UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente and other major U.S. health insurers say they want to make it faster and easier for patients to obtain care. Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association that represents the health insurance industry, announced Monday that some of its biggest members are taking steps to streamline “prior …
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Los Angeles — Getting to work is work for Franchescoli Andrade, who rides his bike, hops on a train and then takes a bus every day. His 20-mile journey from South Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley takes about 90 minutes each way. “Half an hour just to get …
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A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the State Department from enforcing an executive order that required Americans to select their gender assigned at birth on new passports. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick ruled Tuesday that any individual who needs to renew their passport because it expires within one year, …
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People near the town of Green Isle, Minnesota, are reacting to an intense police search and manhunt that ultimately led to the arrest of one of their neighbors. CBS News spoke with two people who played a role in bringing Vance Boelter into custody. “Once I realized there were no …
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A 15-year-old girl in Arkansas died Wednesday after a pack of dogs she was caring for attacked her, authorities said. The Saline County Sheriff’s Office said it received a 911 call around 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday reporting that a girl had been attacked by dogs. When deputies and EMTs arrived at …
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A jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty of one count in his sexual assault retrial as they returned a partial verdict after days of deliberations. Weinstein, 73, faced three charges. He was accused of third-degree rape, and two counts of first-degree criminal sexual assault. The jury told the judge they found Weinstein guilty …
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 reward for information related to a Tesla firebombing in Kansas in April. Security cameras captured a suspect throwing two lit Molotov cocktails at the back of a Tesla collision center in Lenexa, Kansas, around 1:05 a.m. on April …
Read More »House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, says he agrees with Elon Musk’s characterization of President Trump’s domestic policy bill as a “disgusting abomination,” torching what he called a “Republican civil war” among GOP lawmakers in an interview with CBS News. “What Elon Musk said is the stone-cold …
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The fungus labeled a “potential agroterrorism weapon” in a recent arrest touted by the Trump administration likely originated in North America and is already widely prevalent around the country, a researcher who studied the fungus for the federal government says. University of Michigan researcher Yunqing Jian and her boyfriend, Zunyong …
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The Trump administration says it’s pausing the garnishment of Social Security benefits for student loan borrowers who have defaulted. That means a temporary pause on a decision announced in April to restart collections on student loans in default. On May 5, the restart policy was put into action when the …
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