Collusion in Health Care Pricing? Regulators Are Asked to Investigate

A data analytics firm has helped big health insurers cut payments to doctors, raising concerns about possible price fixing. Read More

State officials activate command center to manage fallout from Steward financial crisis

The move comes amid growing concern about a potential bankruptcy by cash-strapped Steward and its impact on eight community hospitals in Boston and north and south of the city. Read More

Innovation — but at what price?

The net cost of weight-loss drugs would have to drop by 90 percent to “get in the ballpark” of not increasing the national deficit, the head of the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. Read More

Morning Report — Democrats vow to shield GOP Speaker

House Democratic leaders say they’re prepared to shield Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential conservative coup within his own ranks, an unprecedented vow that inflamed one of his most ... Read More

Rafah invasion could derail cease-fire talks, aid groups warn

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will move on the city, regardless of whether Hamas agrees to the latest Israeli proposal for a cease-fire. Read More

Police at UCLA clear anti-Israel encampment, make over 130 arrests

Police in riot gear detained several anti-Israel agitators and cleared an encampment at UCLA following an hours-long confrontation early Thursday. Anti-Israel protests continue on college campuses ... Read More

The Wrap: CDC’s Heat and Health Initiative, Long-Term-Care Staffing, Homelessness Laws

Get ‘The Wrap,’ our take on the news of the week, in your inbox every Tuesday. Sign up at April 22-28 CDC’s Heat and Health Initiative The number of deaths and serious illnesses related to heat ... Read More

FactChecking Biden’s Swing-State Stops in Pennsylvania

While former President Donald Trump spent much of his week in court, President Joe Biden visited the swing state of Pennsylvania for three days and gave speeches in Scranton, Pittsburgh and ... Read More

News Archives April 2024

Get a toll violation text from E-ZPass? It’s a fake. Miss Manners: Our friends have spouses with dementia. How can we help? Should we even ask if we can help? Jersey City municipal budget to be ... Read More

Poststandard Archives April 2024

Former Syracuse football player Ja’Had Carter back in transfer portal after 1 year at Ohio State (report) Syracuse women’s lacrosse has a Boston College problem, losing — again — with a trophy on the ... Read More

Biden signs a $95 billion war aid measure that includes provision to sell or ban TikTok

President Biden has signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and has a provision that would force TikTok to be sold or be banned in the U.S ... Read More