eight school districts in the Kansas City, Missouri, area have canceled summer school activities on Wednesday after a local police department said it learned of a shooting threat, as communities across the US remain on edge following a series of high-profile mass shootings.
Continue ReadingBy Jonah Gilmore Click here for updates on this story YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming (KETV) — An Omaha man and his wife are stuck in Montana as floods rage in Yellowstone National Park, leaving people trapped. Max Ridgway said what he’s seeing is like something out of a movie and he never thought a simple
Continue ReadingBy Lee Anne Denyer Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The owners of Super Taco Mexican Restaurants in Sacramento and Elk Grove are sharing their experience with vandalism and burglary after one of their restaurants was hit twice in one week. “It’s been a week of madness,” said Julian Cervantes,
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Cryptocurrency is having a terrible week. And it’s only Wednesday. Still, long-term investors are shrugging off the extreme drops in the a value of digital coins and the breakdown of the exchanges that make them available to investors. Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, dropped to near $21,000 Wednesday. It’s
Continue ReadingBy Alyse Jones Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Oklahoma families are caught in the middle of a fight between an insurance company and a local hospital group. United HealthCare no longer has a contract with OU Health. Now, families have to look for new places to go for care
Continue ReadingBy Ariana Jaso Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, California (KSBW) — On Tuesday, dozens of Salinas residents flooded the building during the Salinas City Council meeting. People voiced their concern and made their message clear— they don’t want homeless housing put into their neighborhoods. Salinas resident Eduardo Torres said to city leaders,
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By Marianne Garvey Bradley Cooper is opening up about his past drug and alcohol abuse and shared who helped him through some tough times. Cooper said when he was feeling lost and dealing with addiction early in his career, it was fellow actor Will Arnett who helped him recover. During a conversation on Arnett’s podcast
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Tensley and Nicole Chavez, CNN The recent arrests of 31 people accused of planning to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho might be perplexing to some, but White supremacy goes beyond just intolerance for certain racial groups. White supremacy has long been bound up with rigid views about gender, masculinity and sexuality.
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Bill Kirkos, Topher Gauk-Roger and Stella Chan, CNN Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, officials in the Southern California city said. “They were essentially ambushed while trying to keep a family safe,” El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona said. The officers
Continue ReadingBy Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story New Mexico (KOAT) — New Mexico Top Organics-Ultra Health along with six medical patients have filed a class-action lawsuit against seven insurers in New Mexico. The lawsuit was filed for a failure to cover medical cannabis costs. The lawsuit seeks, “a determination that medical cannabis
Continue ReadingBy KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KMBC) — There was a happy reunion Tuesday for a Lawrence boy and his scooter after it was stolen over the weekend. On Sunday, 7-year-old Brantley’s Lightning McQueen scooter was taken from outside the Walmart while his family was inside. Brantley is autistic
Continue Reading Scottie Andrew, CNN James Patterson, the best-selling crime and mystery novelist, apologized for saying that White men are kept from getting writing jobs due to “racism.” Patterson, who recently co-authored a book with Dolly Parton and this month published his autobiography, made the initial comment in an interview with the UK’s Sunday Times. Patterson said
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini have asked for both men to get 20-month suspended prison sentences. Blatter and Platini had faced sentences of up to five years for financial wrongdoing and forgery but actual jail
Continue ReadingBy Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A devastating discovery on Milwaukee’s south side. Family members are grieving after crews recovered the body of a 10-year-old boy near Pulaski Park. The boy was swept into a drainage tunnel near 27th and Loomis. His father, and a Good Samaritan who
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn and David Goldman, CNN Business After nearly 27 years, an iconic Microsoft product is finally being put to rest. Internet Explorer 11 is now incompatible with Microsoft products, as announced by the company in a blog post Wednesday. The move comes over a year after Microsoft first announced its intention to phase
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN They may have ended their engagement decades ago, but Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt still have love for each other. The former couple sat down for a chat that was published on Paltrow’s Goop site. In honor of Father’s Day, Paltrow brought up her late father, TV director Bruce Paltrow,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Amber Heard tiene miedo de ser demandada de nuevo por su exmarido Johnny Depp, aunque admite que todavía lo ama. Eso se reveló en la segunda parte de la entrevista exclusiva de Heard con Savannah Guthrie de NBC News, la primera de Heard desde el juicio por difamación de alto
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The high cost of gas and food is causing US consumers to pull back spending on other items, suggesting a slowdown in the economy’s main driving force. The monthly reading on retail sales showed a 0.3% drop in May compared with April, the first decline in spending since December. More
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone, CNN A suspect who allegedly made a mass shooting threat that prompted the cancellation of summer school events in at least eight Missouri school districts Wednesday is in police custody, according to the Blue Springs Police Department. “There is no threat to the public and as in all threats
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