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• Medicare launches revamp for heart attacks, hip fractures

  02-01-2017 09:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Heart attacks and broken hips cause much suffering and worry as people grow older. This year, Medicare wants to start changing how it pays for treatment of these life-threatening conditions, to promote quality and contain costs. Beneficiaries and family members may notice a new approach.
  
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• Early voting begins in midterm elections that could flip control of Congress

  18-09-2026 06:04 via yahoo.com
  HENRICO, Va. (AP) — In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections begins Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide who they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.Election administrators say they’re prepared and confident the vote will be accurate and secure. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump has continued with efforts to denigrate certain voting methods and reshape how U.S. electio
  
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• Lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial says he 'didn't have any doubts'

  18-09-2026 04:58 via cbsnews.com
  
  The lone holdout juror in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial said he "didn't have any doubts" about what he believed was Clancy's criminal responsibility, providing his account of the jury's deliberations. "I didn't have any doubts," juror Michael Desronvil said in a statement obtained by CBS News through his representative, Ray Marcel. "As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present."&
  
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• Pilot ejects safely after Texas Air National Guard F-16 crashes in Michigan

  18-09-2026 04:01 via abcnews.com
  
  A Texas Air National Guard F-16 crashed in Michigan during a training mission on Thursday afternoon, sparking an hourslong evacuation near the crash site, according to officials.The incident prompted the evacuation of homes and businesses within 1 mile of the crash site due to a "hazardous chemical spill related to the plane crash," Michigan State Police said.At about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, the evacuation order was lifted, according to state police.Fred Sobeck - PHOTO: A 149th Fighter Wing, Texas A
  
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• U.S. is selling F-35s to Saudi Arabia. Some worry the tech may wind up in China's hands.

  18-09-2026 03:31 via bbc.com
  
  President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office [Getty Images]
  President Donald Trump's administration says it has approved the sale of nearly 50 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a policy shift for the US that has raised concerns from some members of Congress.Saudi Arabia has sought for years to buy the world's most advanced warplane, equipped with stealth technology that allows it to evade enemy detection.Washington had resisted, partly because it supplies F-35s to i
  
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• Urgent motion filed to stop carving of Trump's name into Institute of Peace building

  18-09-2026 02:56 via politico.com
  Ousted board members of the U.S. Institute of Peace are asking a federal court to block the imminent carving of President Donald Trump’s name on the headquarters of the nonpartisan institution he sought to dismantle shortly after taking office.Members of the board who were removed by the administration filed an emergency motion Thursday in Washington in a dispute that has echoes of Trump’s effort to place his name on the Kennedy Center.The motion was filed as an emergency petition, a
  
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• Pentagon to proceed with controversial testosterone testing after pause

  18-09-2026 01:56 via yahoo.com
  By Gram SlatteryWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is reinstituting a mandatory testing program ‌for testosterone deficiency among US service members ‌age 30 and older, a spokesperson said on Thursday, ​bringing back a program that many medical experts have described as unnecessary and potentially harmful.US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has promoted the use ‌of testosterone to ⁠improve military readiness, first announced the screening mandate in July.U
  
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• Bipartisan frustration builds as Senators seek transparency from Pentagon

  18-09-2026 00:34 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions are mounting between the Pentagon and Congress over the flow of information to lawmakers about the U.S. military's priorities, with both Democrats and Republicans accusing a Defense Department leader of being frustratingly opaque. Some senators from both parties say they were left deeply unsettled Thursday after the Pentagon's top policy adviser, Defense Undersecretary Elbridge Colby, failed to provide an expected update on the Trump administration's National Def
  
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• RFK Jr. tells vaccine-skeptic group they have a 'friend at the White House'

  18-09-2026 00:01 via abcnews.com
  
  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the vaccine-skeptic group Children's Health Defense on Thursday they have "a friend in the White House" in President Donald Trump.Kennedy delivered the keynote address in Washington, D.C., at a conference hosted by the group, noting that Trump has given directives to strengthen research, transparency and parental choice around childhood vaccines."Let me be clear. You have a strong and steadfast friend at the White House," Kennedy sai
  
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• Drugs found in system of woman driving SUV in fatal crash with L.A. bus, prosecutors say

  17-09-2026 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Police and LA Metro investigate the scene of a crash with a LA Metro Bus left two people dead on Sept. 15 in Chatsworth. (Ronaldo Bolanos/Los Angeles Times)The 36-year-old woman charged with murder in a violent, high-speed crash that killed two people in Chatsworth on Tuesday was under the influence of drugs and had narcotics in the car when she drove the wrong way on city streets and broadsided a Metro bus, prosecutors said.The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Thursda
  
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• Killing endangered wildlife is legal if they aren't the target, new Trump rule says

  17-09-2026 22:52 via yahoo.com
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would not be considered illegal unless the animals were specifically targeted, under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by President Donald Trump's administration that marks a sea change in how the landmark environmental law is enforced.A directive sent to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees this week says imperiled animals or plants must be intentionally targeted for their killi
  
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• Trump-backed congresswoman criticizes Trump's immigration policies

  17-09-2026 22:30 via time.com
  
  Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) talks to reporters following a House Republican conference in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 1, 2026. —Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesRep. María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican up for re-election in November, released an ad on Thursday in which she criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, just months after he endorsed her campaign.“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforceme
  
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• Trump-backed congresswoman criticizes his immigration policies

  17-09-2026 22:30 via time.com
  
  Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) talks to reporters following a House Republican conference in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 1, 2026. —Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesRep. María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican up for re-election in November, released an ad on Thursday in which she criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, just months after he endorsed her campaign.“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforceme
  
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• New polls show that Americans finally agree on 1 thing: Opposing AI

  17-09-2026 21:23 via tech.yahoo.com
  
  There's not much the American people agree on these days. From Trump Steaks to plastic straws, from vaccines to Teslas, it's hard to pinpoint a topic that hasn't been polarized by politics. But a series of new surveys suggest Americans may have finally found some common ground, at least for the moment: growing concerns about artificial intelligence. Last week, a long-running industry debate about AI safety broke containment and went viral after an Anthropic researcher named Jacob Coxon quit his
  
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• Trump's rate hike comments place renewed scrutiny on the Fed's independence

  17-09-2026 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump with Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22. - Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File
  The Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in three years has ushered in a new twist to the already unusual relationship between President Donald Trump and the world’s most powerful central bank.
  Trump raised eyebrows on Wednesday evening by appearing to suggest that he gave Kevin Warsh, his handpicked Fed chairman, permission to raise rates &ndas
  
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• Judge sets new condition as Trump talks about Kennedy Center being 'ripped down'

  17-09-2026 20:25 via yahoo.com
  By Katharine Jackson and Mike ScarcellaWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps to demolish the Kennedy Center, the landmark performing arts venue ‌that has become a flashpoint in his efforts to reshape the U.S. capital.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the order after ‌lawyers for a Democratic congresswoman who is suing to keep the venue open and T
  
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• Judge requires 30 days' notice before Trump can demolish Kennedy Center

  17-09-2026 20:25 via yahoo.com
  By Katharine Jackson and Mike ScarcellaWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps to demolish the Kennedy Center, the landmark performing arts venue ‌that has become a flashpoint in his efforts to reshape the U.S. capital.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the order after ‌lawyers for a Democratic congresswoman who is suing to keep the venue open and T
  
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• Trump says he has a 'big decision coming up' on whether to 'annihilate' Iran

  17-09-2026 20:11 via thehill.com
  President Trump said Thursday that he is facing a major looming decision in Iran as the U.S. war in the country shows no signs of subsiding. 
  "I have a big decision coming up. Do I want to go in and annihilate them [the Iranian regime] or do I not? It's a big decision. Anything could happen with me,” Trump told Axios.
  The comments come after reports surfaced that Trump is slated to meet with the leaders of six Persian Gulf nations on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assemb
  
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• Rubio takes behind-the-scenes role on Iran war while keeping future options open

  17-09-2026 18:47 via nbcnews.com
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio "really does have the rest of the world to worry about," White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The talks to end the Iran war had hit a snag.Vice President JD Vance had flown to Pakistan for negotiations with the Iranians, a sign that the two sides had narrowed their differences and the White House might be poised to announce a breakthrough.As the marathon April meeting unfolded, though, U.S. negotiators began
  
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• White House withdraws ICE director nominee after Republican blocks hearing

  17-09-2026 18:18 via yahoo.com
  The White House on Thursday withdrew the nomination of Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a Republican blocked his confirmation hearing.Schroyer's nomination stalled after Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a foe of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, requested that the Department of Homeland Security provide his committee with more information about its investigation into two ICE and Border Patrol agents accused of ki
  
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• Scientists discover the first new cat species in more than 100 years

  17-09-2026 17:00 via nationalgeographic.com
  In 2016, Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, a biologist and National Geographic Explorer working in Bolivia, received a call from a local wildlife sanctuary that had just been given what they described as “a weird cat.” It came from a local man who found it as a kitten on a road near a forest. The man took the animal home, believing it to be a domestic breed. But after about a year of living with the clearly wild animal, he realized it would be better off at a sanctuary.As the lead scientist a
  
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• Trump says the EU allowing Canada as associate member could be a 'hostile act'

  17-09-2026 14:51 via uk.finance.yahoo.com
  
  By Ingrid Melander, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Yves HermanSTRASBOURG, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canada and Europe should ally to protect their markets, democracies and rule of law in a world dominated by the United States and China, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, after an EU ‌proposal to make Canada an "associate member".The Canadian prime minister received warm applause for his speech to the European Parliament, delivered hours after U.S. President Donald ‌Trump threatened t
  
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• Buckingham Palace broke its own golden rule over Princess Diana claims

  17-09-2026 14:33 via yahoo.com
  Britain's royal family has taken the unusual step of publicly challenging claims made by Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, in his upcoming memoir. Departing from the monarchy's traditional "never complain, never explain" approach, Buckingham Palace responded Wednesday to Spencer's recollection of a phone call between himself and King Charles, in the wake of Diana's death in 1997. According to Spencer, the call took place after Spencer objected to Prince William and Prince Harry, then
  
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• NBC news chopper's final video captures a troubling sound moments before the crash

  17-09-2026 14:23 via yahoo.com
  Mourners leave notes at a memorial for the NBC4 helicopter crew at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)NBC4’s helicopter was one of several news aircraft flying over the scene of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth Tuesday evening at sunset.It’s common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming.But around 7 p.m., something went horribly wrong and in a matter of seconds the NBC4 ch
  
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• Massie claims GOP support for Hegseth impeachment prompted early recess

  17-09-2026 13:47 via thehill.com
  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued Wednesday that House GOP leaders sent the lower chamber home early because they found other Republicans in support of his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. 
  “The fact that they didn’t vote on it tells me that they did a whip check, and they probably found that there were some other Republicans, besides me, that were going to vote for this, or at least didn’t want to be on the record supporting Hegseth,” he told host Ka
  
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• EU and Canada are stronger together, Carney says, after Trump derides EU alliance

  17-09-2026 12:19 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  By Yves Herman and Lili BayerSTRASBOURG, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed the proposal of becoming an "associate member" of the European Union, saying Europe and Canada were ‌stronger together and should deepen ties to protect their citizens' prosperity.Hours earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump had ‌derided the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's overtures as "laughable" and said he would hit Europe with further tariffs if h
  
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• There are more trucks on U.S. highways but fewer roadside inspections, report shows

  17-09-2026 12:00 via cbsnews.com
  
  A truck operated by Next Level Express Inc. slammed into an SUV parked on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike last December, killing two parents and their daughter on the way home from a family gathering. A second daughter survived.In the decade before the crash, none of the company's trucks or drivers had been subjected to a single roadside inspection.It's a pattern repeating hundreds of times a year. A CBS News analysis of millions of federal records finds more than 2,000 people have
  
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• GOP senators press Trump admin. for clearer Iran war goals as fuel prices soar

  17-09-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  Senate Republicans aren’t happy with the lack of progress in the Iran war and what they say is the administration’s failure to identify clear objectives to end the conflict.
  The war continues to be a major drag on GOP candidates as the failure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and new threats facing oil exports from Iranian-backed Houthi militias have sent the prices to nearly $106 a barrel, while raising the national gas price average to $4.37 a gallon.
  But Republicans are particularl
  
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• Bryan Kohberger's family says they support his attempt to challenge conviction

  17-09-2026 11:15 via abcnews.com
  
  The family of Bryan Kohberger is supporting his efforts to challenge his 2025 conviction, saying in a statement exclusive to ABC News, "Our full support of Bryan’s decision to pursue post-conviction relief does not come from a place of disregard.”Kohberger, who is currently serving four consecutive life sentences for killing four college students in Idaho, said in his petition that the circumstances of his plea deal are now suspect because, among other things, he was “convinced
  
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• U.N.-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in Iran strikes

  17-09-2026 10:49 via yahoo.com
  GENEVA (AP) — Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a pair of airstrikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.At the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran in February, a
  
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