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• Once again, work requirements approved for Kentucky Medicaid

   Once again, work requirements approved for Kentucky Medicaid By ADAM BEAM 12 minutes ago FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Trump administration has again approved work requirements for Kentucky’s Medicaid population after a judge blocked the state’s first attempt earlier this year. The Kentucky Cab…

• Feds have paid undercover informants in migrant caravan

  Feds have paid undercover informants in migrant caravan The 4,000 migrants have used WhatsApp text message groups to communicate along their journey, and DHS personnel have joined those groups to gather info. Migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. start their march towards Matias Romero, at La …

• Amnesty says Saudi activists beaten, tortured in detention

  Amnesty says Saudi activists beaten, tortured in detention Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Updated 2:04 pm CST, Tuesday, November 20, 2018 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since May, including a number of women who campaigned for the right to drive, ha…

• AP Exclusive: Gov't questions unfair student loan practices

  AP Exclusive: Gov’t questions unfair student loan practices Ken Sweet, Ap Business Writer Updated 2:45 pm CST, Tuesday, November 20, 2018 NEW YORK (AP) — One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their d…

• House Dems to probe Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner use of personal email accounts

  Will this start a chant of “lock um up!” ?  Seems fair that the two are investigated for what Hillary Clinton should have been investigated for, as it wouldn’t break my heart one damn bit if Hillary is FINALLY investigated. I say go after all of them who violate White House regs.…

• Fate of Kentucky's Controversial Abortion Law Now in a Federal Judge's Hands

  Fate of Kentucky’s Controversial Abortion Law Now in a Federal Judge’s Hands By ASSOCIATED PRESS 11:34 PM EST (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — The fate of a Kentucky abortion law is in the hands of a federal judge after a trial wrapped up Monday over a lawsuit pitting Gov. Matt Bevin’s administr…

• Police: Duo dumped deer carcasses on Minnesota Somalis' cars

  Police: Duo dumped deer carcasses on Minnesota Somalis’ cars Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Updated 8:34 pm CST, Sunday, November 18, 2018 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Somali and Muslim leaders expressed deep concern Saturday after a white man and his teenage son dumped bloody deer carcasses on th…

• Prison inmate death after run-in with staff ruled homicide

  Prison inmate death after run-in with staff ruled homicide John O’connor, Ap Political Writer Updated 3:35 am CST, Monday, November 19, 2018 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The death of an inmate following an “altercation with correctional staff” at Western Illinois Correctional Center…

• Sackler family members face mass litigation, criminal investigations over opioid

  Sackler family members face mass litigation, criminal investigations over opioids crisis Members of the multi-billionaire philanthropic Sackler family that owns the maker of prescription painkiller OxyContin are facing mass litigation and likely criminal investigation over the opioids crisis still …

• Some California wildfire victims may never be found: searcher

  (Reuters) – Searchers looking for the remains of victims of the wildfire that destroyed the Northern California town of Paradise said some bodies may never be found because of the intensity of the blaze. Officials had recovered the remains of 77 people as of Sunday night following the state�…

• Brenda Snipes submits resignation as Broward Elections Supervisor

  Just hours after finishing a tumultuous election recount, Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes submitted her resignation, ending a 15-year tenure full of botched elections, legal disputes and blistering criticism. “It is true. She did send it,” said Burnadette Norris-Weeks, an attorney…

• Republicans and Democrats pressure Whitaker not to interfere in Mueller invest-

  igation (November 18, 2018 The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/18/republicans-democrats-matthew-whitaker-mueller-investigation

• Police find chemical used in explosives, Nazi items in home; Green Bay man in

  custody (November 16, 2018 Green Bay Press Gazette) https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2018/11/16/woman-possibly-connected-home-chemicals-found-questioned/2027548002  

• Bill Nelson concedes Florida Senate race to Rick Scott

  Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson on Sunday conceded the Florida Senate race to Republican Gov. Rick Scott, ending his re-election bid after the completion of a statewide recount. Scott announced the concession in a statement, saying, “I just spoke with Senator Bill Nelson, who graciously conceded,…

• Michael Avenatti's Law Firm Evicted From Newport Beach Office

  America’s favorite “Creepy porn lawyer” is having a rough few weeks. Last month, a judge ordered Los Angeles attorney Michael Avenatti to pay a former employee nearly $5 million in unpaid wages. The next day, the Daily Beast pasted Avenatti, detailing his irresponsible spending ha…