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Former Aetna CEO says he’d eliminate employer-sponsored insurance to fix the U.S. healthcare industry in wake of UnitedHealthcare shooting

Employees should be free to choose their own health care plans, but be given the same contributions from their workplaces, Mark Bertolini argued.

Fortune

Lying poacher to pay record amount for illegal take of trophy buck

Offender illegally harvested an 18-point trophy buck on private property he claimed to be his sister’s. Accomplices were also sentenced.

USA Today Sports Media Group

France Gets New Helpline Amid Trauma Of Mass Rape Trial

Some callers are women fearful they have been drugged and sexually assaulted; others are doctors worried they have misdiagnosed them -- a helpline set up amid France's notorious mass rape trial has tapped a nation's unease.

International Business Times

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Ex-Man City Striker Set To Be Georgia's New Far-right President

Georgian ex-footballer turned far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to become Tbilisi's next figurehead president in an indirect election denounced as "illegitimate" by the current pro-EU leader.

International Business Times

Police chief warns 400 officers will be lost without extra funding

Lincolnshire’s Chief Constable Paul Gibson has followed his Metropolitan Police and Essex counterparts in warning about cuts.

The Independent UK

Taiwan Says Chinese Ships Have Left, Signalling Drills Over

Chinese navy and coast guard ships have returned to China, signalling the end of a massive maritime exercise, Taiwanese authorities said Friday.

International Business Times

Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture

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US Olympic & Paralympic officials put coach on leave after AP reports sexual abuse allegations

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has placed an employee on administrative leave after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide

The Independent UK

Macron To Finally Name New French PM After Deadlock

President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a new prime minister on Friday after days of deadlock over finding a candidate to replace Michel Barnier, whose ousting by parliament pushed France into a fresh crisis.

International Business Times

Europe ‘will spend more’ on defence, Nato head suggests

Mark Rutte said US president-elect Donald Trump was “right” that there should be more spending on defence.

The Independent UK

Woman settles case over alleged sexual harassment at a work Christmas dinner

Fernanda Hermosilla brought the case following a works event in December 2022.

The Independent UK

Thousands lose NHS healthcare funding after living ‘longer than expected’

Age UK said families find the system for NHS continuing healthcare ‘a complete con’, with decision-making being made on an ‘ad hoc’ basis.

The Independent UK

Haiti's new prime minister promises security to a country reeling from recent massacres

Haiti’s prime minister has held his first press conference since being appointed more than a month ago to oversee the troubled Caribbean country reeling from recent massacres as Haitians demand government protection

The Independent UK

Las Vegas Raiders Player Arrested For DUI In Vegas

Las Vegas Raiders player Charles Snowden arrested for DUI, facing court date in April. Recent incidents highlight team's DUI challenges.

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Wisconsin Trump Attorneys Charged In Fake Electors Scheme

Former judge Jim Troupis and two others face felony forgery charges in Wisconsin related to a fake electors scheme in the 2020 election.

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The Independent UK

Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge

New Pentagon data shows that reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies dropped in 2024 for the second year in a row

The Independent UK

Belarusian authorities arrest 7 journalists who worked for an independent newspaper

Belarusian authorities have arrested seven journalists who worked for an independent regional news outlet, the latest move in a sweeping crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech by the country’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko

The Independent UK

New Jersey, Minnesota sue Glock over switch that allows pistols to fire like machine gun

New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock on Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute

International Business Times UK

German Officials Call for Syrian Refugees To Go Home: 'We Will Charter Planes and Give Them £824 Each'

Public figures in Germany and Britain have called for an end to accepting Syrian asylum seekers and returning those who have already arrived.

The Guardian - US

North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto to strip power from Democratic officials

Republicans tuck new law into relief bill for Hurricane Helene as they attempt to shift state government control

The Independent UK

More than 2,000 homes still without power after Storm Darragh

A local councillor in Wales said he knows some who have been without power for five days.

The Independent UK

Government urged to grant more court sitting days to tackle prison population

Tory Kieran Mullan said: ‘If the judiciary had come to us and asked for more sitting days, we would have responded to that, not told them no.’

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