- CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage star ratings overhaul, sending billions of dollars more to insurers Healthcare Dive
- CMS Releases CY27 MA and Part D Policy and Technical Changes Final Rule AAMC
- HHS Updates Medicare Drug Cost-Sharing, Plan Quality Ratings Bloomberg Law News
- Americans Concerned New Medicare Advantage Coverage Limitation Is Too Vague theglobeandmail.com
- Medicare Advantage Regulators Lighten Agent Sales Rules for 2027 ThinkAdvisor
Pope Leo’s first Easter: one year in, what do Catholics think of the new pontiff? – The Guardian
- Pope Leo’s first Easter: one year in, what do Catholics think of the new pontiff? The Guardian
- The pope schools the ‘secretary of war’ The Seattle Times
- With Mideast in conflict, Pope Leo criticizes those who invoke God for war The Washington Post
- Glenn Beck: God will not ignore Trump’s prayers NewsNation
- Leo, the first US pope, emerges as pointed Trump critic reuters.com
Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iran
Despite weeks long Iranian blockade on Strait of Hormuz, US president claims Washington can 'easily' reopen waterway.
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 8 as Kyiv holds door open for Easter truce – AP News
- Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 8 as Kyiv holds door open for Easter truce AP News
- Russia chose 'Easter escalation' over ceasefire, says Zelensky BBC
- Zelenskiy accuses Russia of 'Easter escalation' as massive daytime attack kills two Reuters
- Russia launches Good Friday daytime attacks on Ukraine, killing 14 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Kyiv region under 'massive' daytime drone and missile attack by Russia, officials say Euronews.com
Judge dismisses most of Blake Lively’s claims in Justin Baldoni harassment suit
The judge left in place three allegations against Baldoni, meaning the civil trial will go ahead next month.
Harvard faculty to vote on proposal to limit number of A grades in each course
Effort to curb grade inflation, by limiting top marks to 20% of students in a course, is opposed by most students
Harvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a faculty committee proposal to cap the number of A grades per course in an effort to curb grade inflation.
The proposal, which was first reported earlier this year by the Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper, would cap A grades to 20% of students in a course, with an allowance for four additional As. It also would introduce a new internal “average percentile rank” system, which would rely on raw scores rather than grade point average (GPA) to determine honors and awards.
Continue reading...Italy’s Uffizi Galleries targeted in cyber-attack but denies security breach
Hackers were reported to have infiltrated IT systems - but the gallery says its works are safe.
Italy’s famed Uffizi admits cyber-attack but denies security breach
Hackers were reported to have infiltrated IT systems - but the gallery says its works are safe.
UAE’s Biggest Gas Plant Forced Offline for Second Time Since War Began – OilPrice.com
- UAE's Biggest Gas Plant Forced Offline for Second Time Since War Began OilPrice.com
- Debris From Iranian Strike Falls on Oracle Building in Dubai WSJ
- At least one killed at UAE’s Habshan gas facility after intercepted attack Al Jazeera
- Interception debris falls on building in Dubai belonging to American firm IRGC vowed to target The Times of Israel
- Abu Dhabi Halts Operations at Main Gas Facility After Attack Bloomberg.com
Humiliating Poll Reveals the Full Scale of Trump’s Global Reputation Disaster – The Daily Beast
- Humiliating Poll Reveals the Full Scale of Trump’s Global Reputation Disaster The Daily Beast
- China now tops US in global approval ratings: Gallup thehill.com
- China Edges Past U.S. in Global Approval Ratings Gallup News
- Western polls indicate growing confidence in China’s steady development newsghana.com.gh
- Last year, Gallup, a pollster, asked citizens of more than 130 countries (about 1,000 per country) w.. 매일경제
Navy Researchers Scanned the Seafloor and Tracked a Ping. Then They Found a Staggering 500-Year-Old Shipwreck. – Yahoo
- Navy Researchers Scanned the Seafloor and Tracked a Ping. Then They Found a Staggering 500-Year-Old Shipwreck. Yahoo
- 16th-Century Shipwreck Found Deep In The Mediterranean: All You Need To Know Outlook Traveller
- A hidden world 2.5-kilometre down: How an underwater drone discovered France’s deepest shipwreck The Times of India
- 16th-Century French Navy Shipwreck Discovered Deep in Mediterranean Sea The CSR Journal
Cuba begins releasing more than 2,000 prisoners as US pressure mounts
US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo.
US fighter jet shot down over Iran as locals hunt for pilot who ejected, officials say – Yahoo News UK
- US fighter jet shot down over Iran as locals hunt for pilot who ejected, officials say Yahoo News UK
- Live updates: Search continues for missing US F-15 crew member CNN
- Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Forces Search for Missing Airman After Iran Downs F-15E Fighter Jet The New York Times
- Search For Missing American Pilot Continues—U.S. And Iranian Forces Race To Find Crew Member (Live Updates) Forbes
- Iran war updates: Search continues for missing fighter jet crew member USA Today
AeroSentinel production facility severely damaged after Iranian ballistic missile strike – The Jerusalem Post
- AeroSentinel production facility severely damaged after Iranian ballistic missile strike The Jerusalem Post
- Iranian cluster bomb hits Tel Aviv, central Israel; strikes reported in Tehran Haaretz
- The Latest: Iran launches missiles at Israel and Gulf states as explosions hit Tehran KIRO 7 News Seattle
- No sign of war winding down in Mideast as Friday dawns with attacks across region Yahoo
- Iranian Cluster Munitions Causes Impacts In 17 Locations Across Central Israel | LIVE BLOG i24news.tv
Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it. – Politico
- Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it. Politico
- Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iran Al Jazeera
- Trump: ‘With a little more time’ the US ‘can easily’ reopen Strait of Hormuz The Times of Israel
- These 4 charts show why reopening the Strait of Hormuz is vital for the U.S. economy MS NOW
- Europe didn’t want an Iran war, yet Trump is saddling it with the consequences CNN
EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
Proposal, a win for RFK Jr’s Maha movement, is a ‘first step’ toward tackling plastic pollution, advocates say
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities.
Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, said the agency was responding to Americans who have worried about plastics and pharmaceuticals in their drinking water. The gesture also aims to hand a win to health secretary Robert FKennedy Jr’s Maha movement, which for months has pressured Zeldin to further crack down on environmental contaminants.
Continue reading...Extend fully paid maternity leave for UK teachers to stem exodus, union says
NASUWT says full entitlement should be increased to 26 weeks and paternity pay also improved
Full maternity pay for teachers across the UK should be increased to 26 weeks to help stem the exodus of women in their 30s from classrooms, a union leader has said.
Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, said it was a “national scandal” that so many teachers who quit said inadequate maternity support was one of the reasons.
Continue reading...US jobs surge unexpectedly in March despite Iran war
Employers added 178,000 jobs, far more than had expected, the Labor Department says.
Three teenagers arrested after 14-year-old boy shot dead in south-east London
Boys aged 14 and 16 and 18-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting in Woolwich
Police have launched a murder investigation after a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in Woolwich, south-east London. Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Officers received reports of a shooting on Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich, at about 3.40pm on Thursday, the Metropolitan police said.
Continue reading...Experts dispute US account of deadly Iran sports hall strike in Lamerd
Six weapons experts have contested the US claim that video evidence suggests an Iranian missile could have hit the hall.