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Bob covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09.The Trump administration released new regulations Monday that will force health insurance companies to publish cleaned-up spreadsheets of the prices that they pay hospitals and doctors, while stripping out meaningless data that clogged up the files. Trump officials also said they will start developing the system for disclosing prescription drug prices next month.…

Oscar De La Hoya claims to have faced a more formidable puncher than Manny Pacquiao, even describing his opponent as having bricks for hands. The Mexican-American collided with ‘Pac Man’ in 2008, suffering an eighth-round stoppage defeat in what proved to be the final fight of his Hall of Fame career. At that point, De La Hoya was certainly past his best and, to make matters worse, had boiled himself down to 145lbs after competing at higher weights in previous fights. Against Floyd Mayweather, for instance, the ‘Golden Boy’ lost a split decision at 154lbs and, prior to that, had…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned a «horrific» Russian attack on a vessel carrying corn in the Black Sea.The ship’s captain was killed in the strike involving two drones, Zelensky said, and another sailor was unaccounted for. Eleven crew members – nationals of Azerbaijan and India – have been rescued.Romania said it had mounted a rescue mission after «a fire on the ship Royad Mammadov» outside the country’s territorial waters. It said two people had died.Russia has not commented, but its defence ministry earlier said it had struck two cargo vessels. Russia has been pounding Ukrainian infrastructure in what it…

A few years ago, Democrats in Washington were circulating a chart showing that the economy always does better when they’re in charge and worse when Republicans hold the White House. This is statistically true — at least in the past few decades — but mostly irrelevant. And that’s because economic cycles and presidencies are sort of like shifting tectonic plates: They overlap, but they almost never perfectly align. Presidents don’t actually create the economies that attach to their names. They only react to them, ably or not. There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is that economic…

Middle East oil exports, excluding those from Iran, surpassed their pre-war levels last week, despite attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler.For the first time since the U.S. and Israel launched their offensive against Iran at the end of February, the weekly average of shipments rose for several days above the pre-conflict average of 18 million barrels per day.Crude oil exports reached pre-war levels in September, with at least 16.5 million barrels leaving the region excluding Iran, Kpler said.»Forty percent now bypass Hormuz, and most crude crossing the strait changes…

Roomies, BenDaDonnn has social media popping off with reactions after footage surfaced showing a police officer putting him in handcuffs. Shortly after the clip made its rounds online, the streamer’s mugshot surfaced, leaving fans with even more questions about what went down. RELATED: All Good? BenDaDonnn Responds After Saucy Santana Calls Him Out Over Livestream Comments (PHOTO + VIDEO) Here’s What Reportedly Led To BenDaDonnn’s Arrest According to TMZ, authorities booked BenDaDonnn, whose real name is Benius Beard, into Brazos County Jail in Texas on Sunday, October 4, on a charge of evading arrest or detention. The College Station Police…

And then there were three.Four weeks into the NFL season, three undefeated teams remain: the Kansas City Chiefs, the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings, who are among this year’s biggest surprises. Week 4 was another barn burner, with nine one-score games heading into Monday’s contest between the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints. The comeback kids, the Denver Broncos, could not overcome an 11-point, second-half deficit, losing to the 49ers 24-14. Sean Payton’s Broncos must work on avoiding slow starts, scoring just 13 points in the first half through four games.And Kenneth Walker III remains the best offseason…

October 5, 2026 — 7:53pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAALondon: Three months after police arrested the man formerly known as Prince Andrew in February, they issued a statement that seemed to widen the investigation into their suspect.Thames Valley Police wanted witnesses to come forward with anything they knew about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor so they could assess claims of sexual misconduct during his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.But the investigation has been slow. Police have clearly struggled to find the witnesses they want. And the former prince is now…

More than 35 million people are under heat alerts on Sunday afternoon as a dangerous multi-day October heat wave continues across nearly all of California.Temperatures are expected to soar up to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year, into the 90s and 100s, from Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, to the Mexico border.People flock to Baker Beach near the Golden Gate Bridge as a heat advisory is issued in San Francisco, California, October 3, 2026.Anadolu via Getty ImagesIn some areas of California, especially urban areas, warm nights will provide little to no relief.Los Angeles and…