States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic
States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on ...
Trump is trying to halt the EV charger buildout. Experts say it’s not that easy
Experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s latest effort to slow the electric vehicle charging buildout in the U.S. In ...
Kids in New York keep dying while ‘subway surfing’ on top of trains. Can they be stopped?
Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of ...
UMass will pay student who made half-court $10,000 after insurance company said his foot was on line
A UMass student who made a half-court shot during a women’s basketball game halftime promotion will get his $10,000 prize from the school itself after the insurance company refused to pay because, ...
Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of change it to Mount McKinley
The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of ...
Hamas names 3 more Israeli hostages to be freed as ceasefire deal stays on track
Hamas identified three more Israeli hostages it plans to free as part of the fragile ceasefire agreement, a sign the deal was ...
Musk says he’ll bring back DOGE staffer under fire for racist posts
Elon Musk said Friday he will rehire a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer who resigned after several ...
Minnesota prep sports body says it will follow state law on transgender athletes, not Trump’s order
Minnesota’s governing body for high school sports says it will follow state law — not President Donald Trump’s executive ...
January jobs report shows employers added 143,000 jobs
The latest jobs numbers from January came out Friday. They show the economy added 143,000 jobs and unemployment declined from ...
Woman is accused of stealing from a TV reporter found dead at his hotel before the Super Bowl
Police are investigating the death of a television reporter who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl and on Friday ...
Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, false and misleading information is being pushed on social media to support the change, much of it ...
Trader Joe’s sets purchase limit on eggs nationwide
The company told Nexstar’s KOIN that limits are currently in place at all of its U.S. locations.