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Residents Shelter in Place After Chemical Spill in Kansas
Residents of Atchinson County, Kansas, were told to shelter in place this morning after a chemical spill in the area forced evacuations and sent several individuals to the hospital. The spill, which happened shortly after 8 a.m. local time, covers a 4-block radius near Main Street, according to officials from the Atchinson County Emergency Management…
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Residents Shelter in Place After Chemical Spill in Kansas
Residents of Atchinson County, Kansas, were told to shelter in place this morning after a chemical spill in the area forced evacuations and sent several individuals to the hospital. The spill, which happened shortly after 8 a.m. local time, covers a 4-block radius near Main Street, according to officials from the Atchinson County Emergency Management…
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Cigna ends preauthorization requirement to treat opioid addiction
(Reuters) – Health insurer Cigna Corp has discontinued its policy of requiring doctors to seek authorization before treating opioid addicts, as part of a fight against an epidemic of opioid abuse, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Friday. The policy change will apply nationally, said Schneiderman, who has been pushing for easier access…
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Trump refuses to say whether he will accept U.S. election result
By Steve Holland and Amanda Becker LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump said on Wednesday he might reject the outcome of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election if he loses, an unprecedented challenge to a cornerstone of American democracy. During the last of three debates against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump was asked…
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Trump refuses to say whether he will accept U.S. election result
By Steve Holland and Amanda Becker LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump said on Wednesday he might reject the outcome of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election if he loses, an unprecedented challenge to a cornerstone of American democracy. During the last of three debates against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump was asked…
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Obama to give his diagnosis for what ails Obamacare
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday will head to the election battleground state Florida to give his prescription for fixing the Affordable Care Act, his signature healthcare law, but any remedies will be left up to his successor and the next Congress. Battling a barrage of negative headlines about rising…
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Obama to give his diagnosis for what ails Obamacare
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday will head to the election battleground state Florida to give his prescription for fixing the Affordable Care Act, his signature healthcare law, but any remedies will be left up to his successor and the next Congress. Battling a barrage of negative headlines about rising…
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AP FACT CHECK: Health insurance costs up, but not doubling
WASHINGTON (AP) — A claim from the final presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:
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AP FACT CHECK: Health insurance costs up, but not doubling
WASHINGTON (AP) — A claim from the final presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:
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App helps save Seattle cardiac patient
SEATTLE (AP) — If your heart is going to stop, right outside a hospital is not a bad place for it.