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By Nada Hassanein, Stateline.org More states are requiring their Medicaid programs and health insurance companies to cover non-opioid pain medications as an alternative to opioids, which can be cheaper for insurers but also more addictive for patients. Advocates, providers, medical associations and state lawmakers are pushing for parity in coverage. That means prohibiting insurers from…
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By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA moved its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar Wednesday for more repairs. The slow-motion trek at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center was expected to take all day. The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket had spent a month at…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has sent a second humanitarian aid package for Cuba as the island faces a tightened U.S. embargo and threats of tariffs against countries providing it with oil. Two Mexican navy vessels carrying 1,193 tons of supplies departed the Gulf of Mexico port of Veracruz on Tuesday, the Mexican Foreign Ministry…
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and South Korean militaries said on Wednesday they will conduct their annual springtime exercises next month to bolster their countries’ combined defense capabilities against a backdrop of a deepening diplomatic freeze with nuclear-armed North Korea. The Freedom Shield drills is set for March 9-19, according…
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By MATTHEW LEE and DÁNICA COTO BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has flown into the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis for talks Wednesday with regional leaders who, like others around the world, are unsettled and uncertain about Trump administration policies. After President Donald Trump ordered a…
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, REBECCA BOONE and HALLIE GOLDEN NEW YORK (AP) — Light snow moved through parts of the Northeast on Wednesday as people heading to work and school were trying to navigate their way out of a massive storm that dropped piles of powder on streets and sidewalks from Maryland to Maine. Related Articles…
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By JAMIE STENGLE DALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors told jurors Tuesday that a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center last year was carried out by members of antifa, opening a closely watched trial that lawyers for the accused say seeks to wrongly punish a group of political demonstrators. Nine people have pleaded not guilty…
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By SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has delivered the State of the Union. Now the challenge for him is to make that message stick. His address on Tuesday was a declaration of pride in the achievements of his still-young second term, as he boasted of an economic renaissance at home while…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer Wall Street inched higher in early trading Wednesday as markets turned their attention away from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech and toward the latest earnings report from AI chipmaker Nvidia. Futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each rose 0.3% before the opening bell, while…
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By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, author and entrepreneur aligned with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again movement, will appear before the Senate health committee on Wednesday as she seeks approval to be the nation’s surgeon general. The Washington confirmation hearing was…
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