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☆ The voters Harris wants to reach with her media blitz: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In today’s edition, senior White House reporter Peter Nicholas looks at where Kamala Harris' campaign thinks it can pick up support with the vice president's media blitz this week. Plus, senior political editor Mark Murray breaks down how Harris and Trump voters think "change" means very different things this election. They want to see her more, and we’re engaging with that and want to continue to do that,” a Harris campaign aide said. One of the sources described the Keystone State as a “problem spot” for the Harris campaign. Read more → Follow live updates from the campaign trail →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

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One measure on the ballot in New York state this November means two very different things to its supporters and its opponents. Advocates of the measure argue that it is simply a way to codify New Yorkers’ right to reproductive care. The Coalition to Protect Kids-NY has taken to calling the measure the “Parent Replacement Act.” The group argues that the measure would be used to strip rights from parents and push transgender rights for minors, in particular. The coalition's website includes no articles or other information about the ballot measure seeking to codify a right to abortion. Hochul’s office has helped lead the state’s Democratic Party to spend over $1 million to advertise in favor of the measure, including local ads, campaign yard signs and mailers.

Persons: you’ll, ”, Sasha Ahuja, they’ll, Ahuja, ” Ahuja, Roe, Wade, Kathy Hochul, “, ” Hochul, Anthony D’Esposito, ‘, I’ve Organizations: New, Coalition, New Yorkers, Equal Rights, NBC, “, NBC News, state’s Democratic Party, U.S . Rep, Republican, Harvard, Movement Advancement, Rights, Civil Liberties Union Locations: New York, Arizona , Colorado , Florida , Maryland , Missouri, Montana , Nebraska , Nevada , New York, South Dakota, Long

☆ Film on haenyeo, Korea's 'mermaids,' shows women who fight to preserve sea and sisterhood
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

South Korea’s “haenyeo,” or women divers, say that they’ve become inseparable from their deep blue environment. The women are preserving a centuries-old tradition, which includes maintaining a sort of sisterhood, and are also vocal against issues like climate change and nuclear waste. Haenyeo divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island in “The Last of the Sea Women.” Hasisi Park / Apple TV+The women argue and bicker almost as much as they crack jokes together. A haenyeo diver of South Korea’s Jeju Island in “The Last of the Sea Women,” premiering October 11, 2024. We have to go to the sea,” Geum Ok, a haenyeo, says in the film.

Persons: Malala Yousafzai’s, ”, Hasisi, Yousafzai, ” Yousafzai, “, Jang, Duk, Sue Kim, ” Kim, Lee Hee, ” Jang, It’s Organizations: Apple, UNESCO Intangible, Human Rights Locations: Jeju, South, “, Switzerland, Japan

Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, and brother-in-law, President John F. Kennedy, to assassins' bullets, and who channeled her grief into raising her 11 children and lifetime of public service, died Thursday. At the time, he was dating her older sister, Patricia, according to an official biography at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy's public profile was on the rise as chief counsel to the Senate Select Committee. Following JFK's assassination, Robert F. Kennedy ran successfully for the United States Senate from New York. But two of Kennedy's other sons, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Douglas Kennedy, said Sirhan had done his time and supported his parole bid.

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☆ Poll: Harris and Trump voters see their candidate representing 'change' — but in very different ways
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mark-Murray-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Mark Murray | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The September NBC News poll found Harris with a 9-point advantage over Trump when registered voters were asked which candidate better represents change, with 47% picking Harris and 38% selecting Trump. Word cloud of responses to the open-ended poll question about how Kamala Harris voters see her as representing change. It’s just that Kamala Harris represents positive change, and Donald Trump represents like, existential, terrible change,” said poll respondent Daniel D’Agustino, 33, of New York City. “[Harris] represents somewhat of a return to normalcy, in the same way that Joe Biden did in 2020. Word cloud of responses to the open-ended poll question about how Donald Trump voters see him as representing change.

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PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego faced off in Arizona’s feisty first and only Senate debate Wednesday evening, trading shots over the border, abortion, tax policy and more. Lake has long made the border a cornerstone of her campaign, chastising Gallego for supporting the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies. Gallego, in turn, has made the bipartisan border bill that Trump and Lake opposed a big part of his campaign. “He acts like he cares about us,” Lake said of Gallego, “speaking directly to the women” watching the debate. Talking to the media immediately after the debate, Gallego said: “She needs to be loud, she needs to lie because she’s weak.

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☆ Ethel Kennedy, human rights activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. Former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III announced the news of his grandmother’s passing on X. Ethel Kennedy was hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week. Photographs of the shooting aftermath show Ethel Kennedy, leaning over her husband with her hands over his chest as he bled onto the floor. In the decades following her husband’s death, Ethel Kennedy emerged as an environmental and human rights activist in her own right, founding the nonprofit organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to champion the causes her late husband pushed for. She met Robert F. Kennedy in 1945 through his sister, Jean Kennedy, on a ski trip.

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This article is part of the Opinion series At the Brink,about the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable world. It follows a decades-long freeze on designing, building or testing new nuclear weapons. The new buildings and cutting-edge machinery will eventually process the uranium needed to make the next generation of American nuclear weapons. Now there are an estimated 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world. It is undeniably true that the world is becoming more contentious, and nuclear weapons do deter our adversaries.

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☆ NFL Week 6 preview: Five things to watch out for
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Andy Scholes | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Brad Penner/USA Today Sports/Reuters Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills celebrates an interception during the second quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Orchard Park, New York, on Monday, September 23. Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold throws the ball to tight end Johnny Mundt in Minneapolis on Sunday, September 22. Caroline Brehman/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott celebrates after a touchdown during the Cowboys' 33-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland on September 8. Ken Blaze/USA Today Sports/Reuters Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. breaks a tackle from Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker K.J. David Banks/USA Today Sports/Reuters Rhamondre Stevenson of the New England Patriots runs the ball against Cincinnati Bengals defenders in Cincinnati on September 8.

Persons: Camryn Bynum, Steve Luciano, Keon Coleman, Eric Gay, Trevor Lawrence, David Rosenblum, Daniel Whelan, Gregory Bull, Trey Sermon, Nathan Ray Seebeck, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Deommodore Lenoir, Ezra Shaw, Riley Moss, Cooper Neill, Aaron Rodgers, Rodgers, Zac Goodwin, Jayden Daniels, Christian Petersen, Tremon Smith, Greg Zuerlein, Seth Wenig, Ja'Tavion Sanders, Germaine Pratt, Grant Halverson, Eric Murray, George Kittle, Jed Jacobsohn, Darius Slayton, Eric Kendricks, Brad Penner, Reuters Damar Hamlin, Bryan M, Bennett, Sam Darnold, Johnny Mundt, Stephen Maturen, Calvin Austin III, Brandon Sloter, John Amis, Aaron Jones, Stacy Bengs, Dak Prescotts, Allen Lazard, Alex Austin, Darnell Mooney, Matt Slocum, Patrick Mahomes, Dax Hill, Jay Biggerstaff, Deebo Samuel Sr, Ivan Pace Jr, Abbie Parr, Alvin Kamara, Kamara, Tim Heitman, Tua Tagovailoa, Tagovailoa, Jasen, Caroline Brehman, Shutterstock, Dak Prescott, Prescott, Ken Blaze, Brian Robinson Jr, K.J, Britt, Jaylen Waddle, Hill, Stephanie V, Daniels, Al Diaz, Justin Fields, Danny Karnik, Okonkwo, Tyrique Stevenson, David Banks, Reuters Rhamondre Stevenson, Jason Mowry, Andrew Van Ginkel, Vincent Carchietta, Rebecca Blackwell, Khalil Shakir, Justin Jones, Jordan Love, Brooke Sutton, São Paulo, South America Kirby Lee, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Reed Hoffmann, Isaiah, Ed Zurga, Patrick Mahomes scrambles, Charlie Riedel, It’s, Tom Brady, Kyle Shanahan, ” Shanahan, “, it’s, Baltimore’s, Dan Quinn, Nick Wass, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Jackson, John Harbaugh, They’ve, Cam Newton, Brian Hoyer, Mac Jones, Bailey Zappe, Jacoby Brissett, Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, Al Bello, Jerod Mayo, ” Mayo, Dallas, Jared Goff, isn’t, we’ll, ” Goff, Joe Sargent, Micah Parsons, Dan Campbell, Parsons, ” Campbell, he’s, Robert Saleh, Woody Johnson, Saleh, ” Johnson, Jeff Ulbrich, that’s, Aaron Rogers Organizations: CNN, Jets, Vikings, Cowboys, Steelers, Bears, Jaguars, Tottenham Hotspur, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, AP Buffalo Bills, Bills, Houston Texans, AP Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Packers, AP Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, USA, Sports, Reuters Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills, AP San Francisco 49ers, Deommodore, Arizona Cardinals, Cardinals, 49ers, Getty Images Denver Broncos, Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, AP Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Bengals, Panthers, Getty Images Houston Texans, Jacksonville, Texans, New England Patriots, AP New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, Giants, Reuters, Getty Images Minnesota Vikings, Getty Images Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Chargers, Tennessee Titans, AP Minnesota Vikings, AP Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, The Jets, Reuters Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, AP Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, Super Bowl, Reuters San Francisco 49ers, AP New Orleans Saints, Reuters Miami Dolphins, Reuters New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, AP Los Angeles Chargers, Shutterstock Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, NFL, Reuters Washington, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buccaneers, Dade Police, Miami Herald, Tribune, Service, Atlanta Falcons, Falcons, AP Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears, Titans, Patriots, New York Giants, São Paulo, The Eagles, Getty, Neo, Kansas City Chiefs, AP Baltimore Ravens, Arrowhead, Sunday, Eagles, Rams, Seahawks, San, Niners, NFC West, Seattle, Ravens, T Bank, NFC East, Baltimore’s, Cincinnati, Maye, Brissett, Lions, Dallas, The Cowboys, T, Detroit, Football Locations: London, Houston, Jacksonville , Florida, Inglewood , California, Santa Clara , California, Denver, Glendale , Arizona, East Rutherford , New Jersey, Charlotte , North Carolina, Orchard Park , New York, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Arlington , Texas, Philadelphia, Kansas City , Missouri, Miami Gardens , Florida, Cleveland, Tampa , Florida, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, São, South America, San Francisco, “, Detroit, New York

☆ United announced 13 new international routes and 3 'fifth freedom' flights to far-flung destinations
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

United Airlines announced 13 new routes across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. The Chicago-based carrier on Thursday announced 13 new routes across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America starting in the summer of 2025. Mongolia adds to United's growing list of "fifth-freedom" routes from of Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Other new fifth-freedom routes include Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and the western Pacific country of Palau from Tokyo. The airline's Europe expansion goes beyond Greenland.

Persons: —, Patrick Quayle, Quayle Organizations: United Airlines, Service, America, Atlantic, Tokyo's, UN, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Newark Liberty International, Washington Dulles International, United, Ponta Delgada Locations: Asia, Europe, Africa, America, Nuuk, Greenland, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Guam, Chicago, Dakar, Senegal, Pacific, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Palau, Tokyo, Cebu, Philippines, UAE, Milan, New York, Dubai, Frankfurt, Germany, Singapore, United's Guam, Portugal, Italy, France, Spain, New Jersey, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Tenerife, Ponta, Mexico, Costa Rica

☆ For Gen Zers tired of dating, applications for lavender marriages are open
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Lavender marriages historically helped conceal sexual orientation, but Gen Zers are redefining it. To share the load, some are opening up applications for "lavender marriages" — something that was once the preserve of the LGBTQ+ community. AdvertisementBut lavender marriages have made a resurgence on social media in recent months among Gen Zers who are tired of being broke, single, and lonely. AdvertisementA modern-day lavender marriageTraditionally, a lavender marriage was just that — a legally binding marriage. They said lavender marriages were "looking more appealing by the day" and that the agreement might be what they "really need."

Persons: Lavender, —, Gen Zers, Robbie Scott, Edward Reese, Reese, Christine DeVore, Zers, Aleksandr Zubkov, Sofie Roos, Roos, Bumble, Cleopatra, millennials, Z, DeVore Organizations: Service, Birch Psychology, of Labor Statistics Locations: Washington

☆ From day-one parental leave to zero-hours reform, UK workers to gain raft of rights in flagship Labour bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — British employees are set to gain a slew of employment benefits under flagship legislation put forward by the new Labour government on Thursday, including stronger rights to sick pay and an entitlement to take paternity leave from the first day in a job. Workers will also be eligible to take unpaid parental or bereavement leave from day one of a job, and to claim statutory sick pay from the first day when they are unwell, rather than the fourth. Starmer said on social platform X the reforms would be the "biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation." It is one of the first major pieces of legislation set out by the Labour government, which took office in July. Starmer and Finance Minister Rachel Reeves are also preparing to deliver their first budget at the end of the month.

Persons: Keir Starmer's, Starmer, Rachel Reeves Organizations: LONDON, Labour, Workers

☆ CNBC Sport: Shams Charania on joining ESPN and life after Woj
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Alex Sherman | In Alex-Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +21 min

Charania begins his ESPN TV work today. "It's definitely going to be a lot of TV," Charania said. They worked together at Yahoo Sports before becoming rivals, only for Charania to eventually take over for Wojnarowski at ESPN. Charania begins his ESPN TV work today. "It's definitely going to be a lot of TV," Charania said.

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☆ FCC chair denounces Trump’s calls for CBS to ‘lose its license’ over Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel denounced former President Donald Trump’s “threats against free speech” Thursday after he attacked CBS and called for the network to “lose its license” over a recent “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. In recent days, the former president has lambasted the Harris interview, accusing CBS News of editing the sit-down with correspondent Bill Whitaker. “As I’ve said before, the First Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy.”Trump’s attacks on CBS comes after he backed out of his own “60 Minutes” interview last week and has repeatedly fended off invitations from television networks, including CNN and Fox News, for additional debates, instead opting for sit-downs with right-wing media outlets. Following ABC’s Trump-Harris debate in September, Trump dialed into “Fox & Friends,” where he called for the Disney-owned network to have its license “take[n] away.”Rosenworcel’s statement is the second time this week she has spoken out in support of broadcasters. On Tuesday, the FCC chairwoman issued a statement calling threats from Florida’s Health Department to prosecute local TV stations over an abortion rights ad “dangerous,” and emphasizing that pressure from the state government “undermines the fundamental principle of free speech.”

Persons: Jessica Rosenworcel, Donald Trump’s, Kamala Harris, Harris, Bill Whitaker, Trump, “, Harris ’, ” Trump, Rosenworcel, ” Rosenworcel, I’ve, ”, ABC’s Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN — Federal Communications, CBS, News Organization of CBS, “ CBS, CNN, Fox News, “ Fox & Friends, Disney, FCC, Florida’s Health Department Locations: New York

☆ Inside ESPN's 3-part plan to jump-start its lagging podcast business
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"We have a lot of work to do on podcasting," Burke Magnus, ESPN's president of content, said in a recent interview with Business Insider. Cowherd now works with Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green and — ironically — current ESPN personality Shannon Sharpe. Sharpe isn't the only ESPN star with a podcast that's not affiliated with ESPN. Related storiesESPN's 3-part turnaround plan for podcastsIn Magnus' mind, there are three main ways ESPN can make its podcast business more successful. Advertisement"If we rope all three of those things together, I think we can have a meaningful podcasting business in the not-too-distant future," Magnus said.

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CNN —Two federal judges have rejected requests to immediately reopen voter registration in Georgia and Florida as the southeast continues to grapple with significant storm damage ahead of the November election. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — both of whom are Republicans — argued there would be a significant “administrative burden” on the state’s elections offices if the voter registration deadline were to be extended. Ron DeSantis told reporters that there’s “nothing inhibiting” unregistered voters from registering ahead of the deadline later that day. But we’re not going to change any registration deadline. You can register today, and there doesn’t need to – there’s no reason to open that up,” the governor said.

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Vice President Kamala Harris revealed this week that she owns a Glock — a weapon that is restricted for purchase in California amid a court battle over the state’s gun laws. The Harris campaign did not specify where and when she bought the Glock, which model she owns or which storage devices she uses. In 2013, as attorney general, Harris cleared the way for a new provision of the handgun safety law to take effect. Gun-rights advocates denounced Harris for owning a firearm while she was arguing for policies that would restrict which weapons people would be allowed to buy. Michel, a California attorney who is representing the gun-rights advocates suing California over its handgun safety law.

Persons: Kamala Harris, — I’ve, ” Harris, Harris, they’re, Glock, ”, C.D, Michel, “, ” Kris Brown, —, Brown, Brady Organizations: Democratic, CBS, ’, NBC News, Glock, Service, Department, Justice Department, NBC, U.S, Supreme, Washington , D.C Locations: California, Alameda County , California, San Francisco, Glocks, Washington ,

☆ New Zealand to update inclusion guidelines for transgender athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

New Zealand will update its guidelines on transgender athletes in community sport following criticism from Olympians that the principles ignore female athletes’ rights and undermine fairness and safety. Critics of transgender inclusion in women’s sport say going through male puberty imbues athletes with a huge musculo-skeletal advantage that transition does not mitigate. Supporters of transgender participation argue that not enough research has been done into the impact of transition on athletic performance and excluding transgender athletes amounts to discrimination. Sport NZ’s “Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport” do not apply to elite sport. Individual sports in New Zealand govern how transgender athletes participate at elite levels.

Persons: Chris Bishop, ” Bishop, “, Raelene Castle Organizations: Sport NZ, New Zealand, Transgender People, Community Locations: Zealand, New Zealand

Like the presidential contest, the Senate race offers deep contrasts in a state that’s been divided neatly in half for years. We want to have a lawfully run election,” Lake said. In 2022, Lake challenged her loss to Hobbs, taking it all the way through the Arizona legal system. “It’s going to be a tight race,” Lake acknowledged. In 2018, Gallego rallied alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Phoenix, saying facetiously: “President Trump is going to build a wall.

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☆ Colorado court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn't make transgender-themed cake
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Lower courts in Colorado had concluded that Masterpiece Cakeshop and the bakery’s owner, Jack Phillips, had violated Autumn Scardina’s rights by refusing to make her a pink cake with blue frosting because of her identity as a transgender woman. Scardina had initially filed a discrimination complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division after Phillips refused to make the cake she wanted to order to celebrate her birthday and her identity as a transgender woman. Justice Melissa Hart, writing for the majority, said Scardina should have challenged that decision in an appeals court, rather than file a new lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 ruled in Phillips’ favor but on narrow grounds that avoided setting a major precedent allowing people to claim religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws. But in June 2023, in a case billed as a sort of sequel, the 6-3 conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court held the First Amendment protected web designer Lorie Smith from being compelled by Colorado to provide services to same-sex weddings.

Persons: Jack Phillips, Phillips, Scardina, Melissa Hart, Richard Gabriel, ”, construe, John McHugh, Scardina’s, ” Scardina, Phillips ’, Lorie Smith Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Colorado Supreme, Colorado Anti, Colorado Civil Rights, Defending, Colorado Civil, Phillips Locations: Colorado

The Department of Justice should investigate four of the nation’s biggest operators of youth residential treatment facilities for civil rights violations and fraud, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., argued Wednesday in letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led a two-year probe into residential treatment facilities for at-risk youth. Wyden said these were clear violations of federal Medicaid rules prohibiting residential treatment facilities from restraining children to discipline them, and from simultaneously restraining and secluding children. Acadia and UHS have both paid multimillion-dollar settlements in recent years to resolve DOJ probes into their hospitals and psychiatric centers. However, those cases did not focus on youth facilities run by the companies, which Wyden is asking the DOJ to investigate.

Persons: Sen, Ron Wyden, General Merrick Garland, Wyden, Healthcare —, ”, Mandel Ngan, Devereux, UHS, “ It’s, ” Leah Yaw, ” Acadia, ” Vivant, Wyden’s, ” Wyden, “ Organizations: Justice, NBC News, — Universal Health Services, Acadia Healthcare, Behavioral Health, Healthcare, DOJ, Getty, Senate Finance Committee, ”, Centers, Medicare, Medicaid Services, Administration, Children, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC Locations: Acadia, AFP

☆ Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin tangle over national security and tout bipartisan credentials in Michigan Senate debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Henry J. Gomez | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“Let’s get to work, man.”The debate, the first of two scheduled in the final weeks of the race, comes as mail-in balloting is underway in Michigan. Slotkin and Rogers are competing for the seat opening with the retirement of longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. “He was the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee in the run-up to the Iraq War,” Slotkin said of Rogers. “That information that was given to Congress was based on the CIA at the time that my opponent was in the CIA doing analytical work,” Rogers said. “I was here in Michigan, and I voted 'yes' on Proposition 3,” Slotkin added.

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☆ Kennedy family matriarch Ethel Kennedy, 96, hospitalized after stroke
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of one of America’s most famous political families, has been hospitalized after a stroke, her family said Tuesday. Kennedy, 96, the widow of slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and mother of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was sleeping Thursday when she had the stroke and is now being treated at a hospital, former Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., a grandson, said in a statement. “She is comfortable, she is getting the best care possible and she is surrounded by family,” the statement says. We are here looking after her.”She spent the summer enjoying time with her large family, her grandson said. Months after Robert F. Kennedy's death, she helped found a human rights center in his name dedicated to advancing his legacy.

Persons: Ethel Kennedy, Kennedy, Sen, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Joe Kennedy III, ”, Barack Obama Organizations: U.S . Locations: Los Angeles

All four drugs are in a class of wildly popular weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s. In the United Kingdom, authorities last year seized hundreds of counterfeit Ozempic pens — insulin pens that had been relabeled as Ozempic. Counterfeit weight loss drugs have serious health risks, according to the pharmaceutical companies and federal officials. Counterfeiters are already trying to cash in on a weight loss drug that the company hasn't even put on the market yet: retatrutide. But it's also one of the epicenters of the lucrative counterfeit drug trade, according to U.S. authorities who track counterfeit drugs.

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44 health care workers saw multiple cases of preteen children who had been shot in the head or chest in Gaza. 2 did not Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ These people were starving. ” Abeerah Muhammad Emergency and critical care nurse, 33 years old, Dallas, Texas “ Everyone we met showed us pictures of themselves before October. ” Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ It is very simple. ” 53 health care workers saw many children suffering from easily preventable infections, some of whom died from them.

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