Monday, April 1, 2019

Baltimore Mayor to Take Leave of Absence Amid Children’s Book Scandal


By Timothy Williams
NYT U.S.
Catherine Pugh’s office said she was recovering from pneumonia, even as Maryland’s governor called for an investigation into payments to the mayor for her “Healthy Holly” children’s books.
Published date: April 2, 2019 at 02:00AM
The New York Times
New York Times article

Two Republican Attorneys General Urge Court to Uphold Obamacare


By Reuters
NYT U.S.
Two Republican state attorneys general on Monday urged a federal appeals court to uphold the Obamacare federal healthcare law, saying that striking it down would be disruptive for patients, doctors, insurers and employers.
Published date: April 2, 2019 at 01:42AM
Reuters
New York Times article

Republican Health Care Lying Syndrome


By Paul Krugman
NYT Opinion
Even Trump supporters don’t believe the party’s promises.
Published date: April 2, 2019 at 01:30AM
The New York Times
New York Times article

New vulnerability on the NVD: CVE-2017-8023

EMC NetWorker may potentially be vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Networker Client execution service (nsrexecd) when oldauth authentication method is used. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send arbitrary commands via RPC service to be executed on the host system with the privileges of the nsrexecd service, which runs with administrative privileges.

Published at: April 02, 2019 at 12:29AM
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Romeo and Juliet’s First Date Marks New Hope for Endangered Frog


By JoAnna Klein
NYT Science
The Sehuencas water frogs in a Bolivian aquarium hit it off, but Romeo might need a little more practice before they succeed in reproducing.
Published date: April 2, 2019 at 12:25AM
The New York Times
New York Times article

4th Ranked House Leader Seeks US Senate Seat in New Mexico


By The Associated Press
NYT U.S.
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján — the No. 4 ranked Democrat in Congress — announced his campaign Monday for the state's open U.S. Senate seat in 2020.
Published date: April 1, 2019 at 06:06PM
AP
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U.S. Government Sets 2.53 Percent Hike in 2020 Payments to Medicare Insurers


By Reuters
NYT U.S.
The U.S. government on Monday said it would increase by 2.53 percent on average 2020 payments to the health insurers that manage Medicare Advantage insurance plans for seniors and the disabled.
Published date: April 1, 2019 at 11:34PM
Reuters
New York Times article