Foreign Government Suspected in Anthem’s Cyber Breach – UPDATE
Officials believe a foreign intelligence may be behind the Anthem health care cyber breach of 2014.
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The Anthropocene: A Real Time Closeup
An international team of researchers recently released a meta-analysis of over 1600 studies from around the world which suggests that urbanization is affecting the way many plants and animals evolve. For example, plants growing in the city may release larger, heavier seeds than their rural cousins. Heavier seeds that drop closer to the parent are
The Real Creeper Behind Jeepers Creepers
The sketchy past of the Jeeper Creepers III writer/director Victor Salva has played a part in the delaying the film’s release.
Will Trump Tackle Hidden Fees?
No one likes hidden fees. Unfortunately, they’re everywhere. From hotel rooms, cell phone services, concert tickets, and much more, many can agree that hidden and other unexpected fees are getting out of control. In fact, some consumer groups, like the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), believe that hidden and unexpected fees should “be fully disclosed
Trump Brushes Off DoJ on Private Prisons
The president-elect isn’t notorious for shying away from a challenge. Between calls to scrap Obamacare and build a wall along the Mexican border, the billionaire-in-chief has spoken out in support of a penal system not propped up by taxpayers. Back in March, Trump made a brief remark expressing his interest in keeping private prisons running.
GOP Senators Demand Dismissal of Top Consumer Bureau Director
President-elect Trump’s inauguration is nearly upon on, and already there are two GOP senators demanding that Donald Trump fire the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Richard Cordray. In a letter recently sent to Trump’s transition team, the two GOP senators, Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), made a case for Cordray’s
More Allegations of Abuse Against Larry Nassar
Larry Nassar, former gymnastics doctor at Michigan State University, is being sued by eighteen women for sexual misconduct.
Obamacare Replacements – One Size Fits All for Medical Mishaps
Each of the options to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, currently being halfheartedly offered share one commonality – if put into place they will rob Americans of basic legal rights regarding medical malpractice offered by state and local governments.
Study Discovers Longer ER Waits for the Mentally Ill
One would think that in the year 2017, we would have proper services available to the mentally ill, including ensuring that they’re not being pushed aside and forced into longer wait lines in the ER. Unfortunately, in many emergency rooms throughout Massachusetts, this is the reality that mentally ill patients have to endure day in
Freedom Ain’t Free: Agent Orange’s Toll
In 1961, the United States was more than shoulder-deep in the Vietnam war. Forests, dark and thick, sheltered the enemy. Something had to be done to clear the way. The military recruited Agent Orange, a dioxin-based herbicide, spraying down the foliage to reveal the hidden positions of the Viet Cong. The poison helped during the