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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz is zeroing in on five states as the Trump administration escalates its crackdown on fraud, waste and abuse, he told Fox News Digital. “We’ve written letters to Minnesota, California, a letter to Florida because we’re worried about the durable medical equipment fraud … New York, Maine, and there are more coming,” Oz told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview, adding that his concern expands to all 50 states. Oz has escalated federal pressure on states to tighten anti-fraud enforcement in response to…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A student has been charged with four counts of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon following a stabbing at Foss High School on Thursday in Tacoma, Washington, where four students and a security guard were injured.The suspect was identified as Waleed Emad Essakhi, according to authorities, and was arrested shortly after the incident.Essakhi was charged in Pierce County Superior Court on Friday, where it was determined he would be tried as an adult.According to court documents, the student allegedly stole a vape pen from a fellow student the previous day at a…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The auto racing world is mourning the loss of Alex Zanardi. The Italian Formula 1 driver, who later became a Paralympic champion after two life-altering accidents, has died, his family announced Saturday. He was 59.The family confirmed that loved ones were with Zanardi when he died. “Alex died peacefully, surrounded by the affection of those closest to him,” the family said in a statement. A cause of death was not provided.Zanardi’s family also said that it “Thanks everyone who is sharing their support right now and asks for respect during this time…

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When former New York Giants’ placekicker Younghoe Koo completely missed the ball on a field goal attempt against the New England Patriots last December, the broadcasters weren’t the only ones laughing.Mark Toothaker, a stallion sales manager for Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, was on the couch cracking up with his wife, Malory, about the whiffed field goal and consequential turnover. Then, he felt something strange.”I felt a shock in my left arm, and then I never felt anything else. Had no pain, anything after that,” Toothaker said.He didn’t wake up for 25 minutes and was told at the hospital that he…

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This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.After a month or so in the doldrums as investors rode a wave of anxiety about the AI buildout, chip stocks have hit a real purple patch again in April.In March, Nasdaq’s PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index — comprising the 30 largest U.S.-traded chip companies — saw a 6.3% decrease. Last month, the narrative reversed, with the index soaring 35.2% since the start of April as of market close Wednesday as investors ploughed into the sector. Intel has been one of the standouts. The company had…

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Spirit Airlines kiosks at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on May 2, hours after the carrier shut down.Leslie Josephs/CNBCBALTIMORE/NEW YORK — Spirit Airlines was hours away from its final flights Friday afternoon. Jeremiah Burton was hours away from his first.”It’s my first time flying,” Burton, a 45-year-old air conditioning and heating technician, told CNBC at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday, shortly before he was scheduled to depart for New Orleans to visit his daughter and her newborn twins.”To tell you the truth, I just went online and Googled the cheapest airline ticket,” he said, adding that he paid about…

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Cherie DeVaux has made history as the first woman to train the winner of the Kentucky Derby, as Golden Tempo charged from the back of the pack and down the stretch to get to the finish line first in the biggest event in horse racing.DeVaux is just the second female trainer to win any Triple Crown race after Jena Antonucci won with Arcangelo in the 2023 Belmont Stakes. She won the 152nd Derby in her first opportunity, eight years since starting her own stable.Ridden by Jose Ortiz and with a crowd of more than 100,000 watching and roaring at Churchill…

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