Deadline Extended One Day For Insurance Signups
The Obama administration extended the HealthCare.gov enrollment deadline by one day to help Americans in 36 states choose a plan. Officials urged not to delay as the site reports high traffic, strong performance metrics, and continued efforts to fix glitches.
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Chicago
Obama
Julie Bataille
Bataille
HealthCare.gov
Trump files ethics complaints against Schneiderman in NY
Donald Trump has filed two ethics complaints accusing New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of soliciting campaign donations from Trump’s daughter during an investigation of Trump University. Schneiderman denies soliciting funds and notes Trump University faced a $40 million fraud suit.
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Albany
N.Y
Donald Trump
Eric Schneiderman
Trump
Schneiderman
Trump University
Ivanka Trump
Utah judge lets gay marriages proceed in Salt Lake City
A federal judge in Salt Lake City allowed same sex marriages to continue in Utah. He rejected a request to halt weddings as Utah appeals a ruling striking down the voter approved ban. The public rush for licenses surged with more than 300 couples in the state’s most populous county and many clerks reporting activity.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Robert J. Shelby
Shelby
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Settlement May Fund Meningitis Victims in $100 Million Plan
Boston creditors and the New England Compounding Center reach a preliminary agreement to create a victim compensation fund exceeding 100 million dollars. The plan, needing bankruptcy court approval, stems from settlements with a bankruptcy trustee and center owners after tainted steroid injections sparked a nationwide outbreak. About 750 people across 20 states developed fungal meningitis and surrounding infections, with 64 deaths reported. Michigan Tennessee and Indiana were hardest hit. A federal probe began over a year ago and continues.
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Boston
William Baldiga
Paul D. Moore
New England
Framingham
Michigan
Tennessee
Indiana
Fixed tuition rate pledge at Northland College
Milwaukee area Northland College, a Wisconsin liberal arts school, will cap tuition for freshmen at 30 450 next year and keep it flat for the following two years. The policy joins a growing trend of colleges offering fixed rate tuition guarantees to ensure students pay a single price.
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George Washington University
University of Kansas
Columbia College
Missouri
College Board
U.S. Department of Education
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Milwaukee
Northland College
3000 Foreigners Trapped in South Sudan Amid Heavy Fighting
The UN reports 3000 foreigners including British, Canadian, Kenyan and Australians trapped in Bor as violence rages in a weeklong South Sudan conflict likely killing over 1000. UN coordinator Toby Lanzer says protection efforts attract 17,000 people at a base in Bor with rising risk in coming days. Internal refugees exceed 100,000.
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Nairosi
Kenya
South Sudan
U.N
Bor
Toby Lanzer
UAE sentences American to up to a year in prison
A UAE court jailed eight people including American Shezanne Cassim for up to one year after convicting them over a satirical Dubai youth culture video. The film, a spoof documentary of would be gangsta youth, was claimed to defame UAE society abroad under a 2012 cybercrimes law.
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United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Gulf Arab
the National
Shezanne Cassim
U.S
Woodbury
Minn
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