By Susan Jaffe, KFF Health News Ever since Larry Wilkewitz retired more than 20 years ago from a wood products company, he’s had a commercial Medicare Advantage plan from insurer Humana. But two years ago, he heard about Peak Health, a new advantage plan started by the West Virginia University Health System, where his doctors…
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California is a unique state in many ways, but when it comes to energy prices, that’s not a good thing. The Golden State not only has the highest electric rates in the country, rates in California have been rising more than twice as fast as any other state in inflation-adjusted terms. Why are California’s electric…
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By TERRY TANG, Associated Press For academics, historians and activists, the past year has been tumultuous in advocating the teaching of Black history in the United States. Despite last year proclaiming February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump started his second term by claiming some African American history lessons are meant to indoctrinate…
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By KOSTYA MANENKOV and GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess has been arrested, just before his trial opens on charges including rape in a case that has been an embarrassment to the royal family, police said Monday. Related Articles A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine…
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By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operations. Related Articles Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says,…
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line fighting and deadly long-range…
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By MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press Technology Writer The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn’t a failure to get on board with the company’s artificial intelligence plans. Related Articles US futures and world shares slip as worries over Trump’s Fed chief pick…
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BEIJING (AP) — Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.” The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, took the award on Sunday for his book, “Meditations: The Reflections of…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press Business Writer U.S. futures and world shares skidded on Monday as worries over President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next Federal Reserve chair amplified jitters over a possible bubble in the artificial intelligence boom. Related Articles Before merging bank accounts, couples should discuss their decisions California’s housing reality: Affordability,…
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By MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press The spotlight is on Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania on Monday morning, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil announce whether he saw his own shadow, thereby predicting six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Thousands attend the annual event that exploded in popularity after the 1993…
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