The Trump administration is temporarily pausing new home health and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare, Reuters first reported Wednesday. The move is part of Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force’s broader efforts to eliminate healthcare ‌fraud across the U.S., according to Reuters. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

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The famous second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence likely drew its phrasing from a sermon delivered in the early 1700s. Tim and David Barton, the president and founder of Wallbuilders, respectively, explained the connection in a video posted by Allen Jackson, pastor of World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee....

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MIAMI (AP) — Two South Florida police officers claimed Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's recent action thriller “The Rip” used too many real-life details in its fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers' personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit. Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the...

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Federal agents are investigating the deaths of six people thought to be immigrants found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the border with Mexico in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday as a "potential human smuggling event." A Union Pacific employee found the bodies of six people...

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Tony Lovell, a British dog walker, thought he'd discovered what was just a "nice looking bottle" on the beach. Instead of finding a message inside, he found near-tragedy for him and his family -- potentially from one of the greatest tragedies of the last century. According to a BBC report...

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A West Virginia state lawmaker crashed a May 2 “Guns to Gardens” event held by Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church at a local fire department, saving numerous firearms from destruction. For decades, those pushing for gun “buybacks” have tried to convince people to turn in their firearms in exchange for a relatively...

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Attorneys for the state of New Jersey may have made a significant error while trying to fend off a Second Amendment challenge to the state’s ban on civilian possession of hollow-point ammunition in most circumstances. The state prohibited civilians from carrying the rounds, which are almost universally used by law...

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The "all cultures are beautiful" crowd is going to have a difficult time explaining this one. News began circulating in March that Nigeria's Ozoro, Delta State, held their annual Alue-Do fertility festival, but it became what's being branded a "rape festival." AU News reported that disturbing footage was posted online...

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After the Supreme Court ruled that a pro-life pregnancy center in New Jersey had the right to challenge a state order demanding that they hand over their donor list, the state government reiterated its desire to obtain the list. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of First Choice Women's...

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An alleged high-ranking member of a Venezuelan gang that surged in the U.S. under former President Joe Biden was extradited to Texas on Thursday, federal authorities announced. Suspected Tren de Aragua gangbanger Jose Enrique Martinez Flores is scheduled for a Friday court appearance in Houston after Colombian officials transferred him...

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Walgreens is closing a longtime location in Chicago because of runaway theft, shuttering one of the few remaining pharmacies in that portion of the South Side. On June 4, the pharmacy chain is suspending its location at 86th and Cottage Grove, according to a report from WFLD-TV. Walgreens Regional Vice...

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America’s largest children’s hospital agreed to open the nation’s first “Detransition Clinic” after years of scandals involving child sex-change procedures, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston will provide free sex-change detransition services through the clinic for its first five years as part of...

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Amid President Donald Trump's visit with senior Chinese leaders in Beijing, some automotive and national security experts urged him to avoid lifting restrictions on the communist nation's electric vehicle exports. Trump and other administration officials are expected to discuss trade policy with the Chinese government, prompting renewed warnings about the...

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Two Navy jets collided midair Sunday at an air show being held at Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho. The Gunfighter Skies air show crash took place at about 12:10 p.m. local time, according to the Idaho Statesman. Although the two planes fell in a twisted mass of smoking wreckage,...

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Amid drone attacks from Iran on its Arab neighbors, President Donald Trump is talking tough about what might come next. The United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran or one of its proxies for drone attacks on its nuclear power plant, according to the Guardian. Saudi Arabia said that it stopped...

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A teacher and apparent Black Lives Matter activist is expected to become the Seattle teachers union’s president despite allegedly abusing one of her students, The Seattle Times reported Monday. Ibijoke Idowu-Holiday is a special education teacher at Rising Star Elementary School. However, Seattle Public Schools chief of staff Rev Redmond...

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Two days after U.S. forces eliminated a top Islamic State leader in Nigeria, a second attack took out Islamic State fighters as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to protect Christians in Nigeria. U.S. Africa Command wrote in a news release that “in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, conducted...

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Spring & Mulberry is expanding a recall on their chocolate products amid fears of Salmonella contamination. The company announced on May 8 that they conducted a "root cause investigation" with the help of food safety specialists and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The investigation identified "a single lot of...

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A train collided with a septic truck on Thursday in Virginia, video shows. The crash unfolded Thursday afternoon in Chesapeake, local news outlet WAVY reported. A video, taken by Azuriah O’Daniel and posted to Facebook, captured the moment the train collided with the truck and exploded. Images from the scene showed...

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A Democrat dropped out of his primary race after he was caught on video taking campaign literature from a potential voter’s mailbox, WDRB reported Wednesday. Democratic Kentucky State Rep. Candidate Max Morley is former public school teacher who “worked on several high-profile political races” and was previously elected to the...

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Pakistan has sent a major military force to Saudi Arabia to assist in its defense if the war with Iran resumes. Although a ceasefire is in effect, the United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran or one of its proxies for drone attacks on its nuclear power plant, according to The...

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