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(Reuters) — Officials from the U.S. government asked UnitedHealth Group to expedite payments to healthcare providers in an open letter on Sunday, after a hack of the insurer’s Change Healthcare tech unit crippled medical claims and payments. Officials from the U.S. Department of Labor and the…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign said on Sunday it raised $10 million in the 24 hours following a fiery State of the Union address, where he accused Donald Trump of threatening democracy and torpedoing a bill to tackle U.S. immigration woes. In a 68-minute add…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — President Joe Biden signed into law a $460 billion package to fund part of the U.S. government until September, finalizing legislation that averts a partial government shutdown. The package sets spending for about a quarter of agency funding through September, including the d…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the midair blowout of a Boeing 737 MAX fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines flight in January. “In an event like this, it’s normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation,” Alaska Airlines said Saturda…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Democrats have seized on access to IVF as a key vulnerability for the GOP ahead of November elections, even as Republicans rush to defend their positions on the popular practice. With relentless attacks in battleground states, Democrats and abortion rights groups are tying Re…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching a new television ad poking fun at his age, part of a $30 million battleground state advertising buy following the State of the Union speech. The spot – which opens with him conceding with a grin that he’s “not a young guy…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — More than 60 demonstrators were arrested in three separate city protests late Friday over the conflict in Gaza, police said. Marchers took to the streets near Union Square, in lower Manhattan and in downtown Brooklyn beginning at 4 p.m., cops said. At least one of the protest…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A United Airlines flight headed to Mexico City from San Francisco was forced to land in Los Angeles on Friday due to an issue with the aircraft’s hydraulic system — in the airline’s fourth emergency since Monday. Flight 821 departed from San Francisco International Airport ju…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Now searching for a new owner: Downtown Los Angeles high-rise rich in colorful anecdotes from its history, albeit most quite haunting. Offers units overlooking Skid Row, many stubbornly vacant. Best known for the Netflix series about the dead body found in a water tank on its…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Some families of Americans detained abroad said on Friday that the U.S. government can be an obstacle as they battle to secure the release of loved ones, despite a series of prisoner swaps for detained U.S. citizens agreed by the Biden administration. A group of families said…