New Yorkers are still riding high after the Knicks soundly defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday and booked their first appearance in the NBA Finals since 1999. More »
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In 2018, California’s insurer of last resort carried roughly 127,000 policyholders. By the end of 2025, it carried more than 668,000, with residential exposure approaching $603 billion in June 2025, a 424 percent increase since 2020. The Palisades and Eaton fires in January 2025 resulted in an estimated $40 billion in insured losses and forced
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Advocates applaud Governor, Senate and Assembly for preserving access to biomarker testing for Medicaid enrollees after lawmakers make minor changes to law ALBANY, NY – After months of debate, state lawmakers have finalized New York’s state budget, opting to preserve access to biomarker testing for Medicaid enrollees. The adopted budget changed language in the historic biomarker testing law, initially passed in 2023, to clarify biomarker testing is covered when it is medically necessary. The law will retain the most important
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If Donald Trump is known for one thing, it’s his obsession with slapping his name and face on buildings, playing cards, passports, coins, hats, and other inanimate objects. If he’s known for another, it’s his lifelong belief that the rules don’t apply to him. So it should surprise exactly no one … More »
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When Roberto Lugo was a kid growing up in the gritty Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, summers were hot and dirty. Fortunately for Lugo, his father had a monkey wrench. The elder Lugo was that dad, the one who knew how to open a fire hydrant to cool things down and clean things up when the
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For decades, unpaid medical bills have been treated primarily as an income problem. Lower-income patients struggled to pay; higher-income patients generally didn’t. These assumptions have shaped modern healthcare collections, revenue cycle systems and financial forecasting models. But they no longer fully explain real-world experiences. A growing number of financially stable Americans are struggling to pay
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Some flowers bloom in darkness. As soon as La Bola Negra (or The Black Ball) begins, the screen’s rounded edges frame old postcard photos from the Spanish Civil War. A snappy montage, in stark black-and-white, features attractive young soldiers and sailors, whose uniforms have been painted over in bright pink—a tongue-in-cheek gesture somewhere between imposing
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Books have always been my favorite form of escapism. Whether it’s a romance that consumes me, a painfully relatable spiral or a fantasy world I never want to leave, the books I come back to most are the ones that completely pull me in and make me feel understood. This is exactly the type of
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San Francisco might be completely surrounded by open ocean and sweeping inlets, but its perpetually foggy weather and oft-chilly temps cloud its coastal nature. Summer can actually be one of the gloomiest times in the city, but if you’re looking for a quick escape, there are plenty of nearby beach towns and bayside communities to
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When Disney settled with Donald Trump for $15 million over his defamation suit against ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, the corporate maneuver was seen as good for business — if not for the First A… More »
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