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California MediCal smoking

Business & Lifestyle

UCSF study: Quitting smoking could save California’s MediCal program $2.6 billion per year

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Researchers say they think cutting smoking in each state by 1 percent in a year would lower the cost to taxpayer-supported Medicaid by $2.6 billion the following year, according to findings published Friday in JAMA Network Open. "While 14 percent of all adults in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, 24.5 percent of adult Medicaid recipients smoke," said Stanton Glantz, who runs the tobacco research center at University of a California at San Francisco and study author, in […]

todayApril 12, 2019 5

Nipsey Hussle

National

Nipsey Hussle: 1 dead, 3 injured in ‘senseless violence’ during funeral procession

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Four people were shot, one fatally, in Los Angeles Thursday during the funeral procession for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, police said. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said three men and one woman were shot near the intersection of 103rd Street and Main Street in the neighborhood of Watts. He did not specify who had died but only that the victims were black and between the ages of 30 and 50 years old. The suspects […]

todayApril 12, 2019 39

Quetta Pakistan market blast

World

PAKISTAN: 16 dead, dozens injured in Quetta market blast

QUETTA, Pakistan (UPI) -- At least 16 people were dead and dozens injured Friday after an improvised explosive device exploded at a vegetable market in western Pakistan, police said. Police chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema said that among the dead were one soldier and eight members of the persecuted Hazara community, who were the target of the attack. "The attack took place in a shop," Cheema said. "An improvised explosive device was planted in a gunny sack of potatoes. Whether it […]

todayApril 12, 2019 16

Massachusetts conversion therapy

National

Massachusetts bans conversion therapy for minors

BOSTON (UPI) -- Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a ban on conversion therapy for minors, making Massachusetts the 16th state in the nation to institute such a measure against a practice critics say is harmful. The conversation therapy ban prohibits state-licensed healthcare providers from participating in "sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts with a patient who is less than 18 years of age." The bill was forwarded to Baker's desk after the Massachusetts Senate voted 34-0 in its […]

todayApril 9, 2019 5

Joe Biden Lucy Flores

Decision 2020

LUCY FLORES: Former VP Biden denies ever ‘acting inappropriately,’ will listen to allegation

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Joe Biden responded to accusations of inappropriate touching on Sunday, saying he didn't believe he had "acted inappropriately" but would listen to suggestions that he had. Biden issued a statement responding to a piece former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores in New York magazine's The Cut on Friday in which she said Biden approached her from behind, grabbed her shoulders, leaned in and "inhaled my hair," then kissed her on the back of the head while she was […]

todayMarch 31, 2019 10

alligator Florida

National

Alligator weighing about 750 pounds removed from Florida parking lot

JUPITER, Fla. (UPI) -- An alligator weighing around 750 pounds was removed from a business park's parking lot in South Florida last week. The 12-foot reptile, estimated to be at least 60 years old, was spotted Thursday in the Jupiter Commerce Park, officials said in a Facebook post. "He was carefully removed without harm from the area and relocated to a safe place," police reported on Facebook. The post drew several hundred responses. "He has been around for a long […]

todayMarch 31, 2019 6

Midwestern flood losses farmers

Business & Lifestyle

Midwestern farmers devastated by massive, uninsured flood losses

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) -- Hundreds of millions of dollars of crops destroyed in this month's massive Midwestern flooding events were not insured, farmers say. And the losses could leave many without sufficient income to continue farming. "This uninsured grain issue is really starting to affect people," said Jeff Jorgenson, a western Iowa corn and soy grower whose farm flooded when the Missouri River broke over its banks March 12. "It could end a farming career," he said, his voice was […]

todayMarch 29, 2019 21

Conor McGregor mixed martial arts

Entertainment

UFC star McGregor says he’s retiring from MMA

LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- UFC athlete Conor McGregor announced Tuesday he is retiring from mixed martial arts and will not fight at a planned event in July. "Hey guys quick announcement, I've decided to retire from the sport formally known as 'Mixed Martial Art' today," McGregor wrote in a tweet early Tuesday. "I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement." The timing is curious because […]

todayMarch 28, 2019 15

Comcast arena video gaming

Business & Lifestyle

Comcast to build first gaming-specific arena in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- Comcast Spectacor announced Monday that it with build a $50 million gaming and entertainment arena in the same complex where the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Phillies play. The first-of-its-kind arena, made specifically for gaming teams and their fans, will seat 3,500 spectators and be home for the Philadelphia Fusion, the e-sports team that is owned by the company. The Fusion is one of 20 international teams that compete in the Overwatch League. Comcast Spectacor, which made the […]

todayMarch 28, 2019 25

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