U.S. government says benchmark 2017 Healthcare.gov premiums up 25 percent
(Reuters) – The average premium for benchmark 2017 Obamacare insurance plans sold on Healthcare.gov rose 25 percent compared with 2016, the U.S. government said on Monday, the biggest increase since the insurance first went on sale in 2013 for the foll…
Pennsylvania ex-attorney general gets jail time in leak case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced on Monday to serve 10 to 23 months in county jail for leaking confidential grand jury information and then lying about it to investigators.
Virginia health board lifts contested rules on abortion clinics
(Reuters) – Virginia’s Board of Health voted on Monday to remove contested regulations on abortion clinics that included meeting hospital-like building standards, a spokeswoman said.
Mississippi NAACP seeks investigation of noose incident at school
(Reuters) – White students at a Mississippi high school tossed a rope around the neck of a black student and pulled it tight like a noose, the NAACP said on Monday, asking federal authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
AARP sues U.S. agency over employee wellness programs
(Reuters) – A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will subject workers to invasions of their medical privacy.
Alberta mulling legislated target for renewable electricity generation
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – The Alberta government is considering enshrining in law its target of generating 30 percent of the province’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030, the Minister Responsible for the Climate Change Office, Shannon Phill…
Ex-wife of jailed Subway pitchman says company knew of child sex
(Reuters) – The ex-wife of former Subway sandwich pitchman and child sex offender Jared Fogle sued the company in Indiana on Monday, alleging it knew about his pedophilia and failed to act.
Subject of debunked Rolling Stone rape article stands by interviews
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – The subject of a Rolling Stone article on a rape at the University of Virginia that the magazine has since retracted because the attack appeared not to have happened, testified on Monday she believed she had told the re…
Hired experts back claims St. Jude heart devices can be hacked
(Reuters) – Short-selling firm Muddy Waters said in a legal filing on Monday that outside experts it hired validated its claims that St. Jude Medical Inc cardiac implants are vulnerable to potentially life-threatening cyber attacks.
Dakota Access pipeline opponents occupy land, citing 1851 treaty
(Reuters) – Native American protesters on Monday occupied privately owned land in North Dakota in the path of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline, claiming they were the land’s rightful owners under an 1851 treaty with the U.S. government.
