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CHICAGO -- A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded …
by MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press October 4, 2023m Emma McGuiness and her husband are seeking $50,000 in damages after she suffered an "injurious 'wedgie,'" in which the Humunga Kowabunga waterslide at Disney…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports October 4, 2023Cigna agreed Saturday to pay slightly more than $172 million to settle a claim by the government that it submitted false health data to Medicare in order to in…
by Edmund H. Mahony The Hartford Courant (TNS) October 4, 2023Several businesses use predictive technology to help insurance companies make coverage decisions. But patients, providers and patient advocates in several stat…
by Susan Jaffe The Washington Post October 4, 2023A Bentonville man pleaded innocent on Tuesday to five charges in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
by Bill Bowden October 3, 2023Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ability to remain in leadership was thrown into serious risk Tuesday after the House voted to move ahead with an effort by hard-right …
by The Associated Press October 3, 2023Hunter Biden pleaded innocent on Tuesday to three federal firearms charges filed after his earlier deal imploded, setting the case on a track toward a possible…
by The Associated Press October 3, 2023WASHINGTON -- Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a resolution Monday evening to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his seat, triggering an expected intraparty cl…
by Marianna Sotomayor, Mariana Alfaro, Paul Kane and Leigh Ann Caldwell The Washington Post October 3, 2023NEW YORK -- The trials of Donald Trump began Monday in a New York courtroom, where the former president made an appearance to fight the first of several govern…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports October 3, 2023STOCKHOLM -- Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against covid-19 that were critic…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports October 3, 2023LOS ANGELES -- Late-night talk shows began their return to the air after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors complete…
by ANDREW DALTON The Associated Press October 3, 2023Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports October 3, 2023GENEVA -- The new head of the U.N.'s migration agency said Monday that the private sector is "desperate" for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labo…
by JAMEY KEATEN The Associated Press October 3, 2023NEW YORK -- U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a "morning-after pill" that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasi…
by MIKE STOBBE The Associated Press October 3, 2023SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational armed force led by Kenya to Haiti to help combat violent gangs, marking…
by DÁNICA COTO The Associated Press October 3, 2023