Sen. Toni Atkins Says Constituents' Fear Of Losing Obamacare Is 'heartwrenching'

By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News (TNS) KINGSTREE, S. C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four years after catching COVID-19, still is too weak to drive. Louvenia McKinney, 77, arrived complaining about shortness of breath. Ponzella McClary brought her 83-year-old mother-in-law, Lula, who has memory issues and had recently taken a fall. Morris Brown, the family practice physician who owns the clinic, rotated through Black patients nearly every 20 minutes.

A California man was arrested Thursday after police say he tried to enter Mar-a-Lago for a fifth time as part of an apparent effort to talk to President-elect Donald Trump. Zijie Li, 39, is now facing a second charge of trespass after warning on top of an existing charge he received in July. Li’s first run-in with law enforcement occurred on July 19, six days after the first assassination attempt on Trump, according to a probable cause affidavit, and amid heightened security surrounding the club.

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins right tackle Austin Jackson is in serious jeopardy of missing Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. The Dolphins’ starting lineman wasn’t seen during a brief media viewing portion of Friday drills, the second of three practices this week before playing Monday at SoFi Stadium. Jackson was not previously known to be dealing with an ailing knee, apparently making it through the Buffalo Bills game on Sunday healthy.

UF is standing behind its coach as the Gators enter the home stretch of his third season showing positive signs. Decision-makers are banking on 2025 to finally be Billy Napier’s year. The vote of confidence comes as Florida heads to No. 5 Texas as 21.5-point underdogs with a third-string walk-on quarterback hoping to ride a solid running game, resurgent defense and two of the nation’s top specialists.

GAINESVILLE — Florida Gators men’s basketball coach Todd Golden is under investigation by the school’s Title IX office for allegations of stalking, cyberstalking, sexual harassment and sexual exploitation by multiple women, including UF students, according to the school’s Independent Florida Alligator newspaper. An alleged copy of the notice of the complaint filed Sept.

The expectations for the Hurricanes entering the season were high. They have lived up to them for the first three quarters of the season. Now, No. 4 Miami (9-0, 5-0 ACC) is in position to make the College Football Playoff as long as it does not get tripped up. Their next test is to go on the road and beat Georgia Tech (5-4, 3-3), the team that ended their undefeated start to the 2023 season in excruciating fashion, at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta at noon on Saturday. “This is a team that will never get complacent,” quarterback Cam Ward said.