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Police: 6-year-old girl fell from moving vehicle in Lynnwood Chron.com LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Lynnwood police say a 6-year-old girl is in the hospital after she fell from a moving vehicle which then struck her. Sgt. Sean Doty says the girl fell out as the vehicle was turning out of a parking lot Sunday afternoon. She was ... Girl, 6, injured after being struck by car in LynnwoodHeraldNet all 5 news articles »

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Weaver, Perez's 5 RBIs help Angels top Orioles 10-2 (May 22, 2016) FOXSports.com Baltimore Orioles' Jonathan Schoop celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver (36) during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, May 22, 2016. Orioles offense is bad, Ubaldo Jimenez is worse in 10-2 loss to AngelsCamden Chat Wieters' three-run homer in 9th powers Orioles past AngelsOCRegister Angels notebook: Managers don't take ejections lightlyLA Daily News 7Online WSVN-TV -ESPN -4029tv -Afro American all 135 news articles »

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Schumer, Gillibrand call for boost in Zika funding amNY Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday pushed the House to add funds to the battle against the Zika virus, warning that the disease poses a risk to New Yorkers and underfunding the effort would also take away funds from Ebola research efforts. Last week, the ... Zika funding falls short, Schumer, Gillibrand, doctors sayNewsday New York Senators Push for More Federal Funding to Fight Zika Virus Ahead of Mosquito SeasonNY1 Schumer, Gillibrand Call For $1.1 Billion To Fight, Prevent Zika VirusCBS Local WKBW-TV -Washington Times -WAMC -PoliticalNews.me (press release) all 18 news articles »

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Trump Rebuffed At Washington State GOP Convention Daily Caller Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump was crushed when it came to delegates during Washington State's GOP Convention this weekend. Despite being the presumptive GOP nominee as well as the only man standing in his party's primary, 40 of 41 ... Washington state GOP convention supports CruzThe Hill (blog) This Surprising Twist Confirms Donald Trump Will Face An Uphill Battle In The General ElectionBustle Washington State Republicans Back Cruz Over TrumpNewsmax American Thinker (blog) -CBS Local -KIRO Seattle -DesMoinesRegister.com all 81 news articles »

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UK's Cameron battles his own party as Brexit row focuses on Turkey Reuters LONDON Chief 'In' campaigner Prime Minister David Cameron clashed with members of his own party on Sunday over the impending referendum on Britain's European Union membership, dismissing claims that he would be powerless to stop Turkey joining ... Reality Check: Are 5 countries about to join the EU?BBC News David Cameron, Pro-Brexit Campaigners Spar Over TurkeyWall Street Journal Cameron Says He'd Be 'Very Happy' to Meet Trump in U.K. VisitBloomberg Herald Scotland -Telegraph.co.uk -Express.co.uk -BBC News all 68 news articles »

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SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS: Shuttle bus overturns; 330 closed in both directions Press-Enterprise A shuttle bus lies on its side on Highway 330 in the San Bernardino Mountains between Highland and Running Springs on Sunday, May 22, 2016. Several people were injured when the bus overturned. WILL LESTER, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. 26 injured in Highland tour bus rollover crashKABC-TV Highway 330 shut down in San Bernardino Mountains after bus overturnsSan Bernardino County Sun all 5 news articles »

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Girl barred from prom for wearing suit has her prom night Lexington Herald Leader A central Pennsylvania high school student barred from attending prom at her Catholic high school because she wore a suit rather than a dress has had her prom night — at a different school. Bishop McDevitt High School student Aniya Wolf arrives with ... and more »

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UNC Breaks Final Four Drought in Dominant Win Lacrosse Magazine COLUMBUS, Ohio — As North Carolina tried to explain how it sputtered out of the NCAA tournament last spring, it was fair to wonder if the Tar Heels would ever end a more than two-decade absence from Memorial Day weekend if a roster littered with ... Tar Heels take out NDNotre Dame Insider Georgia ends UNC's tennis runDurham Herald Sun Men's Lacrosse Returns to the Final Four; Women's Lacrosse Make Sixth Appearance in Eight SeasonsTar Heel Blog (blog) LaxPower -D1 Baseball College Baseball News & Scores all 109 news articles »

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Girl barred from prom for wearing suit has her prom night WWSB ABC 7 YORK, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania high school student barred from attending prom at her Catholic high school because she wore a suit rather than a dress has had her prom night — at a different school. Aniya Wolf, a student at Bishop McDevitt ... Bishop McDevitt girl kicked out of prom heads to William Penn promabc27 Bishop McDevitt teen Aniya Wolf attends William Penn prom after getting turned away from her ownPennLive.com Girl barred for wearing suit attends York City promYork Dispatch York Daily Record/Sunday News -Daily Mail -The Rakyat Post -Daily Herald all 15 news articles »

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Sotomayor to graduates: Learn from your mistakes Omaha World-Herald U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor receives an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the University of Rhode Island commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 22, 2016, in South Kingstown, R.I. Sotomayor also spoke at the Sunday afternoon ... Sotomayor to address University of Rhode Island commencementSalon "Wise Latina" Supreme Court Justice Endorses "Forced Labor"FrontPage Magazine all 24 news articles »

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Parts of area under severe thunderstorm watch Sioux Falls Argus Leader A large portion of eastern South Dakota is under a severe thunderstorm watch as storms move north from Nebraska. A tornado watch for south-central South Dakota expires at 10 p.m., while the severe thunderstorm watch for the area expires at 3 a.m. The ... and more »

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Arriving in Vietnam, Obama Aims to Lure It Away From China New York Times President Obama was greeted with flowers upon arriving in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times. HANOI, Vietnam — President Obama arrived in the steamy capital of Vietnam ahead of schedule on Sunday night to begin three ... Obama still looking to pivot on 10th trip to AsiaCNN Bloody U.S. History in Asia Shadows Wartime President ObamaBloomberg President Obama Arrives in Vietnam for Historic Asia TripNBCNews.com Fox News -Reuters -USA TODAY -Los Angeles Times all 359 news articles »

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Immigration backlash at the heart of British push to leave the EU Washington Post PETERBOROUGH, England — Seen from London, Edinburgh, Oxford or other havens of the cosmopolitan British elite, this country's vote next month on whether to quit the European Union may appear to be a relatively easy choice. Not a day goes by when a ... EU finance services chief says UK faces barriers if quits EUReuters Reality Check: Are 5 countries about to join the EU?BBC News Get ready for an economic crash if Britain leaves the EUBusiness Insider Telegraph.co.uk -International Business Times -The Independent -The Guardian all 227 news articles »

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Immigration backlash at the heart of British push to leave the EU Washington Post PETERBOROUGH, England — Seen from London, Edinburgh, Oxford or other havens of the cosmopolitan British elite, this country's vote next month on whether to quit the European Union may appear to be a relatively easy choice. Not a day goes by when a ... EU referendum: Brexit 'would spark year-long recession' - TreasuryBBC News UK Treasury Says EU Exit Could Cause RecessionWall Street Journal Britain risks year-long recession if votes for Brexit - OsborneReuters Bloomberg -Telegraph.co.uk -Newsmax -Newsweek all 494 news articles »

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John Kerry and Aung San Suu Kyi: A Milestone Meeting in Myanmar, Tempered by Questions New York Times Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Secretary of State John Kerry at a news conference on Sunday in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Credit Pool photo by Nyein Chan Naing. NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Less than two months after a civilian government took many of the levers ... World Digest: May 22, 2016Washington Post Suu Kyi calls for 'space' to address Myanmar's Rohingya issue as Kerry visitsReuters Suu Kyi asks for 'space' to address Myanmar's Rohingya plightBBC News Wall Street Journal -Voice of America -Salt Lake Tribune -The Guardian all 88 news articles »

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Body found of Warm Springs man sought after wife's disappearance OregonLive.com The body of a Warm Springs man sought by authorities after his wife's violent death was found and recovered Sunday in the Deschutes River Canyon. The FBI and local police had been looking for Mark Kevin Johnson Jr., 33, since his wife, Candelaria Rhoan ... Warm Springs man's body found in canyon, 2 days after wife's deathKTVZ Crews find body of man wanted in wife's violent death in Warm SpringsKATU Crash involves man wanted in wife?s deathBend Bulletin all 5 news articles »

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SANTIAGO, Chile (TheBlaze/AP) — Two lions were killed after they severely mauled a man who stripped naked and entered their enclosure in an apparent suicide attempt early Saturday, authorities said.

Naked man jumps into a zoo's LION enclosure in Chile in a 'suicide bid' https://t.co/V0QRjX7zfQ pic.twitter.com/DqcKgacgGd

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The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and was said to be in grave condition.

Director Alejandra Montalba of Santiago’s Metropolitan Zoo told local media the park was crowded with visitors at the time of the incident.

The 20-year-old man broke into the enclosure, took off his clothes and jumped into the middle, horrifying other visitors who witnessed the attack. Zookeepers killed the two lions in order to save his life.

“The zoo has an established protocol because people’s lives are very important to us,” said Montalba, adding that there were no fast-acting tranquilizers available to stop the lions from mauling the man. She said she was “deeply affected” by the deaths of the two lions, a male and a female.

An apparent suicide note was found in the man’s clothing, said Metropolitan Park director Mauricio Fabry. Witness reported he also made religious proclamations.

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This Surprising Twist Confirms Donald Trump Will Face An Uphill Battle In The General Election Bustle Washington state held its Republican delegate convention on Saturday, and the politically active in the Evergreen State used their time in the spotlight to send a strong message to the GOP — don't elect Donald Trump. Despite his campaign suspension ... Washington state GOP convention supports CruzThe Hill (blog) Talking Points: Trump And Minnesota RepublicansCBS Local Washington State Republicans Back Cruz Over TrumpNewsmax KIRO Seattle -The Seattle Times -DesMoinesRegister.com -Newsweek all 60 news articles »

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Congress votes to ban Confederate flags from VA cemeteries Christian Science Monitor Congress passed a proposal on Thursday that essentially bans Confederate flags from national cemeteries. With a 265-159 vote, the proposal makes it illegal to display the Confederate flag in Department of Veteran Affairs cemeteries – even on individual ... Congress votes to ban Confederate flags from national cemeteriesAtlanta Journal Constitution Students asked to remove Confederate flags from vehiclesPamplin Media Group House would ban Confederate flags on VA cemetery flagpolesFOX 7 Austin Dearborn Press and Guide -Mississippi News Now all 9 news articles »

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Greek parliament approves reforms in exchange for aid, debt relief Reuters ATHENS Greek lawmakers approved tax increases and a new privatization fund on Sunday and freed up the sale of non-performing loans in exchange for much-needed bailout loans and debt relief. Athens hopes the measures, two days before a key euro ... Greece Set for Austerity Vote to Secure Bailout CashWall Street Journal Greece passes omnibus reform bill to comply with bailoutU.S. News & World Report Greece to unveil fresh round of austerity to unlock bailout fundsThe Guardian Kathimerini -The Independent -GlobalPost -Telegraph.co.uk all 24 news articles »

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HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — The doctor got right down to business after Herbert Diamond bounded in. A single green form before her, she had some questions for the agile 88-year-old: about comas and ventilators, about feeding tubes and CPR, about intense and irreversible suffering.

–PLEASE HOLD FOR STORY BY MATT SEDENSKY– In a photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Herbert Diamond, 88, left, of Fort Lee, N.J., has a conference with Dr. Manisha Parulekar about his end of life decisions at Hackensack Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

“You want treatments as long as you are going to have good quality of life?” Dr. Manisha Parulekar asked. The retired accountant nodded.

“And at that point,” she continued, “you would like to focus more on comfort, right?” There was no hesitation before his soft-spoken reply: “Right.”

Scenes like this have been spreading across the U.S. in the months since Medicare started paying for conversations on end-of-life planning. Seven years after that very idea spurred fears of “death panels,” supporters hope lingering doubts will fade.

“The more and more that that happens, the more patients, families and doctors will become comfortable with it,” said Dr. Joe Rotella, chief medical officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine . “Any distrust people have about, ‘What is this?’ really disappears when patients sit down and find out this is about empowering them.”

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quietly tucked the change allowing for payment for end-of-life counseling into a massive package of regulations last summer, with billing permissible as of Jan. 1. To date, CMS has not released any data on how many people have taken part in the sessions, but a survey released last month suggests it may be off to a slow start.

Three non-profits – the California Health Care Foundation, Cambia Health Foundation and John A. Hartford Foundation – fielded a poll of 736 doctors who see patients 65 and older. Only 14 percent said they had already billed Medicare for the new counseling, though the survey was conducted February 18 through March 7, meaning the earliest participants only had about six weeks from the start of the benefit. Altogether, 95 percent of doctors in the poll expressed support for the Medicare benefit and a big majority considered such conversations important.

Some doctors had already incorporated end-of-life planning into regular visits, and certain private insurers began offering reimbursement for it before Medicare announced its change. But because Medicare is the single largest payer of health care in the U.S., this could stand to be one of the most significant developments in end-of-life care ever seen in the country.

It also gives Americans a glimpse into something many only knew through the lens of controversy.

Diamond arrived for his appointment at Hackensack University Medical Center on a mundane day in which he had reviewed investments, had a dentist appointment and ate a couple slices of pizza for lunch. In his last visit with Parulekar, she gave him a copy of “practitioner orders for life-sustaining treatment,” or POLST , a doctor-signed document that makes end-of-life preferences known.

“Did you have a chance to look at the form?” she asked. He had, and they set out to review it as Parulekar filled it out.

“I wish to live a full and long life but not at all costs,” she wrote as a goal of care, repeating language common in living wills, something Diamond long ago completed. This document will go further in its specificity and authoritativeness. It serves as a medical order to dictate the response to a health crisis should patients no longer be able to make their own decisions known.

The doctor calmly addressed questions as they moved through the document with Diamond: How long would he feel comfortable being on a feeding tube? If hope seems lost, should CPR be performed anyway? Would you want to be put on a respirator?

“I wouldn’t want to be on a machine for the rest of my life, that’s for sure,” Diamond told her.

All told, it was only about 20 minutes before Diamond’s white sneakers shuffled out of the room and the appointment was over. He was to review the paperwork with his two daughters before signing it, but he said he had looked forward to the session simply because it was a new experience. Diamond said he saw it as both necessary and comforting.

Medicare reimbursements for the appointments vary by region and the type of facility, but on average, an initial 30-minute session in a doctor’s office costs $86. As those experiences proliferate, the topic of discussing end-of-life care may return to the relatively uncontentious mantle it once enjoyed.

For years before the Affordable Care Act was written, there was bipartisan consensus on the value in helping people understand their desires at the end of their lives and make those wishes known. A 1991 law passed under President George H.W. Bush requires hospitals and nursing homes to help patients who want to prepare living wills and advance directives and similar efforts gained particular resonance after the 2005 death of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose family fought for years over whether she’d want to be kept alive in a vegetative state.

In 2008, Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation requiring doctors to discuss issues like living wills with new Medicare enrollees. And just months before being tapped as Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signed a proclamation recognizing Healthcare Decision Day to spread word of a statewide campaign about the importance of advance directives.

That history dissipated in an instant in 2009 as President Obama’s health care proposal spurred angry protests. Early drafts of the bill included a provision to pay for voluntary end-of-life conversations. Palin claimed it amounted to creating “death panels” and said it would allow government officials to decide whether sick people get to live.

“The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care,” she wrote in a Facebook post at the time.

Palin hammered the “death panel” idea. Her staff made clear she was specifically addressing advance-care planning. And the controversy led to the proposal being dropped from the bill.

With the Medicare change in sight, at the close of 2015 Politico penned an obituary for “death panels.” But fears stoked by the idea – which PolitiFact named the “Lie of the Year” in 2009 – still remain. Obama even made light of the lingering impact in addressing the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month, noting his own impending retirement and joking : “Eight years ago, I was a young man, full of idealism and vigor. And look at me now: I am gray, grizzled, just counting down the days till my death panel.”

A March 2016 poll by Public Policy Polling, commissioned by Ari Rabin-Havt for his book “Lies, Incorporated,” found 29 percent of respondents believed the health reform law established “death panels,” with an additional 31 percent unsure. Among Republicans, 45 percent said they believed the law established “death panels.”

Requests for comment from Palin via her political action committee went unanswered.

“Lies are very sticky,” Rabin-Havt said, “and this is yet another example of how sticky lies are and the damage they can do.”

Hackensack University Medical Center, where Diamond had his session, is taking part in an advance-care planning campaign to educate and encourage people to put their preferences in writing. Linda Farber Post, the hospital’s director of bioethics, said the goal was to have all doctors, not just those treating the elderly or dying, to have such discussions with their patients.

“This is not something where doctors should be saying, ‘Let’s just leave it to the geriatricians and the palliative care folks,’” she said.

Diamond said all the men on both sides of his family died before they reached 65, and so he never expected to live as long as he has. But years ago, when his wife was hospitalized, dying with lymphoma, he recalled an old man in a bed next to her hooked up to all kinds of paraphernalia, in seeming misery. It was a lesson to him to make sure he never found himself in the same place.

“It just seemed quite apparent to this layman that he was suffering and yet his family couldn’t let go,” he said. “I would never want that for me.”

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