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Ticker: MassHealth dashboard planned; Consumer confidence ticks up in March

6 hours ago   |   Boston Herald

Beginning in May, MassHealth officials will begin publishing a public dashboard that will show where the people who are losing MassHealth coverage live, their demographics, and...
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Right-Wingers Use Nashville School Shooting To Push Anti-Trans Rhetoric

Right-Wingers Use Nashville School Shooting To Push Anti-Trans Rhetoric

15 hours ago   |   The Huffington Post

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump Jr. and others used the mass shooting to rail against health care for trans people.
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Obamacare Says Insurers Can't Deny Coverage of Contraceptives. They're Doing It Anyway

16 hours ago   |   The New Republic

The Affordable Care Act, or ACA, was signed into law 13 years ago, but some provisions of the landmark health care legislation regarding contraceptive care are still...
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Clement & Spinney: No good justification for banning nips in Boston

22 hours ago   |   Boston Herald

Early in March, Boston city councilor Ricardo Arroyo filed a motion to ban the sale and distribution of mini bottles of liquor, aka nips. Arroyo wants Boston to follow the nip...
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Ticker: Almost half workers keep side hustle; Disney to layoff 7,000

1 day ago   |   Boston Herald

Almost half of employed consumers hold a side job or have some other form of supplemental income such as selling artisan products, according to data released Monday by...
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Four Explanations for the Teen Mental-Health Crisis

1 day ago   |   Real Clear Politics

The possible culprits include social media's pernicious influence on adolescence, rising academic pressure, and helicopter parenting.
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When will Medicare cover medical marijuana?

1 day ago   |   Boston Herald

Many older adults are using medical marijuana to treat a variety of conditions, but experts say that conflicting laws, unclear safety standards and complicated rulemaking...
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Israeli unions launch strike, upping pressure on Netanyahu

Israeli unions launch strike, upping pressure on Netanyahu

1 day ago   |   Politico

Workers from a range of sectors in Israel launched a nationwide strike on Monday, threatening to paralyze the economy as they joined a surging protest movement against Prime...
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U.N. Investigators Protest to U.S. Over Health Care at Guantánamo Bay

2 days ago   |   NY Times

The rapporteurs filed the complaint with the United States on Jan. 11 but kept it confidential until this weekend. Washington has yet to respond.
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Finding Faith: 10 years after, Boston Marathon bombing survivor builds new life

Finding Faith: 10 years after, Boston Marathon bombing survivor builds new life

2 days ago   |   Boston Herald

Marc Fucarile has risen from the ashes on Boylston Street. Even though he's reminded daily of the “evil” that robbed him of his right leg at the Boston Marathon bombings a...
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Tennessee Lawmaker Has Defiant Response To Uproar Over Gun-Toting Family Photo

Tennessee Lawmaker Has Defiant Response To Uproar Over Gun-Toting Family Photo

GOP Rep. Andy Ogles, whose district contains the Nashville school where six people were killed, said he has no regrets about the holiday photo. Read more ...

Judge orders Phoenix to clean up large homeless encampment

A judge has ordered Phoenix to clean up a homeless encampment that spans nearly 10 blocks in the city's downtown area Read more ...

Garland wants marshals off security duty for Supreme Court justices

Garland wants marshals off security duty for Supreme Court justices

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that he hopes the enhanced security he authorized last year for Supreme Court justices and their families won't be provided... Read more ...

Ruling allows some pot dispensary licenses in NY to go ahead

New York officials will be able to issue licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries in some parts of the state now that an appeals court has narrowed the scope of a... Read more ...

Why Trump's Outrage Now Seems Justified - Lunch Alert!

This Dick Morris Lunch Alert! sponsored by Patriot Gold Group. Read more ...

Josh Hawley Claims Without Evidence Tennessee Shooting Is A Hate Crime

Josh Hawley Claims Without Evidence Tennessee Shooting Is A Hate Crime

A source familiar with the investigation told HuffPost there is "no evidence to prove any specific religion motivated the actions of the shooter." Read more ...

Mississippi tornado victims wonder, ‘How can we rebuild?'

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ROBERT BUMSTED and REBECCA SANTANA ROLLING FORK, Miss. - The tornado that collapsed the roof and two walls of Jermaine Wells' Mississippi home also... Read more ...

Chris Sununu is facing pressure to cancel NRA forum appearance after...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is facing pressure to not show up to an upcoming NRA forum in the wake of Monday's school shooting in Nashville. Sununu, a Republican governor... Read more ...

California takes on oil companies again with law that could cap profits in state

California takes on oil companies again with law that could cap profits in state

Gov. Gavin Newsom is signing legislation that could force the oil industry to cap profits and reveal gas price data in its largest U.S. market - demonstrating his clout in a... Read more ...

Photos: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum springtime tradition

Photos: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum springtime tradition

Volunteers Robin Ray and Patricia Fleck prepare 20-foot-long vines of nasturtiums during the annual springtime tradition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Tuesday, in... Read more ...