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RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump's pick to lead health agency

RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump's pick to lead health agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Manitoba projects $1.3B deficit in mid-year fiscal update

Manitoba projects $1.3B deficit in mid-year fiscal update

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is expecting to post a deficit of more than $1 billion for the fiscal year, with overspending in health care driving the projected shortfall.
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RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump's pick to lead health agency

RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump's pick to lead health agency

Associated Press (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Transgender bill challenger dismayed by Smith's openness to notwithstanding clause

Transgender bill challenger dismayed by Smith's openness to notwithstanding clause

EDMONTON — A lawyer fighting a new Alberta law affecting transgender youth says he’s disappointed Premier Danielle Smith will use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause if need be to shield the changes from legal challenge.
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North Carolina's Medicaid expansion hits enrollment goal about a year ahead of projections

North Carolina's Medicaid expansion hits enrollment goal about a year ahead of projections

RALEIGH, N.C.
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Medical debt totaling $30 million to be paid off in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has become the latest state to begin notifying its eligible citizens that some or all of their medical debt will soon be paid off, officials announced Monday.
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New Jersey weighs making underage gambling no longer a crime, but subject to a fine

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Should underage gambling no longer be a crime? New Jersey lawmakers are considering changing the law to make gambling by people under the age of 21 no longer punishable under criminal law, making it subject to a fine.
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Medical debt totaling $30 million to be paid off in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has become the latest state to begin notifying its eligible citizens that some or all of their medical debt will soon be paid off, officials announced Monday.
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What's behind rising autism rates: A broader definition of autism and better screening

What's behind rising autism rates: A broader definition of autism and better screening

President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists at a press conference Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club. Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Al Raine, only mayor of Sun Peaks, B.C., dead at the age of 83

Al Raine, only mayor of Sun Peaks, B.C., dead at the age of 83

SUN PEAKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Al Raine, the only mayor of Sun Peaks Resort Municipality and husband of champion skier Nancy Greene Raine, has died at the age of 83.
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