Millions of Children Lost Health Insurance in Medicaid Shakeup
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State Dept staff shakeup accelerated ahead of Trump's inauguration, 2 sources say
At least 20 State Department officials were told to resign from leadership roles before Trump took office, two sources said.CBS News - Jan. 20 -
WATCH: Trump children arrive at US Capitol for inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump’s sons and daughters entered the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday.ABC News - Jan. 20 -
Trump children arrive for inauguration ceremony
President-elect Donald Trump's children arrived Monday at the Capitol for Trump's inauguration ceremony. Norah O'Donnell anchored CBS News' special report.CBS News - Jan. 20 -
Save the Children chief says connecting Gazan children is a "real moment of hope and peril"
Save the Children president and CEO Janti Soeripto tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, the organization is trying to connect more than 17,000 ...CBS News - Jan. 19 -
How Hollywood lost the culture war
Its fate hitched to the Democratic Party, Hollywood has reinforced the failure of political imagination that gave us Trump 2.0: reflections on a doomed alliance.Los Angeles Times - Jan. 19 -
Justice Department says Alabama institutionalizes too many children with disabilities
The U.S. Justice Department says Alabama is unnecessarily institutionalizing children with physical disabilities in nursing homes and hospitalsABC News - Jan. 16 -
Sibling rivalry: parents favour older children and daughters, study finds
International research also reveals conscientious or agreeable children are likely to receive preferential treatment. As Philip Larkin once noted, your mum and dad have a lasting effect on you. ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
‘A ton of unknowns’: months ago, LA residents lost wildfire insurance. Then the fires came
After insurers like State Farm dropped policies, to switch to the state’s Fair plan was prohibitively pricey for many. When James Borow realized last Tuesday that his Palisades house was on fire, ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
Our Insurance System Subsidizes Moves to Disaster Zones
Our policies encourage Americans to flock to areas particularly prone to climate-related disasters.The New York Times - Jan. 16 -
Some parents could be able to join Georgia's Medicaid program without working
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to let low-income parents with young kids enroll without working in a Medicaid program that provides coverage for some able-bodied adultsABC News - Jan. 15 -
Country Garden Lost $24.33 Billion in 2023
The Chinese developer released its long-delayed results showing that its net loss narrowed in the first half of 2024 following a record loss in 2023.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 14 -
New AI tool for fighting health insurance denials could save hospitals billions, and help patients
Waystar announced a new generative AI feature that aims to help hospitals quickly fight insurance denials.CNBC - Jan. 13 -
Celebrities who lost their homes in the L.A. fires
Multiple stars have lost their homes to the flames, which began in Pacific Palisades Jan. 7 and quickly spread to Malibu and Santa Monica.MarketWatch - Jan. 13 -
Trump's return puts Medicaid on the chopping block
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.CBS News - Jan. 13 -
Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway
Everyone knows California is disaster-prone. But wildfires are supposed to be in the hills, not on the beach, and certainly not inside the borders of one of the biggest and best-prepared cities on ...Los Angeles Times - Jan. 11 -
California homeowners battle an 'insurance crisis' as wildfires burn out of control
The wind-driven wildfires burning out of control in the Los Angeles area couldn't have emerged at a more perilous moment for California's homeowners, as officials try to rehab what they concede is ...NBC News - Jan. 10 -
Corrective action is needed to preserve Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
Any lasting fiscal reforms must moderate the growth of the largest mandatory spending programs: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.The Hill - Jan. 10 -
Nigerian authorities round up street children seen as "security threat"
Sharia police in Nigeria's Kano state say they've "mopped up 300 of these boys from the streets" and put them in a camp for "rehabilitation."CBS News - Jan. 10 -
California Wildfires Lay Bare an Insurance Crisis
Even before the latest blazes, California officials warned that an emergency state insurance fund was in trouble, while private insurers dropped coverage.The New York Times - Jan. 10 -
WATCH: Insurance expert on how to prepare for insurance claims amid California fires
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with insurance broker Karl Susman about the difficulty of insuring homes and making fire claims in California as residents begin to survey the damage left by the fire.ABC News - Jan. 9 -
Before the Palisades Fire, many of those homeowners had lost insurance
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.CBS News - Jan. 9 -
The Los Angeles Fires Will Put California’s New Insurance Rules to the Test
The state’s insurance industry was reformed in late 2024 to promote coverage in disaster-prone areas. Tens of billions in fire damage will stress-test the new regime.Wired - Jan. 9 -
Israeli drone strike in West Bank kills two children, Palestinians say
Yahoo News - Jan. 9 -
Insurers brace for losses of up to $20bn from California wildfires
JPMorgan analysts double estimates as blazes continue to rageFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children
The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains more fluoride than in the United States.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children
The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains more fluoride than in the United States.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Israeli Strike in West Bank Kills 3, Including Children
Violence has escalated in the occupied territory over the last year and a half, as Israel conducts raids targeting armed fighters with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Health experts rally for ‘call to arms’ to protect children from toxic chemicals
In new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, leading researchers to propose action to protect kids. Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research has ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Can Americans end our abusive relationship with private health insurance?
What we mainly fear is that “breaking up” with the current private insurance model would be even worseThe Hill - Jan. 8 -
Report: Israeli attack kills three in West Bank, including children
Yahoo News - Jan. 8 -
Bank of England to relax rules for banks and insurers
PRA’s Sam Woods says burden can be eased without ‘race to the bottom’ on financial regulationFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
Bid to halt children's bill sickening, says Phillipson
The education secretary criticises a push for a new inquiry into grooming gangs by halting progress of the bill.BBC News - Jan. 8 -
Inside the neighbourhood totally lost in LA fires
Homes are gone in the wealthy Pacific Palisades area as wildfires rage on.BBC News - Jan. 8 -
Punks distribute toys to children in need for Three Kings Day in Mexico City
“The bases of punk are mutual support and solidarity,” said José Luis Escobar, who created a project called Kings Punks decades ago.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Chef Alexander Smalls celebrates Sunday dinner with his new children's book
In his new children's book, "When Alexander Graced the Table," James Beard Foundation Award winner Alexander Smalls shares the story of a young boy learning to contribute to family meals with a ...CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Opinion: If 'Baby Shark' represents the worst of children's music, this is the genre's best
The Armenian Canadian singer of "Baby Beluga" and "Bananaphone," who has been making music for kids since the 1970s, is an antidote to today's frenetic earworms.Los Angeles Times - Jan. 7
