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U.S. to expand control of land sales to foreigners near 56 additional military sites
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. wants to expand a Treasury committee's jurisdiction to review land sales near U.S. military sites where foreigners are the buyers. New Treasury rulemaking would expand the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' powers to review land...
Quest Diagnostics, Southwest Airlines rise; Simulations Plus falls, Wednesday, 7/3/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Southwest Airlines Co., up 29 cents to $28.58. The airline adopted a shareholder rights plan in an effort to stave off a potential takeover by activist investor Elliott...
Nike, Kura Sushi fall; Infinera, Protagonist Therapeutics rise, Friday, 6/28/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Nike Inc., down $18.82 to $75.37. The global sportswear giant expects its revenue will slip during the current fiscal year. Infinera Corp., up 83 cents to $6.09. ...
EPA is investigating wastewater released into Puhi Bay from troubled Hilo sewage plant
Federal and state environmental officials are looking into what caused a large release of partially treated wastewater in Hilo last week and what can be done to prevent future incidents. The investigation is focusing on a discharge of 607,000 gallons of wastewater into Puhi Bay on...
Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to ensure access to contraceptives cleared the Democratic majority Pennsylvania House on Tuesday, drawing dozens of Republican votes but facing an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled state Senate. The bill was approved 133-69, with 14 women...
Change Healthcare to start notifying customers who had data exposed in cyberattack
Change Healthcare is starting to notify hospitals, insurers and other customers that they may have had patient information exposed in a massive cyberattack. The company also said Thursday that it expects to begin notifying individuals or patients in late July. Change...
Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 20 times higher than previously estimated, according to a paper published Tuesday in...
Biden administration seeks to wipe consumer medical debt off most credit reports with proposed rule
The Biden administration is pushing to prevent medical debt from being considered in most decisions made over whether someone qualifies to rent an apartment, buy a car or take on a mortgage. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it is planning a rule that would remove...
Community health centers' new crisis: The need for backup power
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — The 2017 Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people and destroyed 5,600 buildings, was already a stressful time at Alliance Medical Center’s clinic here, as workers who picked grapes in the nearby vineyards streamed into the nonprofit community health center with burns,...
Cameroon or Canada? Poorly paid doctors and nurses are choosing to leave. That's common in Africa
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After training as a nurse, Nevielle Leinyuy spent almost a decade in Cameroon working as a front desk receptionist because he was unable to find a decent paying job in the medical field. Last year, he gave up looking. He applied for a nursing program in Canada, where he now...
