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  • How the end of the COVID health emergency affects your Medicare

    May 25, 2023 - 6:40 AM

    The COVID-19 public health emergency that started in January 2020 ended on May 11. When that happened, several Medicare rules and waivers that went into effect during the pandemic came to an end — and it may catch Medicare patients by surprise.

  • Cartier uses images of Amazon tribe devastated by illegal gold mining. Critics call that hypocrisy

    May 15, 2023 - 11:55 AM

    BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field.

  • Huawei dominates MWC mobile tech fair despite US sanctions

    February 27, 2023 - 4:41 AM

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world’s biggest wireless trade fair into an opportunity to show their muscle in the face of Huawei’s blacklisting by Western nations concerned about cybersecurity and escalating tensions with the U.S. over TikTok, spy balloons and computer chips.

  • What’s new for Medicare in 2023?

    February 02, 2023 - 6:03 AM

    A new year means changes to Medicare, including updated premiums and deductibles and sometimes big policy moves. In 2023, there’s a little of everything: Some costs have gone down, others have increased, and there are some notable tweaks to how Medicare works.

  • Gyms that survived pandemic steadily get back in shape

    January 24, 2023 - 9:50 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — One day in January, a once-regular customer at Fuel Training Studio in Newburyport, Massachusetts, stopped in to take a “shred” class. She hadn’t stepped foot in the gym since before the pandemic.

  • Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to save this holiday shopping season

    November 07, 2022 - 6:21 AM

    This holiday shopping season is shaping up to be longer, pricier and in some ways more chaotic than in previous years, which makes it easy to overspend. But there are also opportunities for significant savings if you know where and how to search for them.

  • WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP finds

    October 20, 2022 - 9:27 AM

    LONDON (AP) — Staffers at the World Health Organization’s Syrian office have alleged that their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country.

  • WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term

    May 24, 2022 - 8:29 AM

    LONDON (AP) — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries.

  • Heaven Hill to revive its whiskey production in its hometown

    April 27, 2022 - 1:50 PM

    Heaven Hill Distillery, one of the world’s largest bourbon producers, plans to revive its whiskey production in its Kentucky hometown — more than a quarter century after a devastating fire destroyed a previous production facility.

  • EXPLAINER: Why coffee could cost more at groceries, cafes

    September 29, 2021 - 1:26 PM

    SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — As if a cup of coffee wasn’t expensive enough, a confluence of factors is driving up farmers' costs to grow the beans and it could begin filtering down to your local cafe before the end of the year.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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