US Labor Department proposes rule to boost transparency in pharmacy benefit manager fees
Jan 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration on Thursday issued a proposed rule aimed at increasing transparency around fees and compensation collected by pharmacy benefit managers. The move, which follows a
Deal reached advancing spending bills to avert US government agencies shutdown
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A deal was reached on Thursday to advance a major package of spending bills that would avert government shutdowns of agencies beginning on Saturday, according to a Senate Democratic leadership aide. The
Man who rammed a car into NYC Jewish site had recently connected with Chabad community, police say
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who drove his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City had recently been trying to connect with the Hasidic Jewish community and was recorded on video enthusiastically
Conservative judge in Minnesota tries to keep Trump administration in check during crackdown
A law enforcement agency executing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been described as a serial violator of court orders in Minnesota. The declaration didn’t come from the Democratic governor or Minneapolis’ Democratic mayor, who have repeatedly
Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI secrets for Chinese companies
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco on Thursday of stealing AI trade secrets from the U.S. tech giant to benefit two Chinese
Detainees pepper-sprayed on 2 occasions at Florida ‘Deportation Depot’ immigration detention center
MIAMI (AP) — Detainees have been pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions at a Florida immigration detention center dubbed “Deportation Depot” since it opened this past September. The Florida Division of Emergency Management confirmed Thursday that the
New cold snap adds urgency to winter storm recovery across the South
BELZONI, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of National Guard troops in ice-stricken Mississippi and Tennessee mobilized Thursday to clear debris and assist people stranded in cars or stuck at homes still without electricity as the Southern states raced
FBI seizure of Georgia ballots reflects pursuit of Trump’s 2020 election grievance
ATLANTA (AP) — In an extraordinary scene this week, FBI agents pulled box trucks up to a warehouse south of Atlanta and drove away with hundreds of boxes containing ballots and other documents related to the 2020
Seagoing albatross makes rare appearance off California coast, startling researchers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded sighting of the bird north of Central America. The yellow-billed bird with black button
Trump blames boredom, not sleep, for closed eyes during cabinet meeting
By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Sleeping or bored? For U.S. President Donald Trump, it’s in the eye of the beholder. Trump on Thursday said he was not asleep, just bored, during