Indiana to impose Medicaid work requirements
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indiana said on Friday it will require its Medicaid recipients work or do some other form of community engagement, becoming the second state to make this fundamental change to the 50-year-old health insurance program for the poor.
Father of molested girls charges disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor in court
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U.S. mulls allowing more wind, solar projects on federal lands
(Reuters) – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering changes to a California desert plan that had set aside areas for renewable energy development, a move it says would promote more wind and solar projects on federal lands.
New York man charged with defrauding investors out of $5.3 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a New York man with bilking investors out of $5.3 million by misrepresenting himself as a successful fund manager linked to the family behind the former Genovese drug store chain
U.S. judge orders Russian-owned company to pay $6 million settlement
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a Russian-owned corporation to pay a $5.9 million settlement it reached last year with U.S. prosecutors over allegations that it laundered proceeds of a $230 million tax fraud.
Anonymous bitcoin philanthropist donates $5 million to medicine foundation
LONDON (Reuters) – An anonymous benefactor has donated $5 million in bitcoin to the California-based Open Medicine Foundation, the non-profit research organization said on Friday.
U.S. flu-related hospitalizations highest in nearly a decade: agency
(Reuters) – Flu activity worsened over the past week as more people headed to doctors’ offices and emergency rooms, with hospitalizations at the highest in nearly 10 years, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
Charleston airport evacuated for two hours over suspicious iPad
(Reuters) – South Carolina’s Charleston International Airport was evacuated for about two hours before dawn on Friday after screeners found a suspicious package that turned out to be an iPad, the airport’s top official said.
U.S. could unwind wind, solar restrictions on federal lands
(Reuters) – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering changes to a plan that set aside areas for renewable energy development in the California desert, a move it says would promote more wind and solar projects on federal lands.
Victims’ father charges at ex-U.S.A. Gymnastics doctor in court
CHARLOTTE, Mich. (Reuters) – The enraged father of three daughters sexually abused by Larry Nassar charged towards the former USA Gymnastics national team doctor and tried to attack him during a sentencing hearing in a Michigan courtroom on Friday.
