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Senator Rick Scott's SAFE KIDS Act to Combat Birth Tourism from Adversarial Nations Blocked by Senate Democrats

Senator Rick Scott's SAFE KIDS Act to Combat Birth Tourism from Adversarial Nations Blocked by Senate Democrats

U.S. Senator Rick Scott's Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids in Domestic Surrogacy (SAFE KIDS) Act was blocked by Senate Democrats for the second time this year. Senator Scott attempted to pass the bill by unanimous consent on the Senate Floor. The proposed legislation aims to prevent citizens of adversarial nations, specifically Communist China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea, from utilizing American surrogates to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children. The bill also seeks to penalize brokers who facilitate such commercial surrogacy contracts. Senator Scott has consistently highlighted national security concerns related to birth tourism, citing various media reports from outlets like The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, and CBS News that have covered the issue, including a story from his home state of Florida.
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Florida Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against PBMs and Pharmaceutical Companies Over Insulin Price Inflation

Florida Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against PBMs and Pharmaceutical Companies Over Insulin Price Inflation

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has initiated a lawsuit against three major pharmaceutical manufacturers—Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi—and three prominent pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optum Rx. The lawsuit alleges that these entities colluded to artificially inflate the price of insulin and other diabetes medications, thereby enriching themselves at the expense of Florida families. Uthmeier's office claims that the drugmakers deliberately set high list prices for insulin and then provided substantial rebates and fees to the PBMs in exchange for favorable formulary placement. This arrangement, according to the lawsuit, allowed both the manufacturers and PBMs to profit from the rising costs of essential medicines. The legal action also includes the PBMs' associated group purchasing organizations: Zinc Health Services, Ascent Health Services, and Emisar Pharma Services. This lawsuit mirrors previous legal actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agains...
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Why Did a Colorful American Parrot Go Extinct?

Why Did a Colorful American Parrot Go Extinct?

The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), also known as the Carolina conure, stands as a poignant reminder of avian extinction in the United...
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Yankees front office makes an appearance on ‘Survivor’

Yankees front office makes an appearance on ‘Survivor’

Yankees front office representative Mike Pinsky makes an appearance on ‘Survivor.’
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What to know about measles in NC with Pennsylvania outbreak announced

What to know about measles in NC with Pennsylvania outbreak announced

With 25 new positive cases, almost 800 total measles cases have been confirmed in Pennsylvania this year. Here's what to know about the virus in NC.
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U.S. citizen injured in Illinois after ICE agents mistook him for fugitive, tried to arrest him

U.S. citizen injured in Illinois after ICE agents mistook him for fugitive, tried to arrest him

A man was left bloodied and injured in an encounter with immigration enforcement agents in a Chicago suburb
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New Mexico Trial Accuses Facebook of Deceiving Users on Privacy, Seeks Billions in Penalties

New Mexico Trial Accuses Facebook of Deceiving Users on Privacy, Seeks Billions in Penalties

Closing arguments have concluded in a New Mexico trial where attorneys for the state accused Facebook of misleading users about privacy protections on its social media platform. The state is seeking up to $5,000 per violation of its Unfair Practices Act and an injunction to prevent future data breaches. This case stems from a third-party personality quiz that allegedly harvested data from approximately 87 million Facebook profiles, which was then sold to the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for targeted advertising. New Mexico is the only state to pursue this data breach claim at trial, as 48 other states reached a settlement with Meta (Facebook's parent company) earlier this year concerning child safety and privacy issues related to the same breach. The state estimates that around 350,000 New Mexico residents were affected by the Cambridge Analytica breach, but prosecutors argue that Facebook deceived all 1.3 million users in the state at the time regarding privacy and content moderation.
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Is New York a good state to have a baby? Here's how it ranks

Is New York a good state to have a baby? Here's how it ranks

New York ranks No. 16 nationally in a new study, with high marks for family friendliness but lower scores for health care and costs.
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Florida cities rank among best for vegetarians. What makes them favorable

Florida cities rank among best for vegetarians. What makes them favorable

WalletHub ranked the best U.S. cities for plant diets, with Portland leading and two Florida cities in the top ten.
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The Latest: Trump welcomes China’s Xi Jinping to Washington for state visit

The Latest: Trump welcomes China’s Xi Jinping to Washington for state visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington, where he received a rare greeting from President Donald Trump
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Attorney Ben Crump Calls for Continued Investigation into Nolan Wells' Death After Grand Jury Decision

Attorney Ben Crump Calls for Continued Investigation into Nolan Wells' Death After Grand Jury Decision

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the legal team representing the family of 18-year-old Nolan Wells are urging Jackson County District Attorney Angel McIlrath to keep the investigation into Wells’ death open and to release the investigative file. This call comes after a grand jury returned a 'no true bill,' resulting in no criminal indictments in the case. Wells disappeared on July 4 during a boat trip to Horn Island and was found dead two days later. Both the Mississippi State Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist Dr. Roger A. Mitchell ruled Wells’ cause and manner of death as undetermined. Crump's team released additional autopsy results from Dr. Mitchell, which indicate blunt force trauma to Wells’ head occurred within approximately four hours of his death, based on the presence of red blood cells but not white blood cells at the injury site.
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Antonio Brown to take plea deal, avoid prison in attempted-murder case

Antonio Brown to take plea deal, avoid prison in attempted-murder case

By Field Level Media Sep 24 (Field Level Media) - Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea agreement that would spare him from prison time in his attempted-murder case, his attorney said Wednesday.