When Hunter Morgan bought an optometry practice in Southern California three years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid — the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people. The previous owners had not accepted patients on Medicaid, which covers roughly a third of California’s 39 million residents. But Morgan felt he had …

Chef Justin Cucci lives, cooks and runs his business to the sounds of some of America’s most celebrated bands. The devoted Deadhead owns six Denver, Colorado restaurants under the Edible Beats umbrella. He has named each of his operating companies after Steely Dan songs and lyrics. HOOPS HERO WHO INSPIRED ‘HOOSIERS NOW SERVES LEGENDARILY LARGE INDIANA-STYLE FRIED PORK SANDWICHES Humans …

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state of New Hampshire after government officials removed a historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist who also led the U.S. Communist Party. The sponsors of the marker honoring Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, who filed the lawsuit last year, lack the legal right or interest to argue for the marker’s …

Purdue had just fallen unexpectedly in the Big Ten Tournament last week and Braden Smith sat down alongside star Zach Edey and coach Matt Painter to meet reporters. It took three questions to conjure a March Madness specter: the Boilermakers’ improbable loss as a No. 1 seed to 16th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson in last year’s NCAA Tournament. “I don’t think we’re …

As protests erupt anew in Cuba over energy and food shortages, calls are growing for the military to side with the people and for the Communist regime to come to an end after more than 60 years. Hundreds of people on Sunday took the streets in eastern Cuba, primarily Santiago, though there were reports of protests in a number of …

A backhoe operator in middle Tennessee was saved on Tuesday after a pit of rocks and dirt he was digging collapsed and buried him alive for almost half a day, officials said. Firefighters responded around 11:20 p.m. to a landslide incident on Keg Springs Road in the Hampshire Community in Lewis County, and found that the face of a chert …

A former NBC executive who sparked backlash for a tweet that said Barron Trump was “fair game” upon turning 18 years old has deleted the post and said he does not wish “harm” on the former president’s son. Mike Sington, a retired NBCUniversal senior executive, was criticized on Wednesday when he commemorated Barron’s birthday with a cryptic post on X. …

Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, they said. Residents of Kyiv were woken up by loud explosions around 5 a.m. as the …

A police officer was shot in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hotel during a surprise attack Thursday morning. Three officers responded to a call around 7:39 a.m. from a Holiday Inn guest who claimed he killed someone inside a hotel room, Police Chief Bill Schultz said during a press conference. Three responding officers couldn’t make contact with anyone in the room …

The judge in former President Trump’s New York civil fraud case has ordered the court to monitor the Trump Organization’s finances for three years. Judge Arthur Engoron, who ruled on the civil fraud case that ultimately slapped Trump with his $464 million judgment, made the order to monitor the Trump Organization on Thursday. “Based on the Court’s findings in its …