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A policy change that will restrict reimbursements for anesthesia during surgery and other medical procedures was announced by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield on Thursday. Under the new arrangement, doctors would have received reimbursement according to deadlines that the insurance imposed. The new payment policy for Connecticut, New York, and Missouri, which will take effect in February, was quietly disclosed last month by Anthem BCBS, one of the biggest health insurers in the United States. The American Society of Anesthesiologists expressed outrage about the policy change. After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in New York City on Wednesday, the policy change gained attention after first going unreported.Anthem BCBS's decision erupted into the online hatred that the deaths...

The woman has been charged with stowaway after authorities claim she boarded a flight in New York over Thanksgiving without a ticket and was arrested when she landed in Paris. On Thursday afternoon, Svetlana Dali showed up for her arraignment in federal court in Brooklyn. She appeared to be in agony and was limping when she arrived. Later, she sat between a Russian interpreter and her lawyer, Michael Schneider of the Brooklyn Federal Defenders. She passed through metal detectors at airport security, according to her lawyer, who also argued that her acts were comparable to stealing services or jumping a turnstile. Dali can be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both if found guilty. Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation filed the complaint that led to the accusation, she did not ...

Over the weekend, investigators in California apprehended a man suspected of breaking into a Trump campaign headquarters in Virginia. In August, the suspect appeared on security footage. The man in the video, Toby Shane Kessler, 39, was arrested in California on Saturday for squatting in an empty university residence at the University of California, San Francisco, according to the Loudoun County, Virginia, sheriff's office on Thursday. In Virginia, he will be charged with burglary. On August 11, the Trump campaign office in Ashburn was broken into. The Virginia 10th District Republican Committee's headquarters are also located in the building. According to the sheriff's office, Kessler made "entry through the back door of the Ashburn office" and was there for "a brief period of time before...

The family of Tyre Sampson, the Missouri teenager who died two years ago after falling to his death while riding a free-fall attraction at an amusement park, received a $310 million verdict Thursday from a Florida jury. After almost an hour of deliberation, the civil finding against Funtime Handels GMBH, the Austrian business that made the ride, was announced in a courtroom in Orange County. According to a statement from family lawyer Ben Crump, this decision is a positive step toward making companies answerable for the security of their goods. The jury's verdict supports our long-standing contention that Tyre's death was caused by willful negligence and a failure to put safety before profits. According to Orlando's NBC station WESH, the manufacturer did not send a representative to court...

WASHINGTON—A report by the Ethics Committee on a thorough, multi-year investigation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a close ally and confidant of President-elect Donald Trump, was not released by House members on Thursday. Republicans voted to send the issue back to the Ethics Committee after Democrats pushed the votes, temporarily putting an end to the dispute over the report's release. It's unclear if the report will ever be made public. The votes followed the nonpartisan Ethics panel's second private meeting in as many months regarding whether to release the findings on Gaetz's alleged sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl, illegal drug usage, obstruction of the House investigation, and other charges. However, the panel did not make the report public after two and a half hours, s...

Washington During combative testimony Thursday in the trial of the former head of intelligence for the Metropolitan Police Department in the nation's capital, former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio, who is currently serving 22 years in prison on charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, sparred with a federal prosecutor and a judge and refused to answer questions about the attack. Tarrio, who was found guilty of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 22 years in prison, testified on behalf of the defense during Shane Lamond's trial. Lamond is accused of informing Tarrio that he had an arrest warrant out for him due to a previous incident while Tarrio was traveling to Washington before the attack. When Lamond arrived in Washington on January 4, 2021, he was arrested for a separate i...

The kosher food business Manischewitz revealed on Thursday that Jake Retzlaff, the first Jewish quarterback in the history of the program, has signed a NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) sponsorship deal with the team. At Latter-day Saints University, Retzlaff, who has taken on the moniker BYJew, is one of just three Jewish students. Retzlaff, a junior who was selected as the starting quarterback prior to the season, has guided the Cougars to a 10-2 record and a national ranking of No. 18. He has thrown for 2,796 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Established in 1888, Manischewitz produces kosher goods such as wine, macaroons, and matzo. "The recognizable Jewish brand has always been a part of my life," Retzlaff added. "My favorite snack as a child was matzo with peanut butter, and ev...

WASHINGTON—A report by the Ethics Committee on a thorough, multi-year investigation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a close ally and confidant of President-elect Donald Trump, was not released by House members on Thursday. Republicans voted to send the issue back to the Ethics Committee after Democrats pushed the votes, temporarily putting an end to the dispute over the report's release. It's unclear if the report will ever be made public. The votes followed the nonpartisan Ethics panel's second private meeting in as many months regarding whether to release the findings on Gaetz's alleged sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl, illegal drug usage, obstruction of the House investigation, and other charges. However, the panel did not make the report public after two and a half hours, s...

According to Canadian tribal authorities, a man who jumped on top of a polar bear that lunged at his wife during a rare attack earlier this week is expected to recover despite suffering significant injuries. According to a statement from the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, the bear was shot dead by a neighbor during the Tuesday event in the Fort Severn First Nation, located in the far northern region of Ontario. According to the statement, the bear lunged at the woman when the pair left their house at five in the morning to look for their pets. According to the police agency, her husband leaped on the beast to save his wife, who collapsed to the ground. His limbs and legs were severely injured but not life-threatening. According to investigators, the animal fled to a wooded area after the n...

The federal prosecutions against President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, and the New York state hush money case against President-elect Donald Trump were both politically motivated and worthy of pardons, according to Democratic Sen. John Fetterman on Thursday. Over the weekend, Biden granted his son Hunter a sweeping pardon. Earlier this year, a New York state jury found Trump guilty of falsifying company documents pertaining to payments made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election. In state situations such as that one, pardons are made at the state level rather than the federal one. Comparing the tax and gun charges against Hunter Biden to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against Trump, Fetterman told a small group of reporters in the Capitol that they...