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Health insurers' lists of covered drugs have gotten tighter.

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Health insurers cover fewer drugs and make them harder to get

Insurance companies are covering fewer drugs than they used to, and patients have to jump through more hoops to get many of them. When shopping for insurance, check for coverage of the drugs you need.

June 27, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A right-wing legal and political campaign has disrupted the work of government agencies meant to safeguard voting and subjected researchers studying online harms to harassment and death threats.

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  • Politics

What it means for the election that the government can talk to tech companies

The case is one element in a right-wing legal and political campaign that frames efforts to respond to false and misleading information as censorship.

June 27, 2024
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  • Shannon Bond
Two new studies offer a first look at how much more students learned thanks to federal pandemic aid money.

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  • Education

Congress poured billions of dollars into schools. Did it help students learn?

The short answer is yes, the money did help students make up for the learning they missed during COVID. But it didn’t get them all the way there.

June 27, 2024
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  • Cory Turner
Former U.S. Olympian Michael Phelps testified during a Congressional hearing examining Anti-Doping Measures in advance of the 2024 Summer Olympics on June 25, 2024, in Washington.

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Swimmer Michael Phelps says China doping scandal threatens the Olympic movement

On Capitol Hill, Michael Phelps and fellow Olympic swimming star Alison Schmitt testified about doping by elite Chinese athletes and demanded reforms to the World Anti-Doping Agency.

June 27, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Sabrina Carpenter’s ascent is complete — this week, she scored her first No. 1 hit.

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  • Music

Sabrina Carpenter scores her first No. 1 single with 'Please Please Please'

The pop star caught the top spot while her other single, “Espresso,” is still holding strong at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Meanwhile: yes, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is still No. 1 over on the Billboard 200 albums chart — we’re at week nine and counting.

June 27, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Pastor Robert Morris applauds during a roundtable discussion at Gateway Church in Dallas on June 11, 2020. A statement issued on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, said that Morris has resigned after a woman said he had abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12.

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  • National

The scandal roiling one of the nation's biggest megachurches, explained

A woman says Robert Morris, prominent evangelical pastor, former Trump religious adviser and founder of Gateway Church, sexually abused her as a child in the 1980s. Morris has resigned from Gateway.

June 27, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Border patrol agents pick up migrants waiting to be processed in Dulzara, California on June 25, 2024.

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  • National

At the border, migrants ‘wait and see’ as encounters with Border Patrol dip 40%

The Biden administration touts the recent decline in border crossings as a policy win. But one family's story of risking the journey shows why asylum restrictions aren't a long-term solution.

June 27, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Kathleen Scarpone, left, of Kingston, N.H., and Cheryl Juaire, second from left, of Marlborough, Mass., attend a 2019 protest in front of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Scarpone, who lost her son to OxyContin addiction, and Juarie addressed three Sackler family members during a virtual U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing in March 2022.

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Supreme Court rejects controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal

In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that the multibillion opioid settlement inappropriately protected the Sackler family.

June 27, 2024
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  • Brian Mann and
  • Nina Totenberg
"Beethoven" (1936). A new study suggests the German composer and pianist may have suffered from lead poisoning.

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  • Science

Beethoven was a classical and romantic composer, but his body was full of heavy metal

Virtuosic pianist and composer Beethoven suffered from several debilitating ailments. A new study suggests lead poisoning may be at least partly to blame.

June 27, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
A stack of stickers sits atop a ballot scanner during the midterm elections on Nov. 8, 2022, in Tucker, Georgia. In 2024, Georgia is poised to play a pivotal role in the outcome of the presidential election.

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  • Politics

Georgia is hosting the 1st presidential debate. Its voters could decide the election

Georgia has emerged as one of the swingiest states in politics, so it's no surprise that the first presidential debate happens there. But its voters are less excited for a repeat of the 2020 election.

June 27, 2024
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  • Sam Gringlas
 Mother and daughter Janet (Julianne Nicholson) and Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) share a slow New England summer in  <em>Janet Planet.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Sharply funny 'Janet Planet' perfectly captures the feel of a long, hot summer

Writing and directing her first film, playwright Annie Baker exhibits uncanny powers of observation. Not much happens in this mother-daughter movie, but something momentous seems to have taken place.

June 27, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
Among the more than 60 products included in the recall are the Chipwich Vanilla Chocolate Chip ice cream sandwiches, Jeni’s Mint Chocolate Truffle pie ice cream sandwiches and Hershey’s Cookies & Cream Polar Bear ice cream sandwiches.

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  • Health

More than 60 ice cream products recalled over possible listeria contamination

The Food and Drug Administration says more than 60 products made by Totally Cool Inc. of Owings Mills, Md., are part of the recall, including brands such as Hershey's, Friendly's, Chipwich and Jeni's.

June 27, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Cows graze in a field in Luncavita, Romania, in this file photo. Denmark will impose cattle farmers with a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions starting in 2030, claiming it will be the first country to do so in a move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from each of its cows.

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  • Environment

Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, the first country to do so

Levels of methane have increased particularly quickly since 2020. Livestock account for about 32% of human-caused methane emissions, the U.N. Environment Program says.

June 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 24 as it hears arguments on whether an Idaho abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

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  • Law

Supreme Court allows Idaho to offer emergency medical abortions

The decision brings abortion back into the political limelight as a major controversy, just months before the presidential election.

June 27, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
An Amazon Prime truck is seen on April 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.

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  • Business

Amazon becomes the 5th U.S. company to reach $2 trillion in stock market value

Amazon's stock has gained 52% in the past 12 months, partly driven by enthusiasm for the company's investments in artificial intelligence.

June 27, 2024
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