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At Social Security, these are the days of the living dead
Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people.
They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no information on the record, ...Read more

Death is the only winner so far in Camp Lejeune litigation
Camp Lejeune’s victims are turning into ghosts haunting the federal judges and attorneys struggling with a flood of claims and lawsuits over harm from contaminated drinking water at the Marine Corps base in North Carolina from the 1950s to the 1980s.
One of them is Dan Mason, a Marine from September 1975 to September 1979 who spent more than ...Read more

Despite historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills across state lines
When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work.
“It’s scary. It’s frustrating,” said Angel Foster, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access ...Read more

Goal of welfare checks: Protect immigrant children or launch deportations?
WASHINGTON — When immigration agents recently began conducting welfare checks on youths who had arrived at the border unaccompanied by their parents, advocates grew alarmed, fearing the tactic was a cover to target the minors, their adult sponsors and possibly others for deportations.
Stories of these unannounced visits popped up around the ...Read more

Chicago campus that composts and creates energy aims to redefine waste management
CHICAGO — At a once-vacant brownfield on the South Side of Chicago, a semitruck backed into an unassuming warehouse and unloaded a colorful batch of food scraps and spoiled products. The discards soon ended up in a massive tank that mimics a cow’s digestion — minus the release of gassy byproducts — where they were turned into compost and...Read more

SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease -- with promising results
LOS ANGELES — A battle is underway against an invasive mosquito behind a recent surge in the local spread of dengue fever in Southern California — and officials may have unlocked a powerful tool to help win the day.
Two vector control districts — local agencies tasked with controlling disease-spreading organisms — released thousands of ...Read more

Pardons for friends, retribution for foes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent much of the last four years decrying Justice Department prosecutions against him and his supporters, and one of his first executive orders in January said it sought to end the “weaponization of prosecutorial power to upend the democratic process.”
But since then, Trump has used the power of his ...Read more

Trump calls Tillis' opposition to Washington's top prosecutor 'disappointing'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said that Sen. Thom Tillis’ decision not to support Trump’s nomination of Ed Martin as Washington’s top prosecutor is “disappointing.”
“It’s disappointing, because I know Ed,” Trump said. “He’s very talented. Crime is down in Washington, D.C.”
Trump was asked about Tillis’ stance ...Read more

Boeing vows to deliver new Air Force One by 2027, US official says
A top U.S. Air Force official said Boeing Co. is proposing to deliver its new version of Air Force One by 2027 as officials look to satisfy President Donald Trump’s demand for the updated presidential jetliner before the end of his second term.
While Boeing aims to deliver the aircraft on the accelerated time line, “I would not necessarily ...Read more

Arrests underway as pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University take over Butler Library
NEW YORK — Arrests were underway late Wednesday as the New York Police Department moved in to clear about 100 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University who had taken over Butler Library just days before final exams.
Several hours into the protest, Acting President Claire Shipman authorized the NYPD to enter campus, on top of a limited...Read more
Cal Poly president avoids worst of House committee's grilling on antisemitism
Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong testified at a tense hearing before a congressional committee Wednesday morning, fielding questions about the university's response to antisemitism on campus while escaping the worst of panel members' ire.
In fact, Armstrong emerged from the hearing rather unscathed — especially compared to the other two ...Read more

FBI, Department of Justice raise concerns about 'violent extremist network' 764
FBI officials say they are conducting more than 250 investigations across all of their field offices into a group they describe as a “nihilistic violent extremist network” that looks to “sow chaos” and “bring down society.”
The FBI is investigating the so-called “764” online predator group that is known to push victims to “...Read more

Judge says he may order US to facilitate return of Venezuelans
A federal judge posed a new threat to President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies, telling government lawyers he may order the U.S. to facilitate the return of alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
At a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said he is weighing ...Read more

NC House votes to loosen gun restrictions with lifetime concealed-carry permit
North Carolina gun owners who want concealed carry handgun permits could soon have to apply only once in their lives, if a bill in the state legislature becomes law.
The current law requires concealed carry permit holders to renew the permits every five years.
Under House Bill 674, which passed the House on Wednesday evening, there would be a ...Read more

Arrests underway as pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University take over Butler Library
NEW YORK — Arrests were underway late Wednesday as the NYPD moved in to clear about 100 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University who took over Butler Library just days before final exams.
Several hours into the protest, Acting President Claire Shipman authorized the NYPD to enter campus, on top of a limited number of arrests made by ...Read more

EPA to eliminate money-saving Energy Star appliance program
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate the money-saving Energy Star appliance program.
The program — which began in 1992 under Republican President George H.W. Bush — called for some appliances like refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines to meet certain energy efficiency standards...Read more

Trump says he won't lower China tariffs to jump-start talks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he’s unwilling to preemptively lower tariffs on China in order to unlock more substantive negotiations with Beijing on trade.
“No,” Trump said Wednesday when asked by a reporter if he is open to pulling back his 145% duties on Chinese imports to get the world’s second-largest economy to the ...Read more

NC Senate votes to let private-school teachers carry guns
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers have now approved multiple bills to allow private school teachers to carry concealed handguns on campus.
On Wednesday, the state Senate voted 29-18 to pass the Private School Security Act that sets conditions where private schools can authorize school employees and volunteers to carry handguns. Last ...Read more

Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker signs order protecting autism data in response to federal research plan under RFK Jr.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed an executive order that formally restricts the unauthorized collection of autism-related data by state agencies.
Pritzker’s order responds to federal efforts under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to create databases of personal information for those with autism “without clear legal safeguards or ...Read more

Bipartisan vote kills governor's plan to lower homeowners insurance costs in Colorado
A legislative effort to attack rising property insurance costs in Colorado failed in the last days of the session.
The bill, which was supported by Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway, would have tacked a 1% fee onto property insurance policies statewide, increasing the average premium by $32 per year. The ...Read more
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