CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The federal government is planning to allow states to use Medicaid funds to provide drugs to combat addiction and other medical services for people at state jails and prisons in an effort to help some of those most at risk of dying in the nation's overdose epidemic. Dr. Rahul Gupta, director [...]
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona is feeling much better these days. He has a rod in his left foot that bothers him when he wears his beloved flip-flops, but that's a breeze compared with what he experienced in the past. The former big league infielder dealt with gastrointestinal problems and blood-clotting issues [...]
Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. A case scheduled to come before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week, Gonzalez v. Google, challenges that law — namely whether tech companies are liable for the material posted [...]
WASHINGTON — The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It's an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed most of its communications toward doctors and corporations. FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf [...]
LOS ANGELES — The nation’s housing slump dragged on into January as home sales fell for the 12th consecutive month to the slowest pace in more than a dozen years. The National Association of Realtors said that existing home sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 million properties last month. That’s the [...]
OMAHA, Neb. — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation's freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while regulators try to strengthen safety rules in the wake of a fiery derailment in Ohio that forced evacuations when toxic chemicals were released and burned. Buttigieg announced a package of reforms Tuesday — two days after [...]
Introduced in the waning days of the previous session of the General Assembly, a legislative measure allowing Ohio schools to hire qualified U.S. Armed Forces veterans as teachers without licenses has been resurrected in the current session. The bill’s sponsor — Sen. Frank Hoagland, R-Adena, who previously served as a U.S. Navy SEAL team member [...]
Consumers are willing to pay monthly subscription fees for streaming services, pet food and even toilet paper. Now some restaurants are betting they'll do the same for their favorite meals. Large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang's as well as neighborhood hangouts are increasingly experimenting with the subscription model as a way to ensure steady [...]