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Texas Travelers to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut are Told to Isolate

Texas Travelers to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut are Told to Isolate

NEW YORK (AP) – Officials say New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from states with high infection rates to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, beginning Thursday. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that “we also have to make sure the virus doesn’t come on a plane again.” Cuomo announced what was called…MORE

Arlington Man Charged In Connection With Body Found in Container in Tennessee

Arlington Man Charged In Connection With Body Found in Container in Tennessee

PARIS, Tenn. (AP) – An Arlington man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of the body of a woman in a plastic container floating in Kentucky Lake in Tennessee. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said 60-year-old Jeffery Rogers used a boat rented in Paris, Tennessee, to dispose of the body. Kentucky State Police…MORE

White House Wins Ruling on Health Care Price Disclosure

White House Wins Ruling on Health Care Price Disclosure

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration has won a court ruling upholding its plan to require insurers and hospitals to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures in a bid to promote competition and push down costs. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called the decision Tuesday by a federal…MORE

North Texan charged with defrauding COVID-19 relief fund

North Texan charged with defrauding COVID-19 relief fund

DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas man was arrested Tuesday after a federal indictment accused him of applying fraudulently for $3 million from the federal coronavirus relief fund. Federal prosecutors say Fahad Shah, 44, of Murphy, was arrested on three counts of wire fraud, one count of making false statements to a bank and four…MORE