Новости за 12.09.2018

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More than 4,300 people who were on Arkansas’ expanded Medicaid rolls have lost coverage because they didn’t comply with a new work requirement, making them the first to get kicked off the program under the rule. The Arkansas Department of Human Services on Wednesday said another 5,000 people on the […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for Prince’s family have moved a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit to the county where he died. Prince’s family sued Dr. Michael Schulenberg and various health care providers in Hennepin County last month, saying they provided services to Prince in the weeks before his death but failed to treat his […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Fire ripped through an entertainment venue in Boise, leaving about 60 percent of the building damaged by flames and water. Boise fire officials say the fire at the concert venue called the Knitting Factory in the downtown area was reported at about 5 p.m. Tuesday. Boise Fire spokeswoman Char Jackson says […]

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MIAMI (AP) — CORRECTS: More than 10M people under storm watches and warnings in 3 states (Corrects to include tropical storm watches) (Corrects APNewsAlert to include tropical storm watches)

Physicians must be able to viably practice, and fair Medicaid compensation would help.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A private liberal arts college with campuses in New Mexico and Maryland announced Wednesday a $17,000 reduction in its annual tuition, acknowledging that steady price increases in pursuit of prestige drove away many qualified students from families of moderate or modest economic means. Tuition for the coming academic year will […]

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The utterly charming “Pick of the Litter," which follows five puppies who enter guide-dog training, reveals something deeply moving in between the cute-puppy moments: the bond between dogs and their humans. Rating: 3 stars out of 4.

The survey, funded by the voter-approved initiative Best Starts for Kids and the Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Levy, asks a series of questions that will help connect students with services and in some cases may uncover a child who is in need of immediate intervention.

The Mariners might need to get "creative" with their starters this weekend with Paxton possibly out and Felix Hernandez seemingly unlikely to pitch Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will allow people who don’t identify as male or female to change the gender designation on their birth certificates to “X.” The legislation adopted Wednesday will also allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates without an affidavit from a doctor or mental health professional. […]

Bob Montgomery was 7 or 8 when he began learning to repair the machines in his father’s Seattle shop. He spent some 85 years working on IBM Selectrics and Smith-Coronas, mostly from his Bremerton shop.

NEW YORK (AP) — A television network has aired video of Harvey Weinstein fondling a woman who accused him of rape. The video aired Wednesday by Sky News was recorded by Melissa Thompson when she met Weinstein at his office in 2011. It shows Weinstein propositioning Thompson and caressing her shoulder during a business presentation. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A campaign urging Republican Sen. Susan Collins to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has generated more than $1 million in pledges, money that would go to her opponent in 2020 if she decides to support the judge. The senator and her Republican colleagues are decrying the effort in Maine as […]

Three of the top four teams in Class 3A call the Metro League home.

The redshirt freshman was 7-for-7 with a TD pass to Ty Jones against North Dakota on Saturday.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A former police officer in an Ohio village was sentenced Wednesday to 43 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women while on duty, including two women he had taken to the police station. The crimes of Justin Sanderson, 33, are “reprehensible and disturbing,” Montgomery County prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese immigrant who fled her native country when she was 8 has been named Planned Parenthood’s new president, the first doctor to hold the post in five decades. Dr. Leana Wen will assume the role Nov. 12, six days after midterm elections in which Planned Parenthood’s political wing plans to […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise city officials have approved an ordinance that will remove bicycles on public bike racks that are left unattended for three days or longer. The Idaho Press reports the ordinance adopted Tuesday is an effort to free up space on public bike racks. The new ordinance was proposed by the Mayor’s […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An ex-convict charged with gunning down a University of Utah student from China, using a stolen gun from a previous killing, has pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges. Austin Boutain entered the pleas Wednesday in an agreement with prosecutors that allows him to avoid a possible death penalty. He […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is replacing its media and advertising chief Tim Armstrong. Oath President and COO K. Guru Gowrappan will assume the Oath CEO role Oct. 1. Armstrong will stay through year-end as a strategic adviser. Gowrappan joined Verizon in April and before that was global managing director of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba. […]

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen (BRED’-uh-sen) says he’s “embarrassed by the circus” in the confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee — and he’s pointing at both Democrats and Republicans. The former governor says Republicans are “running this thing through in a way that I don’t think was […]

Neither of the three-star athletes felt a team bond in last year's squad that went 4-6 and missed the playoffs. So they set out to change that.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Opponents of grizzly bear hunts in Wyoming and Idaho have asked a judge to delay hunting for another two weeks while he considers if federal protections for the animals should be restored. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen last month put on hold for two weeks the first grizzly bear hunts to […]