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Julie Appleby | (TNS) KFF Health NewsNew enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden administration confronts upheavals in the program.Donald Trump’s election to a second term has cast uncertainty around the future of the health law. In addition, the Biden administration implemented cumbersome policies to reduce fraudulent enrollment and is combating a lawsuit that aims to block immigrants who lack legal residency from buying insurance under the program.So far, the number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov — the federal marketplace…
By Tim Reynolds | Associated PressBasketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich has been away from the team because he suffered a mild stroke earlier this month, the San Antonio Spurs announced Wednesday.Popovich is in his 29th season as coach of the Spurs and there is no timetable for his return to the sideline, the team said. The stroke happened on Nov. 2 at the team’s arena, and Popovich is expected to make a full recovery.The 75-year-old Popovich, the NBA’s all-time win leader and a coach of five Spurs teams that won league championships, has already started a rehabilitation program, the…
Woolery, who was married four times, passed away at his home in Texas, according to his friend Mark Young. Learn more about his five children, three of whom are still alive. Image Credit: Getty Images Chuck Woolery has passed away at the age of 83, confirmed by his longtime friend Mark Young. Born on March 16, 1941, in Ashland, Kentucky, Woolery was best known for hosting iconic television game shows such as Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, and Lingo. Later in his life, he became the host of a popular right-wing podcast where he shared conservative views and criticized liberal values and…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion has been struck down by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.Enforcement of the 2019 law banning most abortions once cardiac activity is detected — as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they’re pregnant — had been paused pending the challenge before Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins.Jenkins said Thursday that when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and returned power over the abortion issue to the states, “Ohio’s Attorney General evidently…
Polestar is deep in the development of its Polestar 5, a Porsche Taycan rival previewed by 2020’s Precept concept. The new car is set to begin sales in 2025, likely as a 2026 model. Initial development work on the sleek electric sedan was handled at Polestar’s R&D center in the U.K., and now the latest prototypes are out testing in public view. When Polestar showed the Precept, it claimed the concept represented the future design direction for the brand. Judging by our latest spy shots, the production Polestar 5 will closely resemble the show car It has the same fastback…
Stellantis is looking to patent heated wheel wells to keep snow and ice from building up during winter driving. This feature is described in a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Oct. 31, 2024, but filed by Stellantis Apr. 25, 2023. As described in the filing, it would rely on an electric heating element embedded in the wheel well, with a wire or other connection to supply power from the vehicle. Stellantis heated wheel well patent image The heating element would be sandwiched between the vehicle’s body and a wheel-well liner, the latter being…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Recent technical analysis has revealed that the XRP price is consolidating after breaking key resistance levels to new highs. A crypto analyst has warned of an impending XRP price crash, urging investors not to get distracted as the RSI is still significantly above 50%. Discussing his predictions through short and long-term XRP price charts, the analyst shows that the cryptocurrency is firmly positioned in a bullish trend despite impending corrections. XRP Price RSI Hints At Potential Crash On the 4-hour XRP chart, a double tap structure is highlighted in the Relative Strength Index…
A Delaware court judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News filed by a Jan. 6 rioter who said the network falsely identified him as an FBI informant.U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer L. Hall granted Fox News’ motion to dismiss the suit filed last year by Ray Epps. The now-Utah-based Epps claimed his life was upended after former Fox host Tucker Carlson repeatedly described him as a federal agent who helped instigate the attack on the Capitol, which was an attempt to stop the certification of the election of President Biden. Carlson described Epps as a principal in a…
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that Democrats will not save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he fails to get enough support from his own party to retain his gavel. Jeffries pointed to the collapse of the bipartisan government funding agreement as a key reason Johnson would not get support from Democrats, when his speakership comes up for a vote again at the start of January. Asked in an interview on “Inside with Jen Psaki” whether Jeffries thinks Johnson is at risk of losing his position, Jeffries said, “I think that’s a real risk.” “And there will…
Lotte Kopecky and Tadej Pogaçar won this year’s Vélo d’Or awards for men and women, presented in a formal ceremony in Paris on Friday evening. Kopecky and Pogaçar were also awarded the Eddy Merckx Trophy for Best Classics rider.Created in 1992, the Vélo d’Or aims to crown the world’s best rider at the end of each season. For the second time in its 32-year history, the winners were revealed in person with a ceremony attended by most of the nominees.Runner-up the past two years of the Vélo d’Or Femmes award since it’s inception in 2022, Kopecky claimed the top honours…