August 2019

Doctors don’t always know what patients will owe for meds

It’s the No. 1 reason patients don’t fill their prescriptions: sticker shock. While the price of almost any good or service can be found online, most Americans don’t know what they’ll owe for a prescription medication until they get it. Unexpected costs contribute to the estimated 20 to 30 percent of prescriptions that are never […]

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Teen activist sails across Atlantic to go to climate meeting

A 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who crossed the Atlantic on a zero-emissions sailboat to attend a conference on global warming approached New York City’s shores on Wednesday. Greta Thunberg and her crew were expected to arrive at a lower Manhattan marina in the afternoon after a two-week crossing from Plymouth, England. As the social media-savvy

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Mattis Says U.S. Is Dividing Into ‘Hostile Tribes’ and Defends Importance of Allies

WASHINGTON — Jim Mattis, who resigned last year as defense secretary, implicitly criticized the Trump administration in an op-ed published Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, writing that the current political climate was dividing the country into “hostile tribes” and driving away longtime allies. The essay is an excerpt from Mr. Mattis’s book, “Call Sign

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While Wall St. Talks of Recession, Bond Investors Make a Killing

For stock investors, the trade war has been nothing but trouble. For bond investors, it’s been a dream. Unable to stomach turbulence driven by the escalating conflict between China and the United States, and leery of a darkening outlook for the economy, investors have been pulling money out of the stock market and buying bonds,

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Recent College Graduates Face A ‘Concerning’ Unemployment Trend

New data from the New York Fed reveals that the unemployment rate for recent graduates actually rose in the second quarter of 2019. The upward tick, noted by DataTrek Research, stated that for “the first time ever, recent college graduates are more likely unemployed than the base U.S. population.” The data goes back to 1990,

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Lil Nas X Reacts To Scoring A CMA Award Nom After Country Chart Controversy

Lil Nas X has earned a nomination for the Country Music Association’s upcoming 53rd annual CMA Awards for his record-breaking song “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. The country trap song, which last month broke a record for having the longest-running streak in history at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, scored a CMA

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