The agencies that oversee the health of U.S. military personnel and veterans were pushing ahead this spring with the biggest overhaul of their health systems in three decades, USA Today reported. The initiatives aimed to shift up to 15 million patients to private care providers, shutter clinics and hospitals and reduce the number of military doctors and nurses. The Army, Navy and Air Force, along with the Defense Health Agency, had begun shedding patients and providers under reforms set into motion in 2017 under the National Defense Authorization Act. Veterans Affairs was due to send scores of veterans to neighborhood doctors and hospitals instead of VA facilities, also under legislation passed more than a year ago. Supporters of the change called it good for patients – because they’d gain access to improved care – and for the government – because it would save millions of dollars by eliminating redundant services.
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FERGUSON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania – Police released dash cam of a drug impaired man who tried to use one of the police cruisers as a “trampoline.” The 25-year-old man can be seen talking to an officer before throwing something at the car, dash cam footage shows. The suspect then runs to the cruiser and attempts to jump on it like a trampoline. “A drug impaired 25-year-old non-Centre County resident tried to use one of our police cars as a trampoline. Needless to say, it didn’t work. All Officers involved are okay. Charges are pending,” the police department said in a Facebook post. The windshield shattered as the man fell and police were able to detain him.
An Egyptian police officer and seven suspected militants were killed on Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire, the ministry of interior said in a statement late on Tuesday, It said three other policemen had also been wounded. The ministry received information “that there is a terrorist cell, whose elements embrace Takfiri ideology, using several areas as a shelter in eastern and southern Cairo as a starting point to carry out terrorist operations,” the statement said. Two private television stations broadcast what they called footage of the shooting, which we was not immediately able to verify. Weapons and ammunition were found with the suspects, the ministry said. The public prosecutor said a team of investigators has been despatched to the scene of the attack.
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Stewardess 'is killed' and up to 10 passengers are hurt as Russian Sukhoi Superjet passenger plane with 78 aboard crash lands and explodes in fireball at Moscow's main international airport, Russia. No casualties reported. ✈️🔥
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The Main Directorate for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation completed an investigation into the criminal case against the commander of the RRJ-95B aircraft, Denis Evdokimov, and also released new footage of the plane crash. Denis Evdokimov is accused of committing a crime under Part 3 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code, according to the press release. On May 5, 2019, 40 passengers and one crew member were killed. In addition, 10 people received injuries of varying severity. In total, at the time of the fire, 78 people were on board, including three minors and 5 crew members. (Google translate)
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Road accident in Tagil City, Russia.
A large human smuggling attempt was prevented by U.S. Border agents early Monday morning just north of Laredo, Texas, FOX29 reported. Agents stopped a white tractor that was hauling a white trailer at mile marker 31 and brought in a service canine to take a closer look. The canine alerted the agents to the trailer, so it was opened and 28 people were found inside. They were from Mexico, Guatemala and Ecuador and the driver was a U.S. citizen. All were taken into custody and this will be investigated further. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, "Despite the ongoing international COVID-19 pandemic, alien smugglers endanger the lives of individuals they transport, and put at risk the health and safety of our Nation. U.S. Border Patrol agents strive to prevent the flow of illegal immigration and slow the spread of COVID-19." You can report suspicious activity by calling the Laredo Sector Border Patrol toll free (800) 343-1994.
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me after a 13 hour shift @NightingaleLDN with one of the ITU colleagues who directly supervises our work and keeps me and the patients safe. The wrinkles are from my PPE not years of hard living.
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The Internal Revenue Service's online tool that helps Americans track their $1,200 stimulus checks has gone into meltdown just hours after it launched. Frustrated users took to social media Wednesday to blast the highly-anticipated tracker, reporting that the site is crashing or telling them that it can't find their details. More ludicrous still, payments have been sent to people who have been dead for two years, while thousands complain they haven't received the much-needed handout. The latest blow comes as Americans already face delays in getting the $1,200 government stimulus checks, after it emerged Tuesday that President Donald Trump has ordered that his name be printed on the checks, slowing their delivery by several days. With nearly 17 million Americans filing for unemployment in the last three weeks and the jobless rate reaching its highest point since 1940, millions of households across the nation are desperately waiting to access the federal aid.