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Another person has died from shrapnel hurled by a faulty Takata air bag inflator. Honda says the death happened in Buckeye, Arizona, on June 8, 2018. The company says it was only told of the death recently. The unidentified driver is the 24th person to be killed by the air bags worldwide. More than 200 people have been hurt.

March 29– Mar. 29– Progressive activists opposed to Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied adults are trying to use the courts to stop the new policy in states like Kentucky, Arkansas and New Hampshire. On Wednesday, DC District Court Judge James E. Boasberg ruled against work requirements for Medicaid recipients in both Kentucky and Arkansas.

That’s getting tricky in the upper Midwest, where floodwaters are devastating parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas. The most dramatic example came on March 15, when Nebraska’s Cooper Nuclear Station issued an alert notification due to historic flooding that brought the reactor within three feet of closure. Not all power plants in Nebraska and Iowa were so…

Bucking intense opposition from abortion rights groups, citizens and doctors, the Georgia House has given final approval to a “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban outlawing almost all abortions in the state. The bill passed Friday now goes to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who backs it. The ultimate goal is to get a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.

FEMA and Manatee County officials will be available to answer questions about the new flood insurance rate maps that could mean flood insurance is required for homeowners who did not need it before. “The FIRMs are based on updated modeling data and show coastal flood hazards more accurately than previous maps,” said Danon Lucas, an external affairs specialist…

Small signs of rebuilding a Northern California town destroyed by wildfire are sprouting this spring, including the issuing of the first permit to rebuild one of the 11,000 homes destroyed in Paradise five months ago. A city hall clerk on Thursday issued Jason and Meagann Buzzard a building permit to replace their home destroyed by the Nov. 8 fire that killed 85 people.

An effort to keep Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion has failed in the state House two days after a federal judge blocked a requirement that those on the program work in order to keep their coverage. The majority-Republican House voted 52-28 in favor of the budget for Medicaid and the expansion program, nearly two dozen votes shy of the 75 needed in the 100-member chamber to send the legislation to Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s desk.

After being discharged in 1946 from the Army, Dr. Roseman entered Duke University on the GI Bill. Dr. Roseman then worked as chief psychologist at the Veterans Administration hospital in Lexington, Ky., and later was assistant chief psychologist at the VA hospital in Roanoke, Va.. In 1955, Dr. Roseman returned to Baltimore as chief psychologist at the Mental Hygiene…

March 29– Mar. 29– The sourdough will rise again at Village Bakery. It’s just going to take a few more months, says manager Lisa Schroeder. In late February, amid the multi-day downpour that drenched the region, the popular bakery’s Sebastopol production facility at The Barlow flooded along with many other businesses in the upscale food and business center along…

President Donald Trump’s administration says it disagrees with a judge’s ruling that a new type of health insurance plan for small businesses stretches federal law and must be set aside. A Justice Department spokeswoman said Friday the administration is “considering all available options,” signaling a possible appeal. A judge in Washington ruled Thursday a Trump administration regulation creating the new small-business plans was “clearly an end-run” around the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.

Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans are feeling the sting of what the local government says are insufficient federal funds to help the U.S. territory recover from Hurricane Maria amid a 12-year recession. Many are cutting back on their medication and grocery shopping as billions of dollars in federal funds that help Puerto Ricans buy food, get medical treatment and recover from the Category 4 storm dwindle despite pleas for Congress to take action.

Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans are feeling the sting of what the local government says are insufficient federal funds to help the U.S. territory recover from Hurricane Maria amid a 12-year recession. Many are cutting back on their medication and grocery shopping as billions of dollars in federal funds that help Puerto Ricans buy food, get medical treatment and recover from the Category 4 storm dwindle despite pleas for Congress to take action.

March 29– Mar. 29– The White House reversed course in the 11th hour on its decision to end temporary protections for Liberian immigrants living in the United States. “Upon further reflection and review, I have decided that it is in the foreign policy interest in the United States to extend the wind-down period for an additional 12 months,” the White House wrote in a…