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Column: A 20-year-old fights back against her health insurer

By Philip Moeller

Anna Landre, a college student who lives with spinal muscular atrophy, found herself fighting another battle when her insurer informed her they were reducing the number of hours they would cover for her health aide.

Denver suburb community debates tearing down Columbine High School

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

School officials said the number of people trying to get close to or even inside the school reached record levels this year, which marked the 20th anniversary of the shooting.

Trump plans to name former immigration official Tom Homan as border czar

By Associated Press

Homan had been Trump's acting ICE director since 2017 but retired from the position in 2018.

Premature baby and teenage mother held in immigration detention facility

By Astrid Galvan, Garance Burke, Associated Press

Immigrant advocates say baby should not have been kept in the overcrowded McAllen, Texas processing facility and should have instead been in a neonatal unit.

Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen dies at age 75

By Arnie Stapleton, Associated Press

The Denver Broncos owner who transformed the team from also-rans into NFL champions died just under two months before his enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Toronto Raptors capture first NBA title

By Janie McCauley, Associated Press

Toronto Raptors captured the Canada's first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise's NBA Finals debut.

New York ends religious exemption for vaccines amid measles outbreak

By David Klepper, Associated Press

The law takes effect immediately but will give unvaccinated students up to 30 days after they enter a school to show they've had the first dose of each required immunization.

Prosecutors drop Flint water charges, promise fresh probe

By Ed White, Associated Press

The stunning decision came more than three years — and millions of dollars — after authorities began examining the roots of the scandal that left Flint's water system tainted with lead.

Twitter deletes accounts linked to foreign governments that use fake personas

By Associated Press

Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government's agenda, as well as others linked to Russia, Venezuela and the Catalonia region of Spain.

House committee votes to extend 9/11 victims fund

By Gretchen Frazee

The vote advances the bill to the full House and came the day after comedian Jon Stewart sharply criticized lawmakers for failing to ensure the victims' fund does not run out of money.