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Sky Roberts, left, brother of Virginia Giuffre, who was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, and his wife Amanda Roberts hold up a photo of Giuffre during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images). This story contains mention of sexual abuse…
Deaths prompt state lawmakers to consider new hyperbaric oxygen therapy rules
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Trump Education Department to divert grants from colleges serving students of color
File photo of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which is among the nation’s largest Hispanic-serving institutions. Hispanic-serving institutions and other colleges and universities serving students of color will lose funding under a recent U.S. Education Department decision. (Photo by Hugh Jackson/Nevada Current) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced it will withhold $350…
Spiraling health insurance costs stymie members of US Senate panel
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., amid fog on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. senators began debating how to reduce health care costs for Americans during a hearing Wednesday, where experts’ varied recommendations and comments from lawmakers previewed the rocky and potentially long path ahead. Republicans on…
Lawsuit alleges Missouri officials are ignoring constitution to enact gerrymandered map
Missouri Capitol Police officers conduct security checks Dec. 9 on the 691 boxes of petitions filed to force a referendum on the gerrymandered Congressional district map passed by lawmakers in September. Of the 27 times a referendum has been placed on the Missouri ballot, voters have rejected the General Assembly’s actions all but twice (Rudi…