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How a successful Colorado startup turned into a nearly $1 billion health care fraud scheme

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Marian Houk was rehabbing from a major spinal surgery in 2022 when her physical therapist at UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado, recommended she try electrical stimulation to manage the pain.

Like many providers around the country, UCHealth sent Houk to Zynex Inc., an Englewood, Colorado-based medical device company that manufactures and sells ...Read more

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How our AI bots are ignoring their programming and giving hackers superpowers

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Welcome to the age of AI hacking, in which the right prompts make amateurs into master hackers.

A group of cybercriminals recently used off-the-shelf artificial intelligence chatbots to steal data on nearly 200 million taxpayers. The bots provided the code and ready-to-execute plans to bypass firewalls.

Although they were explicitly programmed...Read more

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Auto review: Subaru Trailseeker is an eOutback

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LAGUNA BEACH, California — The Subaru Outback SUV is an icon. Now it has an electric sibling.

While the 2026 Outback has zigged to a square, truck-like ute design, the 2026 Trailseeker has zagged to Outback’s traditional wagon wardrobe with a side of off-road cladding and an infusion of high tech. I slipped into the driver seat, toggled the...Read more

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Henry Payne: Ford kit boosts horsepower for F-150, Mustang V-8s

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Ford Motor Co. is supercharging its F-150 and Mustang offerings for customers.

The Blue Oval joined the aftermarket horsepower wars this week by offering a factory-installed Whipple Supercharger Kit for purchase with a new pickup or muscle car.

That means a whopping power boost for the F-150’s 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 engine from 400 horsepower ...Read more

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Auto review: 2026 Toyota Tundra delivers usage and comfort

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The days of trucks being designed specifically for work and off-road use are virtually gone, as the truck market has shifted toward comfort and family-friendly vehicles fit for everyday driving.

As a full-four door with a CrewMax cab, the 2026 Toyota Tundra is a space machine that delivers storage and utility to consumers. Its ability to move ...Read more

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Auto review: 2026 Mazda CX-5 gains a great new screen but loses something in the process

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When was it decided that buttons in a car were old-fashioned? Surely it was some young punk designer in a black turtleneck who made the call. So, he took them out. All of them. And stuffed everything onto a screen the size of a small television. Naturally, the accountants applauded. No buttons to manufacture? This saves money. High fives all ...Read more

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Federal court upholds Seattle's delivery driver rights law

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Seattle’s law regulating when delivery drivers may be deactivated from platforms such as Uber and Instacart will remain in place after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ assertions it infringed on their First Amendment rights and was overly vague.

The split ruling from the three-judge panel likely means the law is ...Read more

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Iran conflict sends farmers rushing to secure critical fertilizers

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Chet Edinger had already bought most of the fertilizer for his corn and soybean farm last year, but on Monday morning, with war breaking out in the Middle East, he rushed to secure a last few truckloads of urea for the tens of thousands of acres he cultivates near Mitchell, South Dakota.

“We grabbed what we needed,” he said by phone. It ...Read more

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Michael Hiltzik: Trump's love affair with coal won't save the industry from extinction

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He's a cute little fella, decked out in his reflective vest, hard hat and work boots, with his big eyes and a fixed grin.

Meet "Coalie," who joins the army of official and semiofficial mascots making government and commercial pitches go down easier for you and me, like Smokey the Bear, McGruff the Crime Dog and Franklin the Fair Housing Fox.

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After Warner Bros. merger, changes are coming to the historic Paramount lot. Here's what to expect

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With Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. expected to saddle the combined company with $79 billion in debt, Paramount executives are looking to do away with redundant assets including real estate — and there is a lot of that.

Chief in the public's imagination are their historic studios in Burbank and Hollywood, where legendary ...Read more

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Trader Joe's and Ralphs recall some frozen foods amid glass contamination concerns

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Trader Joe’s, Ralphs and others have recalled some frozen food products amid concerns they may be contaminated with glass.

The recalls come weeks after Monrovia, California-based Trader Joe’s recalled batches of its private-label chicken fried rice with best-by dates between Sept. 8 and Nov. 17 due to glass.

Trader Joe’s on Tuesday ...Read more

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Companies stare down $100,000 fee with new H-1B visa rules

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The Trump administration’s overhaul of the U.S. visa system for highly skilled immigrants is about to get its first major test.

The annual lottery for H-1Bs, the most popular visa for white-collar professionals looking to build a career in the U.S., gets underway with new rules this month. For the first time, successful sponsors for ...Read more

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Sub-6% mortgage rates vanish as Iran war sparks inflation fears

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U.S. homebuyers had to act fast last week to nab the first sub-6% mortgage rates in more than three years. Now they’re up, and the new conflict in the Middle East threatens to nudge them higher.

The average for 30-year, fixed loans climbed to 6% from 5.98% last week, which was the lowest point since September 2022, data from Freddie Mac ...Read more

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Pentagon feud with Anthropic shines light on AI's role in mass surveillance

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Anthropic PBC’s clash with the Pentagon is drawing fresh attention to a lightly regulated practice: the U.S. government’s purchase of commercially available information, such as browsing histories and location data, and the growing use of artificial intelligence to analyze it at scale.

U.S. agencies, including the Defense Department, have ...Read more

Real estate Q&A: Can HOA require me to clean a roof that I don't think is dirty?

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Q: Can my association fine me because they’re saying my roof is dirty and needs to be power-washed? When I asked them what the guidelines were, they just pointed to the section that said I was responsible for general maintenance under the declaration. I think my roof looks fine. Can they make me power wash my roof? — Zach

A: Homeowners ...Read more

Capital One laying off another 1,100-plus employees at former Discover headquarters in Illinois

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Capital One is laying off another 1,139 employees at the former Discover headquarters in Riverwoods, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, a second wave of downsizing following the credit card giants’ megamerger last year.

The employees, whose roles span a variety of job titles at Discover Financial Services, were given notice Feb. 23 that their ...Read more

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Gossiping about the boss? It might be a good thing, per new study

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Gossip often gets a bad rap.

It can be seen as frivolous or hurtful, and not typically encouraged.

Still, “there seems to be something about it that makes people a little bit giddy, or excited to be gossiping,” says Rebecca Greenbaum, a professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.

In a recent study, Greenbaum ...Read more

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New answer to affordable housing? Yes In God's Backyard movement comes to CT

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Affordable housing advocates along with dozens of churches across the state are trying to launch the so-called YIGBY campaign in Connecticut this week by supporting a proposed law making it easier to build apartments on church-owned land.

The Yes In God’s Backyard movement bills itself as a creative way to quickly construct affordable housing...Read more

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Las Vegas lost the most construction jobs of any US city last year, report says

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Las Vegas lost more construction jobs than anywhere else in the country last year, according to a new report.

Data from the Associated General Contractors of America showed the area had the biggest percentage loss, as well as overall numerical loss, of construction jobs out of the largest 360 metro areas in 2025. The valley lost a total of 8,...Read more

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CT dairy farmers say the once-thriving industry is now unsustainable. Here's their plan to save it

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Brandon Smith, a fourth-generation Connecticut dairy farmer, said that he doesn’t want to see the state’s dairy industry disappear, but that without the state’s intervention, the industry is no longer sustainable.

Smith, who works beside his family members at Cushman Farms in Franklin, said that dairy farming is in his DNA. His great-...Read more