Tuesday, November 18, 2025

HEALTH

Average Cost of Family Insurance Nears $27,000 a Year

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Average family health insurance premiums rose 6% in 2025, nearing $27,000, underscoring consistent increases and warning of more hikes ahead. Higher healthcare spending, including increased hospital and drug prices, is driving up the cost of coverage, according to an annual survey from the nonprofit KFF....

Sen. Fetterman is Back Home after Hospitalization

(Headline USA) Sen. John Fetterman says he has returned home to his family in Pennsylvania after being hospitalized due to what his office said was a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that caused him to feel light-headed and fall during an early morning walk Thursday. Fetterman, D-Pa., posted a picture Saturday on X...

Congressional Perks: House Members, Staff Get Daycare, On-Call Doctor

(Arthur Kane, The Center Square) Job perks like an on-call doctor, on-site daycare and millions of dollars for food, beverages and bottled water sound like something offered to employees of big tech firms. But actually, taxpayers are paying for those perks for members of Congress and often their staff, an...

2nd Escaped Monkey Fatally Shot, Leaving 1 Monkey Still on the Loose after Mississippi Crash

(Headline USA) A second monkey has been shot and killed and authorities said Tuesday that they were still searching for a third missing monkey a week after their escape from a truck that overturned on a Mississippi highway. Someone shot the monkey after seeing it cross the highway on Monday evening...

Mississippi Woman Kills Escaped Monkey

(Headline USA) One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who...

Ranchers Decry Beef Imports from Argentina, Expert Says Good Start

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Consumers feeling the pang of high beef prices at the grocery store may see some relief from a plan to import beef from Argentina but it's not likely to be much, according to an expert. Marc Busch is an expert on international trade policy and law. He's...

Explosion at Harvard Medical School Appears to Have Been Intentional

(Headline USA) There was an explosion early Saturday at Harvard Medical School that appears to have been intentional, but no one was injured, authorities said. A university police officer who responded to a fire alarm tried to stop two unidentified people who ran from the Goldenson Building before going to where...

Seattle Mayor Pledges $8M to Replace Lapsed SNAP Benefits amid Federal Shutdown

(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has pledged up to $8 million in city funds – $4 million per month through 2025 – to offset the looming halt in federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits triggered by a congressional funding impasse. A Senate vote to...

Texas Sues Tylenol Companies Over Autism Claims

Texas AG Ken Paxton will sue Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue for misleading pregnant women about acetaminophen after Trump’s autism warning.

Health Department Says 1.4M to Miss SNAP Benefits

Food assistance for 1.4 million North Carolinians will be delayed without the federal government reopening…

Trump Administration Funds Controversial U.S. Bat Virus Lab

Critics call it a dangerous repeat of pre-pandemic lab mistakes….

Pentagon Still Funding Biden-era Fetal Research on Animals

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Pentagon is actively funding Biden-era grants that paid for experiments involving the implantation of aborted human babies into lab animals, according to the watchdog group White Coat Waste. WCW said the grants are worth millions of taxpayer dollars, with some beginning in 2022 and extending through...
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