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GOP senators to unveil health care bill Thursday
On Thursday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will release a draft of the Senate's health care bill. And it would end the tax penalty Obama's statute imposes on people who don't buy insurance - in effect, ending the so-called individual mandate. [Full Article...]
Cache of weapons found with man seen urinating at CA train station
Goodine may have boarded the train in Los Angeles' Chinatown and gotten off at the Pasadena station but investigators were still trying to determine that, Zubo said. The Los Angeles Times reported that Goodine is Union City, Ga. resident. A man with the same name and of the same age as the suspect was arrested in 2015 after he tried to sneak into the spa at New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel wea... [Full Article...]
James Cordon schools apathetic Trump with 297 copies of 'Philadelphia'
Schoettes said that advisers on the council , known as PACHA, had suspected the president's "lack of understanding or concern" for HIV/AIDS issues during the presidential race, but chose to stick around in hope of making change from within the administration. [Full Article...]
After weeks of secrecy, Senate to unveil healthcare bill
The House of Representatives already has passed its version of an Obamacare repeal. Like the House bill, the Senate measure would block federal payments to Planned Parenthood , two sources said . McConnell has vowed to hold a vote before senators go home for the July Fourth recess. Medicaid has been a major talking point in the health care debate. [Full Article...]
Tropical storm Cindy threatens Gulf Coast
Heavy rain and gusty winds is accompanying the storm as it moves in. The National Weather Service in Miami says the storm is centered about 265 miles (430 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana or about 355 miles (565 kilometers) southeast of Galveston, Texas. [Full Article...]
Region will see limited impact from the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy
But more rain is expected. GOHSEP has also supplied first responders with 4,100 bottles of water. Governor John Bel Edwards also followed suit and declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on Wednesday. Police say flooding already is being reported on Dauphin Island south of Mobile, Alabama. Rainfall from Tropical Storm Cindy already has caused enough road flooding to block off parts of U... [Full Article...]
Sorrow over Muslim girl's death at vigil
The young graphic artist says Hassanen's slaying hit close to home. Torres has a girlfriend and a 4-year-old son and works in construction, according to the Washington Post . The fact that she was murdered in such a ruthless and heinous manner is sickening on its own, but for someone to be heartless enough to destroy her memorial is downright abhorrent. [Full Article...]
Senate GOP health bill would reshape Obama law
Later, he simply chortled when asked if he was confident the measure would pass, a victory that would elude him if just three of the 52 GOP senators voted no. The [Obamacare] subsidies, which are advance tax credits paid to insurance companies to lower the cost of health-insurance premiums, now can't be used to cover the cost of abortions. [Full Article...]