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More companies help with fertility care, but it is still out of reach for many

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Jessica Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for fertility treatment. After six miscarriages, Tincopa and her husband started saving for in vitro fertilization, which can cost well over $20,000. But the pandemic wiped out their savings, and they can’t find coverage for IVF on their state’s health insurance marketplace. So, the California couple is saving again, and asking politicians to help expand access. “No one should ever have to go through this,” Tincopa said.Infertility, or the inability to get pregnant after a year or more of trying, is a common problem. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that it affects nearly one in five married girls or women between the ages of 15 and 49. Yet coverage of fertility treatments can be hard to find in many corners of health insurance even as it grows briskly with big employers who see it as a must-have benefit to keep workers. It’...

APD SWAT team at north Austin apartment

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Police said its SWAT team was called out to a north Austin apartment just after midnight Tuesday morning. According to Austin Police, officers were called to the apartment complex on 8800 North Interstate 35 just after 9 p.m. Monday. According to Google, that address matches the Starburst Apartments located on the south side of the interstate just north of US 183. Police said the SWAT team was called out around 12:30 a.m. Police did not say how many people were inside the apartment unit. Austin Police said officers will provide media with an update.

After two late comebacks, Twins lose “frustrating” game to Dodgers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

LOS ANGELES — In a town never lacking in entertainment options, the Twins and Dodgers put on a heck of a show for the announced crowd of 49,749 fans on Monday night at Chavez Ravine.There was a little bit of everything — clutch hits, late-inning heroics, blown calls — but in the end, it was a bases-loaded walk that spelled the end of perhaps the Twins’ most compelling game of the season thus far.The Twins, rather than face former MVP Freeman or Max Muncy, who had homered twice already in the game, decided to intentionally walk the pair, setting up a bases loaded — Chris Taylor, the automatic runner was already on —  matchup with outfielder Trayce Thompson, hitless since April 17.But their preferred matchup didn’t give them the ending they were seeking. After getting ahead 1-2, Jorge López threw three straight balls, walking in the game-winning run in the Dodgers’ 12-inning 9-8 win over the Twins on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.“Bases loaded, tried to throw a strike right here. Mis...

Thoughtful gift ideas for graduates at each stage

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

Graduation is an extra special milestone – the end of one phase of life, an accomplishment, and the precipice of an unknown future, all rolled into one. Loved ones know their graduates best and these gift suggestions will show your support and encouragement.A candy and cash lei is a fun graduation gift idea for young children. (Photo by Darleene Powells/MediaNews Group)Elementary and middle schoolConsider making a candy-and-cash lei. Flower lei are now ubiquitous at high school and college graduations, but the cost of fresh tropical flowers for such lei can make them less suitable for young children. DIY lei with candy, cash, satin ribbons, charms, or other age-appropriate items are much more fun for kids.Clear, poly plastic tubing that will hold your candy of choice can be difficult to find, but there are sellers on eBay who are reliable and won’t force you to buy 1,000 feet at a time. Clear gift cellophane and saran wrap can also work in a pinch. Any type of snack-size candy packa...

German railway union calls off planned 50-hour strike

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

The German railway union EVG has called off a 50-hour planned strike that was to occur from Sunday (14 May) to today (16 May). This announcement came after state train operator Deutsche Bahn took the matter before a court.Deutsche Bahn filed an urgent application with a Frankfurt-am-Main labour court on Saturday, arguing that the planned strike is disproportionate and harmful to non-involved parties.Deutsche Bahn released a statement after the hearing that the EVG ended the strike, and both parties agreed to continue negotiations.The EVG is negotiating for 230,000 workers including 180,000 at Deutsche Bahn. They are seeking a 12% increase in wages or an extra 650 euros per month.Deutsche Bahn offers 10% to workers with lower and middle-incomes and 8% to those who earn more, but will phase these increases in over time.

Single-family house sells for $1.8 million in Danville

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

1398 Brookside Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 1300 block of Brookside Drive in Danville has new owners. The 2,308-square-foot property, built in 1966, was sold on April 20, 2023. The $1,775,000 purchase price works out to $769 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three baths, an attached garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 10,476-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:A 2,431-square-foot home on the first block of Mustang Court in Danville sold in March 2023, for $1,845,000, a price per square foot of $759. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Harlan Drive, Danville, in August 2022, a 2,333-square-foot home was sold for $1,930,000, a price per square foot of $827. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In July 2022, a 2,453-square-foot home on Greenbrook Drive in Danville sold for $1,700,000, a price per square foot of $693. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Reportan “pérdida de vidas a gran escala” en los campamentos y aldeas rohingya tras el ciclón Mocha

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

(CNN) — Se ha producido una “pérdida de vidas a gran escala” en los campamentos y pueblos rohingya cercanos a Sittwe, en el estado de Rakhine (Myanmar), tras el paso del ciclón Mocha el domingo, según la ONG Partners Relief & Development.Brad Hazlett, presidente de la ONG Partners Relief & Development, declaró por teléfono a CNN que una aldea en la que trabajaban desde hacía un año “quedó totalmente destruida por el ciclón y al menos 20 personas perdieron la vida allí”.El ciclón Mocha azota la costa de Bangladesh y MyanmarAñadió que las cifras de víctimas mortales compartidas en Internet varían significativamente y que su organización no podía dar un número exacto.“La red telefónica sigue siendo inestable, las carreteras están bloqueadas y al menos un puente de hormigón fue arrasado, por lo que es difícil confirmar las cifras”, declaró a CNN. “Hemos oído que muchas personas siguen desaparecidas o pueden estar bajo los refugios ...

CIA to Russians: Come spy for us

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

“Do you have information about the economy or the top leadership of the Russian Federation? Get in touch with us.”That’s the message the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is sending to Russians who would be willing to spy for the U.S.In a Russian-language video published on its Telegram channel — created for the occasion — overnight, the U.S. foreign intelligence service targets those who are fed up with life in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia.“Is this the life I dreamed of?” the video says, showing a man and a woman, both bureaucrats with piles of paper on their desks, disillusioned by life at home and at work, with emotional music playing in the background.The clip ends with both of them contacting the CIA on their smartphones.“The CIA wants to know the truth about #Russia, and we are looking for reliable people who know and can tell us that truth,” the agency said in a statement published with the video, urging Russians to “...

Hong Kong leader says China’s sentencing of US citizen exposes national security threats

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday said the sentencing on spying charges of a U.S. citizen in China, who was also a permanent resident of the semi-autonomous city, illustrated that the territory should “stay vigilant to national security risks hidden in society.” The government said mainland Chinese authorities had informed Hong Kong of the arrest of John Shing-Wan Leung in 2021. He was sentenced Monday to life in prison. Hong Kong’s government was prepared to provide assistance to anyone arrested by mainland authorities upon request but had not yet received any in Leung’s case, authorities said. Neither Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee nor the court in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou that tried Leung, 78, have released details of his alleged crime. Since taking office last year, Lee has taken a hard line toward any signs of dissent, backed up by the uncompromising attitude adopted by Chinese leaders from authoritarian Communist Party head Xi Jinping on ...

Stock market today: World shares mixed after China economic data weaker than expected

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:40:42 GMT

European shares were trading mostly higher after a mixed session in Asia following the release of data showing China’s economy is weaker than expected, with domestic demand failing to bounce back as much as hoped for after the pandemic. Benchmarks rose in Paris, London and Tokyo but fell in Shanghai and Sydney. U.S. futures edged lower and oil prices logged moderate gains.On Tuesday, the government will report how much sales at retailers across the U.S. grew last month.Germany’s DAX edged 0.1% higher to 15,928.83 and in London the FTSE 100 added 0.2% to 7,788.41. The CAC 40 in Paris shed 0.1% to 7,412.41. The future for the S&P 500 was unchanged while that for the Dow industrials fell 0.1%. China’s economic recovery after the pandemic faces pressure from sluggish consumer and export demand, a government official said Tuesday, with retail sales and other activity in April weaker than expected.Retail sales rose 18.4% over a year earlier, up 7.8 percentage points from March, ...