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White House announces drug price negotiations for Medicare

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – The Biden administration announced Medicare will begin the process of directly negotiating prices for 10 different prescription drugs to bring healthcare costs down. The Inflation Reduction Act that Biden signed in 2022 means Medicare will begin negotiating the price of prescription drugs for the first time.Steven Hadfield, a Medicare beneficiary and cancer patient, said drug companies held all the power for too long. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! "For too long, drug makers have made a fortune while patients like me live in constant fear wondering how we pay for our medicine,” Hadfield said. “"Thanks to President Biden, that's changing. He's finally ending Big Pharma's one-sided pricing power and giving seniors like me a break."The White House announced Medicare will begin the price negotiation program with 10 drugs, including diabetes, heart failure and arthritis medications. Those drugs are among the most cost...

Donations brought to homeless shelter one year after violent attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A local man who was attacked with a sword outside an Albany homeless shelter in 2022 is using his experience to help others. Jon Romano brought donations to the IPH Community Connections Homeless Shelter Tuesday morning to mark one year since the attack.Romano sustained serious injuries in the attack. Romano previously served more than 15 years in prison for bringing a gun into Columbia High School in East Greenbush in 2004. Since his release, he has worked with law enforcement to try to prevent similar incidents. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! While last year's sword attack was not related to Romano's past, he hopes to use his story to encourage others to overcome their own challenges and make a difference."No matter what limitations you have, you can be of service, you can help others," he said. "Even if you feel like you don't have much yourself, you can even just be able to raise awareness to help those peo...

St. Louis County worker killed in mowing tractor rollover

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Detectives are investigating an accidental death involving a St. Louis County employee.The incident occurred just before 9:10 a.m. near the intersection of Halls Ferry and St. Cyr roads, according to Sgt. Tracy Panus, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis County Police Department.Officers responded to a call for a reported injury and arrived to find a man pinned beneath a large tractor mower that had fallen into a body of water. Why Bob Barker did not play for the St. Louis Cardinals The 44-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released.It appears the county employee was operating the mower when it rolled down an embankment and landed in the water.The county’s Operations Division is responsible for mowing services.The St. Louis County Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons unit is responsible for the investigation.

Denver jury convicts defendant of first-degree murder in 2020 shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

A Denver jury on Tuesday convicted a defendant of first-degree murder in a 2020 shooting death.Steven Daniel Young is guilty in the death of 32-year-old Charly Lewis, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office.Related ArticlesCourts | Slain DPS teacher Shayna Johnson remembered as a “protector” Courts | Aurora dentist accused of killing wife by poisoning her protein shakes expected to plead not guilty Courts | Suspect in fatal Aurora shooting arrested in Georgia for separate homicide Courts | Letters: Death threats to Trump and his son are as un-American as you can get Courts | Dentist convicted of killing wife on African safari given life sentence and over $15M in penalties On June 7, 2020, Lewis’s body was found in an alley behind 1065 Federal Boulevard, a news release said.“It’s believed that Young killed Lewis, in part, because she had witnessed Young commit a murder six days earl...

Four WRs, 13 DBs and many questions still to be answered: What Broncos’ very temporary initial 53-man roster says about current state of Sean Payton’s team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

The day Sean Payton was hired as Denver’s head coach, he previewed what his first several months on the job would look like.“For the early part of six, seven, eight months, whenever you go to sleep at night, your checklist won’t be complete,” he said Feb. 6. “That’s just part of the deal.”There’s always still more work to do when trying to overhaul a roster and kickstart a franchise that’s mired in a seven-season playoff drought.Payton’s roster checklist won’t be complete when he goes home in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, either, despite Tuesday afternoon’s hard deadline for NFL teams to cut down their rosters to 53 players.That’s assuming he, general manager George Paton and the rest of the scouting and coaching staff make it home at all in the time between the 2 p.m. Tuesday roster cutoff and 10 a.m. Wednesday, when waiver claims on all those cuts are processed and more than 1,000 players become free agents.“I’m going to go right inside and tonight we’re going to be he...

Police in standoff with alleged armed man in Orange County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

Authorities in Orange County are involved in what appears to be a standoff with an alleged armed man outside of a Hobby Lobby store.  Calls about the incident, located in the 1900 block of 17th Street, came into the Santa Police Department just after 4 p.m.  Aerial footage from Sky5 showed the suspect in the parking lot pacing back and forth while authorities standby with guns drawn. Police on the scene of a standoff with an alleged armed suspect outside of a Hobby Lobby store in Santa Ana on Aug. 29, 2023. (KTLA)All the stores in the strip mall have been evacuated. All east and westbound lanes of traffic from Mabury Street to Tustin Avenue are currently closed. In a post to X, formerly known as Twitter, police urged everyone to avoid the area.  SWAT and crisis negotiators are on scene, according to Santa Ana police.  This is a developing story. Please check back for details.

Video shows man rescuing boy from violent brawl at Torrance shopping mall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

As a violent brawl broke out at a mall in Torrance, one man is being hailed as a hero for saving a young boy being pummeled by teenagers.The fight broke out at the Del Amo Fashion Center on Sunday night where a large group of teens began physically targeting one victim.It all happened very quickly when Maurice Hardy, a good Samaritan, decided to jump in and save the boy.“I’ve got two little brothers and if I see something like that happening, I would want somebody to help them,” Hardy said. “So I thought, ‘I got to help them.' I don’t like bullies. I don't like stuff like that.”Video captured a large group of teens chasing the victim through the mall before knocking him to the ground. The teens are seen surrounding the boy before beginning to kick and punch him. Video captured good Samaritan Maurice Hardy (in a dark blue shirt) rescuing a boy from a violent brawl at the Del Amo Fashion Center on August 29, 2023. (Maurice Hardy)Video captured good Samaritan Maurice Hardy rescuing a b...

Lahaina search ends with unclear death toll from fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

By Audrey McAvoy | Associated PressHONOLULU — Crews in Hawaii have all but finished searching for victims of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, authorities said Tuesday, and it is unclear how many people perished.Three weeks after the fire devastated Maui’s historic seaside community of Lahaina, the count of the dead stands at 115. But an unknown number of people are still missing.Officials suggested that responders likely have already recovered any remains that are recognizable as such, and they are shifting the response to focus on removing hazardous waste and making the area safe for residents to begin returning.“We have wrapped up almost completely the search and recovery mission and moving into the next phase,” Darryl Oliveira, the interim administrator of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, said at a news conference.The next phase would be hazardous waste removal conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he said.Maui Police Chi...

Should the SF Giants get in on the Los Angeles Angels fire sale?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Los Angeles Angels responded to Shohei Ohtani’s UCL injury and the team’s fall out of the playoff picture with a stunning salary dump fire sale on Tuesday.The team placed starter Lucas Giolito, relievers Reynaldo López and former Giants Matt Moore and Dominic Leone, as well as outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk on waivers, according to ESPN. This presents an opportunity for the San Francisco Giants to add one of those players while only having to pay what remains on their contract. All would be rentals on expiring contracts, set to be free agents in the offseason.Perhaps the Angels are also motivated by the potential savings of more than $7 million if all the players get claimed. That would be significant because it would take owner Arte Moreno’s team under the luxury tax threshold.Because the Giants wouldn’t have to offer up any assets in exchange, it’d be worth exploring jumping into the waiver claim line for one (...

Australian prime minister says referendum to create Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be held on Oct. 14

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:14 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian prime minister says referendum to create Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be held on Oct. 14.Source