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World
Survivors Found at Site of Italy Hotel Destroyed by Avalanche
At least six people were rescued more than a day after the Hotel Rigopiano in the Apennine Mountains was buried under tons of snow, dirt and trees.Italy is dealing with the avalanche
Tornadoes in the deep south are a nearer problem.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal From Texas on Voter ID Case
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued an unusual statement explaining that the court remains free to consider the case after further proceedings in the lower courts.Voter I.D. laws are not needed. They are discriminatory.
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Business Day
Trump’s Vow to Repeal Health Law Revives Talk of High-Risk Pools
Some lawmakers are pushing the idea of the pools, which in the past left many people with pre-existing conditions uncovered or with strict limits to health care.The Republicans have not found a satisfactory replacement for Obama care.
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Watching
What You Should Watch Monday Night
Tonight, “Jane the Virgin” is back and PBS will air a documentary that revisits the murder of Kitty Genovese.I sampled The Witness. It did not hold my attention.
I am embarrassed.
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Opinion
Donald the Unready
The new president will be corrupt and crazy, but he’ll also be incompetent.Paul Krugman does not panic.
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U.S.
United Airlines Flights Are Delayed by Computer Problem
The airline did not describe the source of the problem, which forced the grounding of domestic flights for two and a half hours, but said it was not the result of a hack.We don't know what the problem was.
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Business Day
Off Long Island, Wind Power Tests the Waters
The nation’s biggest offshore wind project is up for approval, a test of how far states can pursue a clean-energy agenda in the Trump era.The thought is popular.
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Health
Cervical Cancer Taking Deadlier Toll in U.S. Than Had Been Thought
A new study, which excluded women with hysterectomies, also showed the disparity in death rates between blacks and whites was significantly wider."In years to come, mortality and incidence rates should decline as more women receive HPV vaccines, which prevents many cervical cancers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer
"HPV vaccines protect against between two and seven high-risk strains of this family of viruses and may prevent up to 90% of cervical cancers.[9][10][11"
The availability of vaccines and healthcare in general probably accounts for the racial disparity.
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U.S.
Trump Won’t Release His Tax Returns, a Top Aide Says
Mr. Trump would be the first president since the early 1970s to decline to release tax information, either through a summary or a full or partial return.Trump can be impeached when the Republicans wish.
It won't help the U.S. economy or diplomacy.
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The Upshot
Blame Technology, Not Longer Life Spans, for Health Spending Increases
Every year you age, health care technology changes — usually for the better, but always at higher cost.The logic of this story is twisted.
"In
other words, living longer doesn’t increase health care spending so
much as it delays the large amount spent near death. Some health care
spending is associated with those intervening, relatively healthy years,
just not much compared with that spent in one’s final years.
Living longer offers many benefits. That it isn’t, by itself, a major contributor to health care spending is a nice bonus."
It confuses cause and effect.
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