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Missouri factory worker found dead inside industrial oven, police say
Fox News
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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Guatemalan national working under an alias was found dead inside an industrial oven at a cereal plant in Missouri last...
Missouri factory worker, 38, dead after becoming trapped inside industrial oven
New York Post
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June 30, 2025
A Missouri factory worker tragically died after becoming trapped in an industrial oven, according to officials. Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, was found stuck in an oven at the Gilster Marylee Cereal Plant in Perryville on Thursday afternoon, according...
3 West Tennessee residents charged in connection with over $28 Million in alleged health care fraud
WBBJ - Tennessee
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June 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE - WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE: Three West Tennessee Residents Charged in Connection with Over $28 Million in Alleged Health Care Fraud Part of the Largest Justice Department Health Care...
Wisconsin Wrestlers Rally Behind Ben Askren as $500K Health Push Gets Heartwarming Update
Essentially Sports
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June 30, 2025
“We are so thankful to share that Ben has received a double lung transplant. We are forever thankful to the donor and his family,” Ben Askren’s wife, Amy, shared in a heartfelt Facebook post on Monday. She also revealed that a generous donation of...
48 Texans charged in nationwide $14.6 billion healthcare fraud takedown
FOX 26 Houston - Texas
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Judge gavel, scales of justice and law books in court. (Brian A. Jackson/South Florida Sun Sentinel) TEXAS - 48 people from Texas are among 324 defendants nationwide facing criminal charges in the Justice Department’s 2025 National Health Care...
Missouri State football joins CUSA this week. What to expect from Bears.
Springfield News Leader - Missouri
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Missouri State football will no longer be considered a future FBS program this week, as it's set to officially join Conference USA on Tuesday, July 1. Bears coach Ryan Beard has spent a considerable amount of time this offseason tinkering with the...
USDA offers loans for Missouri farmer losses tied to March tornado
KMOV - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Farmers, ranchers and agriculture operations across Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas can now apply for low-interest physical loss loans tied to the tornado that struck on March 14 of this year. Per the U.S....
Editorial: Hawley vowed to protect Missourians' Medicaid. Now he’s voting to gut it.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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The Editorial Board Josh Hawley over the weekend did what anyone who knows anything about his brand of faux-populist politics should have known he was ultimately going to do: Missouri’s senior senator — who has spent months preening as that rare...
CBO: GOP bill has $1.1T in health cuts and 11.8M losing care
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 30, 2025
HAIYUN JIANG/THE NEW YORK TIMES Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters as he heads back to his office after offering opening remarks on the Senate floor as a “vote-a-rama” begins on Capitol Hill in Washington, today. The...
With new Portland home, Maine’s only medical school tackles doctor shortage
Mainebiz - Oregon
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When Ines Castro-Rosillo finishes medical school in 2028, she is aiming for a career in women’s health, while classmate Jim Barry is drawn to family medicine and the treatment of kidney diseases. “My goal would be to open my own private practice...
Additional 55 rural hospitals at risk of closure should Medicaid cuts pass
Healthcare Finance News
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Photo: Knaupe/Getty Images Rural hospitals will have to scale back services or close altogether should the Senate pass President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, according to a new report from Families USA and rural health providers in West...
Coverage without care: What Medicaid expansion missed in Missouri
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
In Missouri, we don’t just live with fewer healthcare options. We live with the knowledge that when help doesn’t come, it’s not an accident. It’s policy. I’m a nurse. I’ve worked in rural hospitals, in short-staffed ICUs, in systems that have...
Best Products for Summer Health Hazards
WTOP - District Columbia
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June 30, 2025
Summer suggestions for your medicine cabinet and beach bag Pools, playgrounds and picnics are all part of summer outdoor fun.… Summer suggestions for your medicine cabinet and beach bag Pools, playgrounds and picnics are all part of summer outdoor...
Missouri City Senior residents face new setback as elevator breaks down 2 days after being repaired
KHOU - Texas
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June 30, 2025
Residents at Jubilee at Texas Parkway are frustrated as a newly repaired elevator breaks down again, just days after regaining service. A resident contacted KHOU 11 News shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday to report that the elevator on one side of the...
Too sick to work, some Americans fear Trump’s bill will strip their health insurance
Haitian Times
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June 30, 2025
Overview: KFF Health News reports that Trump’s proposed Medicaid work requirements could force millions off coverage—worrying many low-income and disabled Americans who depend on the program. By Phil Galewitz and Stephanie Armour | KFF Health News...
Can Missouri senators get to the bottom of the MU Health – Anthem pushing match?
KWOS - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
Missouri senators hope to get some answers on why MU Health and Anthem Blue Cross still haven’t come to terms on a new contract that’s left Anthem customers out of network. A public hearing is set for today (Monday). Senators expect to hear from...
MU Health Care and Anthem officials to testify before Missouri Senate Committee Monday
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As negotiations remain at a standstill, officials from MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will testify before a Missouri Senate Committee Monday afternoon. Since April 1, over 90,000 patients previously covered...
UPDATE: MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield officials to testify before Missouri Senate committee on Monday
KWOS - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
We expect to learn new details Monday afternoon in Jefferson City in the almost three-month-old dispute between Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Columbia-based MU Health Care. State Sen. Sandy Crawford (R-Buffalo) speaks on the Missouri Senate...
Patrol reports 11 arrests in North Missouri June 28 through June 30, 2025
KTTN - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
The Missouri State Highway Patrol recently released a report detailing the number of arrests made in north Missouri between June 28 and June 30, 2025. The report indicates that a total of 11 individuals were arrested during this period. Some of...
Missouri Western lacrosse falls short against Dominican
The Griffon News - Missouri
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Missouri Western Women’s Lacrosse faced off against Dominican at home on March 31 at Spratt Stadium. It came down to the wire, but Dominican would shoot the game winning goal to end it 12-11. The Griffons entered into this game 5-3 with a...