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Cary Barbor

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Cary Barbor

    Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection (opens the original)

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    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failure, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the remaining execution for the rest of the year. Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said. She was being treated at a hospital, but they said they h

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Cary Barbor

    Free Senior Expo for Medicare, insurance coming Oct. 10 (opens the original)

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    The Lee County Senior Expo happens Saturday, Oct. 10. It will be an opportunity to get your questions answered about Medicare and other health insurance. There are changes nationally to Medicare, and regionally to healthcare in Southwest Florida, that may affect your coverage. Brian Franklin, Business Development Director for the company running the expo, explains who will be there. "You have hospital groups, you have doctor’s offices that will be in attendance, a few eldercare law firms, nonpro

  3. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Cary Barbor

    Cuts to many immigrants' Medicaid coming soon (opens the original)

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    Medicaid and CHIP coverage for many immigrants lawfully present in the U.S. will end October 1, no matter how long they have been in the country. According to a report from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, the affected groups include refugees, asylees, victims of domestic violence and human trafficking, and many admitted from Ukraine, Iraq, and Afghanistan for humanitarian reasons. The change is part of HR-1, the federal budget reconciliation bill signed in July 2025, T

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Cary Barbor

    Rural residents bound to have more trouble with Medicaid work reporting requirements (opens the original)

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    People in rural areas and small towns, including those in Florida, are bound to have a harder time meeting new Medicaid work reporting requirements that go into effect in January 2027. This is according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. Residents in rural areas are about 10 percent less likely to be offered health insurance through their jobs than are those in urban areas. Nearly 20 percent of women of childbearing age in rural and small-town Florid

  5. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Cary Barbor

    U.S. acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, a remarkable revelation after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly weaponizing a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that the U.S. has fielded "on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action." Meink did not detail what the weapons were,

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