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Drastic price hikes hit medicines for radiology scans

By Ed Silverman, STAT

The cost of two widely used radiology medicines for lung and kidney scans has jumped between 500 percent and 1,800 percent over the last four years.

In Colorado, surging suburbs and the oil and gas industry collide over safety concerns

By PBS News Hour

Following a fatal explosion in a Denver suburb in April, Colorado is taking a closer look at all oil and gas operations across the state. Colorado’s governor has set a Friday deadline for companies to complete inspections of oil and…

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WATCH: Trump lays out plan for 'energy dominance'

By Erica R. Hendry

President Donald Trump will speak about the country's role in the global energy market at an "Unleashing American Energy" event.

More millennials are having strokes. Here's where

By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American

A Scientific American analysis finds the rising trend of stroke among millennials differs based on where one lives.

WATCH: Jeff Sessions speaks at DOJ hate crimes summit

By Sadie Gurman and Russell Contreras, Associated Press

More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took place each year between 2004 and 2015 went unreported to law enforcement for a variety of reasons, according to a special report on hate crimes from the Bureau of Justice…

Texas Medicaid cuts leave special needs kids without therapy

By Meredith Hoffman, Associated Press

Some Texas children with special needs have lost critical services since the state implemented $350 million in Medicaid cuts to speech, occupational and physical therapy in December.

Utah lawsuits to test president's power to shrink monuments

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Native American tribes and environmental groups preparing for a legal battle to stop President Donald Trump from dismantling Utah's new national monument face a tougher challenge than anticipated.

Former Trump campaign chairman registers as foreign agent

By Chad Day and Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party.

5 important stories you may have missed

By Joshua Barajas, Laura Santhanam, Iman Smith

In a week fraught with murky developments over the GOP Senate health care bill, here are some important stories you may have missed.

Three Chicago police officers indicted for cover-up in shooting death of Laquan McDonald

By Joshua Barajas

A Chicago grand jury has indicted three police officers on conspiracy charges, alleging they interfered with an independent investigation into the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.