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Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)2025-05-06T09:40:56Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip and expand the military operation has alarmed many in the region. Palestinians are exhausted and hopeless, pummeled by 19 months of heavy bombing. Families of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza are terrified that the possibility of a ceasefire is slipping further away.Whats left for you to bomb? asked Moaz Kahlout, a displaced man from Gaza City who said many resort to GPS to locate the rubble of homes wiped out in the war.Israeli officials said Monday that Cabinet ministers approved the plan to seize Gaza and remain in the Palestinian territory for an unspecified amount of time news that came hours after the military chief said the army was calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers. Details of the plan were not formally announced, and its exact timing and implementation were not clear. It may be another measure by Israel to try to pressure Hamas into making concessions in ceasefire negotiations. The war began after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. Israel says 59 captives remain in Gaza, about 35 of whom are believed to be dead. Israels ensuing offensive has killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, many of them women and children, according to Palestinian health officials, who dont distinguish between combatants and civilians in their count. They destroyed us, displaced us and killed us, said Enshirah Bahloul, a woman from the southern city of Khan Younis. We want safety and peace in this world. We do not want to remain homeless, hungry, and thirsty.Some Israelis are also opposed to the plan. Hundreds of people protested outside the parliament Monday as the government opened for its summer session. One person was arrested.Families of hostages held in Gaza are afraid of what an expanded military operation or seizure could mean for their relatives. I dont see the expansion of the war as a solution it led us absolutely nowhere before. It feels like dj vu from the year ago, said Adi Alexander, father of Israeli-American Edan Alexander, a soldier captured in the Oct. 7 attack.The father is pinning some hopes on U.S. President Donald Trumps visit to the Middle East, set for next week. Israeli leaders have said they dont plan to expand the operation in Gaza until after Trumps visit, leaving the door open for a possible deal. Trump isnt expected to visit Israel, but he and other American officials have frequently spoken about Edan Alexander, the last American-Israeli held in Gaza who is still believed to be alive.Moshe Lavi, the brother-in-law of Omri Miran, 48, the oldest hostage still believed to be alive, said the family was concerned about the plan.We hope its merely a signal to Hamas that Israel is serious in its goal to dismantle its governmental and military capabilities as a leverage for negotiations, but its unclear whether this is an end or a means, he said. Meanwhile, every day, dozens of Palestinians gather outside a charity kitchen that distributes hot meals to displaced families in southern Gaza. Children thrust pots or buckets forward, pushing and shoving in an desperate attempt to bring food to their families.What should we do? asked Sara Younis, a woman from the southernmost city of Rafah, as she waited for a hot meal for her children. Theres no food, no flour, nothing.Israel cut off Gaza from all imports in early March, leading to dire shortages of food, medicine and other supplies. Israel says the goal is to pressure Hamas to free the remaining hostages.Aid organizations have warned that malnutrition and hunger are becoming increasingly prevalent in Gaza. The United Nations says the vast majority of the population relies on aid.Aid groups have expressed concerns that gains to avert famine made during this years ceasefire have been diminishing.Like most aid groups in Gaza, Tikeya has run out of most food and has cooked almost exclusively pasta for the past two weeks. Nidal Abu Helal, a displaced man from Rafah who works at the charity, said that the group is increasingly concerned that people, especially children, will die of starvation.Were not afraid of dying from missiles, he said. Were afraid that our children will die of hunger in front of us.___Lidman reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Samy Magdy contributed from Cairo. MELANIE LIDMAN Lidman is an Associated Press reporter based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Photo courtesy of Larsen. Design by Sam Donndelinger.Subscribe nowOn Blurring Time, the title track to Bells Larsens latest album, listeners hear the song sway between a high, female-sounding voice, and a low, male-sounding voice. It's not as simple as either or. I am both and Im more, most of all Im unsure, Larsen recites.While the song may sound like it was recorded by two different artists, this isnt a duet.It's entirely sung by Larsen, who uses his voice to tell the story of his sophomore album, released last month.Larsen says the album serves as a farewell gift to his past self and a welcome home to his new life as a proud trans man. I very much shaped my transition around this album, the 27-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter told Uncloseted Media.Larsen meticulously planned the album around his gender transition. He recorded half the album before going on testosterone and the other half after, hence the different-sounding voices throughout the nine songs.He says marrying his two realities was important for him as a storyteller. A lot of trans narratives focus on either the before or the after, and not a lot of holding the two together, he says.Larsen is far from alone when it comes to adapting to a new voice following a gender transition. Experts say that of the over 1 million Americans who identify as transgender, an increasing number are turning to gender-affirming vocal care, including hiring voice coaches and even undergoing surgeries.And a 2018 study in the Language and Linguistics Compass found that vocal cues are an important factor in categorizing someones gender, making the voice an enormously important aspect of gender presentation, particularly for those who are transitioning.It was always something that was very important to mehaving a voice that matches my body, says Alaina Kupec, founder and President of GRACE, a trans-focused nonprofit. As soon as I spoke, if the sound didn't match the appearance, then the incongruence was very challenging, she told Uncloseted Media.Like Larsen, many trans men change their voice by taking testosterone, which causes a thickening of the vocal cords and creates a deeper-sounding voice.But for transgender women, estrogen does not change their voice. Thats why theres a growing industry of coaches who help people with this aspect of the transition.Voice teacher Brittani Farrell compares relearning how to use your voice after a gender transition to relearning how to walk with a prosthesis after having your leg amputated.Farrell, who has worked with many transgender clients, says gender-affirming voice lessons can be anywhere from a week-long to a lifelong commitment. Shes worked with clients who have a good ear, motor skills, and singing instincts and can make significant progress in a few sessions, while other clients may need upwards of 30 sessions.It has to do with somatic awareness, Farrell told Uncloseted Media. It can be helpful to have maintenance for years, just to have someone to check in with, but if you step away from it, you'll lose some of the function.Farrell says gender-affirming voice lessons can be physically and mentally challenging for clients, adding that many trans people lack the needed connection to their bodies as they transition. She uses a variety of vocal exercises to help her clients with pitch, resonance and weight, which can all be used to modify the perceived gender of a voice.Subscribe for LGBTQ-focused journalism. When going through her transition in 2013, Kupec worked with Colorado-based voice coach Kathe Perez to change the pitch of her voice. She took four, 60-minute private lessons. Outside of class, there was lots of homework, where shed have to work on her pitch, frequency and intonation. She also had to learn how to emphasize certain words and phrases, and practice speaking from the top of her voice box instead of using her chest voice.Kupec, right, and her wife, Kathy, left. Photo courtesy of Kupec.Kupec says the lessons were effective. I'd say 90% of the time, nobody ever thinks of my voice as anything other than a female voice. Occasionally, if I have a cold or if I'm just not focusing on it too much, it can get a little bit on the lower side, she says, adding that she experiences the most difficulty keeping her pitch high.Although Kupec is rarely misgendered, she worries about the physical safety of trans women when their voice doesnt match their appearance.Especially in today's horrible environment for the transgender community, I really worry for women who do get read because of their voices, and that it could put them at risk of physical danger.Subscribe nowTransgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime.Although Kupecs insurance covered her initial diagnostic lesson, she ended up paying $1,000 for her four sessions with Perez. For people who cannot afford a vocal coach, there are various free and low-cost resources available, such as follow-along videos. Olivia Flanigan, a San Francisco-based gender-affirming voice teacher, offers free lessons on YouTube where she explains, for example, different ways to relieve tension in the throat which can help clients feminize their voice with less strain.Beyond voice lessons, transgender women can also opt for vocal feminization surgery. One of the most successful vocal procedures is called Wendler glottoplasty, which reduces the vibrational surface of vocal cords, resulting in a slightly higher pitch. More trans people are opting for these surgeries. Between 2016 and 2019, the number of gender-affirming surgeries performed in the U.S. nearly tripled. Despite this growth, its expensive: Most insurance providers do not cover vocal feminization surgery and the procedure can cost between $5,000 and $9,000.Photo courtesy of Larsen.In addition to taking testosterone, Bells Larsen also worked with a Toronto-based voice coach. Over the course of a year, they worked on his breathing, differentiating his head and chest voice and his singing range.Sometimes it's kind of trippy because I find that I can't necessarily always use my voice in the way that I used to, or the way I want to, says Larsen, adding that he went from an alto to a baritone singer and that his voice dropped about an octave.Larsen says during his vocal transition process, he found solace in remembering Justin Biebers post-puberty journey, where the pop phenom had to lean on a vocal coach to relearn how to use his new adult voice.Im a big belieber, Larsen says. Justin was a great singer before, and I think he's a great singer now. Why shouldn't I be able to do the same?Larsen says that when he started posting snippets of his album on TikTok and Instagram, viewers were taken aback when they realized both voices were his. I was so lost for a second this is amazing!! one user commented on TikTok, where Larsen has nearly 20,000 followers and over 300,000 likes, just enough to call himself lowercase v viral.Subscribe nowWhile many facets of the voice have to do with biology, social factors are also at play. Lal Zimman, the author of the 2018 study and a linguistics professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says the voice has many characteristics that can be perceived as feminine or masculine, much of which have nothing to do with physiology. He says many of the gendered voice stereotypes people make, such as gay men having a lispy s, are really just based on how people learn to speak and the voices they are surrounded by.It's about how you learn to speak and how you continue to use what you've learned throughout your lifetime, Zimman told Uncloseted Media. When you look at the whole picture of a female or male voice, you're really looking at a lot of different characteristics that can be combined in different ways.Photo courtesy of Larsen. As for Larsen, hes excited to start performing Blurring Time across Canada. He canceled his U.S. tour last month after finding out he was no longer eligible to apply for a Visa because his changed passport matches his gender identity.The world in which I wrote and recorded this music, and the world in which I'm releasing it, are two completely different worlds, Larsen told Uncloseted Media.Despite the political turbulence, Larsen is ready to show off his new voice to the world. Having my voice change so rapidly in a way that was kind of beyond my control, but simultaneously within my control really forced me to regard my voice as an instrument for potentially the first time in my life, Larsen told Uncloseted Media.If objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, LGBTQ-focused journalism is important to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation through our fiscal sponsor, Resource Impact, by clicking this button:Donate to Uncloseted Media

We usually think of historians getting into esoteric intellectual debates, but two medieval scholars are currently arguing over penises. Yes, you read that correctly. Oxford University Professor George Garnett and Christopher Monk, an expert on Anglo-Saxon nudity, are currently squabbling over the number of phalluses in an ancient medieval tapestry. Garnett believes that there are 93 depictions of male genitalia in the Bayeux Tapestry, but Monk believes that hes miscounting and there is actually one more unaccounted for. The Bayeux Tapestry, embroidered in the 1070s, consists of nine panels with 58 scenes depicting the Norman Conquest of England after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, The Art Newspaper reports. See on Instagram In a blog post from April 27, Monk claimed that a mystery appendage dangling below the tunic of one of the figures on the tapestry is actually a missed penis and not a scabbard for a sword.Back in 2016, Monk published an essay laying out his argument for why he believes previous commentators seemed to have missed the genitals of this running, club-wielding man.Then in 2018, Garnett published an article titled The Bayeux Tapestry with knobs on: what do the tapestry's 93 penises tell us? for History Extra where he explained that there are 93 total penises in the tapestry, five on mean and 88 belonging to horses.Garnett addressed the controversy again on a recent episode of the BBC History Magazine podcast History Extra where he explained that what Monk thinks is a penis is actually a scabbard with a brass decoration on the tip.If you look at what are incontrovertibly penises in the tapestry, none of them have a yellow blob on the end, he said on the podcast. What Ive shown is that this is a serious, learned attempt to comment on the conquest, albeit in code.But Monk wrote in his blog post that the tapestry depicts a testosterone-soaked scene that reeks of male hormones which is why there are not human penises and erect horse phalluses, including the penis (or scabbard) at the heart of the debate.Two things: scabbards are not shown in the Bayeux Tapestry with ornamentation at their bottom end no blobs; and the position of the dangling appendage is completely wrong for a scabbard, he explained. He also said that the way the penis in question is rendered is similar to other not-hotly-debated phalluses in the tapestry. Note that he has the full package of testicles, penis shaft and head, he said, which could account for the blob at the tip.One of the most important things when studying detail in early medieval/Anglo-Saxon artwork is to observe patterns. In the case of male genitalia in the Bayeux Tapestry, human and equine, there are patterns for a penis they are drawn consistently, Monk wrote.He continued, [These are] male genitals, not a scabbard. Thats where the internal, art historical evidence points ... New ideas and theories rise up frequently. Or, put another way, one should never count ones penises too quickly.Monk said he hopes his blog post will put an end to the academics-at-loggerheads debate.

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by Anna Clark ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.As a U.S. senator from Ohio, Vance called the lakes an invaluable asset for his home state. He supported more funding for a program that delivers the tools we need to fight invasive species, algal blooms, pollution, and other threats to the ecosystem so that the Great Lakes would be protected for generations to come.But times have changed.This spring, Vance is vice president, and President Donald Trumps administration is imposing deep cuts and new restrictions, upending the very restoration efforts that Vance once championed. With the peak summer season just around the corner, Great Lakes scientists are concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.Cutbacks have gutted the staff at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers. Remaining staff plans to launch large data-collecting buoys into the water this week, but its late for a field season that typically runs from April to October.In addition to a delayed launch, problems with personnel, supplies, vessel support and real-time data sharing have created doubts about the teams ability to operate the buoys, said Gregory Dick, director of the NOAA cooperative institute at the University of Michigan that partners with the lab. Both the lab and institute operate out of a building in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that was custom built as NOAAs hub in the Great Lakes region, and both provide staff to the algal blooms team. This has massive impacts on coastal communities, Dick said. Gregory Dick, director of the Cooperative Institute of Great Lakes Research, which works side by side with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, says that cuts to the lab will have a massive impact on coastal communities. (Nick Hagen for ProPublica) Multiple people who have worked with the lab also told ProPublica that there are serious gaps in this years monitoring of algal blooms, which are often caused by excess nutrient runoff from farms. Data generated by the labs boats and buoys, and publicly shared, could be limited or interrupted, they said.That data has helped to successfully avoid a repeat of a 2014 crisis in Toledo, Ohio, when nearly half a million people were warned to not drink the water or even touch it. If the streams of information are cut off, stakeholders will be very unhappy, said Bret Collier, a branch chief at the lab who oversaw the federal scientists that run the harmful algal bloom program for the Great Lakes. He was fired in the purge of federal probationary workers in February.The lab has lost about 35% of its 52-member workforce since February, according to the president of the labs union, and it was not allowed to fill several open positions. The White House released preliminary budget recommendations last week that would make significant cuts to NOAA. The budget didnt provide details, but indicated the termination of a variety of climate-dominated research, data, and grant programs, which are not aligned with Administration policy of ending Green New Deal initiatives. An earlier document obtained by ProPublica and reported widely proposed a 74% funding cut to NOAAs research office, home of the Great Lakes lab. Vances office didnt respond to questions from ProPublica about how federal cuts have affected Great Lakes research. The White House also didnt respond to messages. Water samples from bodies of water in the Great Lakes region (Nick Hagen for ProPublica) Municipal water leaders in Cleveland and Toledo have written public letters of support on behalf of the lab, advocating for the continuation of its work because of how important its tools and resources are for drinking water management.In a statement to ProPublica, staffers from Toledos water system credited the Great Lakes lab and NOAA for alerting it to potential blooms near its intake days ahead of time. This has saved the system significant costs, they said, and helped it avoid feeding excess chemicals into the water.The likelihood of another 2014 dont drink the water advisory has been minimized to almost nothing by additional vigilance from both the lab and local officials, they said.Remaining staff have had to contend with not only a lack of capacity but also tight limits on spending and travel. Several people who have worked in or with the lab said that the staff was hampered by strict credit card limits imposed on government employees as part of the effort to reduce spending by the Department of Government Efficiency, which has been spearheaded by presidential adviser Elon Musk.The basic scientific supplies that we use to provide the local communities with information on algal bloom toxicity our purchasing of them is being restricted based on the limitations currently being put in by the administration, Collier said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations custom-built hub for the Great Lakes region in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Nick Hagen for ProPublica) NOAA and the Department of Commerce, which oversees the agency, didnt respond to messages from ProPublica. Neither did a DOGE official. Eight U.S. senators, including the minority leader, sent a letter in March to a top NOAA leader inquiring about many of the changes, but they never received a response.The department described its approach to some of its cuts when it eliminated nearly $4 million in funding for the NOAA cooperative institute at Princeton University and emphasized the importance of avoiding wasteful government spending. ProPublica has reported on how the loss of research grants at Princeton and the more significant defunding of the NOAA lab it works with would be a serious setback for weather and climate preparedness.A number of the staffing losses at the Great Lakes lab came when employees accepted offers of early retirement or voluntary separation; others were fired probationary workers targeted by DOGE across the government. That includes Collier, who had 24 years of professional experience, largely as a research professor, before he was hired last year into a position that, according to the labs former director, had been difficult to fill.A scientist specializing in the toxic algal blooms was also fired. She worked on the team for 14 years through the cooperative institute before accepting a federal position last year, which made her probationary, too. A computer scientist who got real-time data onto the labs website and the only person who knew how to push out the weekly sampling data on harmful algal blooms was also fired. She was probationary because she too was hired for a federal position after working with the institute. And because of a planned retirement, no one holds the permanent position of lab director, though there is an acting director. The lab isnt allowed to fill any positions due to a federal hiring freeze.At the same time, expected funds for the lab's cooperative institute are delayed, which means, Dick said, it may soon lay off staff, including people on the algal blooms team. In March, Clevelands water commissioner wrote a letter calling for continued support for the Great Lakes lab and other NOAA-funded operations in the region, saying that access to real-time forecasts for Lake Erie are critically important in making water treatment decisions for more than 1.3 million citizens.In 2006, there was a major outbreak of hypoxia, an issue worsened by algal blooms where oxygen-depleted water can become corrosive, discolored and full of excess manganese, which is a neurotoxin at high levels. Cleveland Water collaborated with the lab on developing a groundbreaking hypoxia forecast model, said Scott Moegling, who worked for both the Cleveland utility and Ohios drinking water regulatory agency.I knew which plants were going to get hit, Moegling said. I knew about when, and I knew what the treatment we would need would be, and we could staff accordingly.The American Meteorological Society, in partnership with the National Weather Association, spotlighted this warning system in its statement in support of NOAA research, saying that it helps keep drinking water potable in the Great Lakes region.Collier, the former branch chief, said that quality data may be lacking this year, not just for drinking water suppliers, but also the U.S. Coast Guard, fisheries, shipping companies, recreational businesses and shoreline communities that rely on it to navigate risk. In response to a recent survey of stakeholders, the president of a trade organization serving Great Lakes cargo vessels said that access to NOAAs real-time data is critically important to the commercial shipping fleet when making navigation decisions.Because federal law requires NOAA to monitor harmful algal blooms, the cuts may run against legal obligations, several current and former workers told ProPublica. The blooms program was federally mandated to be active every single day, without exception, Collier said. First image: Harmful algal bloom on Lake Erie, observed during weekly sampling in 2022. Second image: A beaker holding a water sample taken from Lake Erie during a peak harmful algal bloom, shown at its natural concentration in 2017. (The Cooperative Institute of Great Lakes Research at the University of Michigan) The 2024 bloom in Lake Erie was the earliest on record. At its peak, it covered 550 square miles. Warming temperatures worsen the size and frequency of algal blooms. While the field season was historically only about 90 days, Collier said, last year the team was deployed for 211 days.As the shallowest of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie is typically first to show signs of problems. But its also an emblem of environmental stewardship, thanks to its striking recovery from unchecked industrial pollution. The lake was once popularly declared dead. A highly publicized fire inflamed a river that feeds into it. Even Dr. Seuss knocked it in the 1971 version of The Lorax. The book described fish leaving a polluted pond in search of some water that isnt so smeary. I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.But the rise of agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and NOAA, and labs like the one protecting the Great Lakes, along with legislation that protected water from pollution, led to noticeable changes. By 1986, two Ohio graduate students had succeeded in persuading Theodor Geisel, the author behind Dr. Seuss, to revise future editions of his classic book.I should no longer be saying bad things about a body of water that is now, due to great civic and scientific effort, the happy home of smiling fish, Geisel wrote to them.Early this year, headlines out of the Midwest suggested that Vance could be a game-changing Great Lakes advocate and that he might save the Great Lakes from Trump.A 2023 report to Congress about the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a popular funding mechanism for projects that protect the lakes, including the research labs, described the labs work on harmful algal blooms as one of its success stories. Last year, with Vance as a co-sponsor, an act to extend support for the funding program passed the Senate, but stalled in the House. Another bipartisan effort to reauthorize it launched in January. Nicole Rice was recently fired from her position at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory after 10 years with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A promotion put her on probationary status. Shes worried that federal cuts are placing the Great Lakes system at risk. (Nick Hagen for ProPublica) Project 2025, the plan produced by the Heritage Foundation for Trumps second term, recommended that the president consider whether NOAA should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories.NOAA is a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry, the plan said, and this industrys mission seems designed around the fatal conceit of planning for the unplannable.That is not to say NOAA is useless, it added, but its current organization corrupts its useful functions. It should be broken up and downsized.When asked at his confirmation hearing in January if he agreed with Project 2025s recommendation of dismantling NOAA, Howard Lutnick, head of the commerce department, said no. One month later, the Great Lakes labs probationary staff got termination notices. That includes Nicole Rice, who spent a decade with NOAA. A promotion made her communications job vulnerable to the widespread firings of federal probationary workers.In recent testimony to a Michigan Senate committee, Rice expressed deep concern about the future of the Great Lakes. It has taken over a century of bipartisan cooperation, investment and science to bring the Great Lakes back from the brink of ecological collapse, Rice said. But these reckless cuts could undo the progress in just a few short years, endangering the largest surface freshwater system in the world. Vernal Coleman contributed reporting.

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by Jasmine Demers, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Two years after Arizona officials revealed a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recovered just a fraction of the taxpayer funds lost to fraud.The Arizona attorney generals office is leading the criminal investigation into the network of behavioral health providers and sober living homes that from 2019 to 2023 exploited the American Indian Health Program to obtain inflated Medicaid payments. Investigators found fraudulent operators didnt provide the services theyd billed for and sometimes allowed patients to continue the substance use for which they had sought treatment.The state has so far indicted more than 100 individuals and recouped $125 million or about 5% of the funds the state estimates it paid to bad actors.Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a May 1 press conference that she hopes to retrieve at least hundreds of millions from fraudsters. But she warned that its hard, because what happens is these criminals get the money, they buy lavish homes, they buy multiple expensive cars, they hide the money offshore, they spend the money in ways that is unrecoverable. My team is working day in and day out to seize those assets, Mayes said.The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System struggled to rein in the rampant fraud under two governors, leaving more than 11,000 people vulnerable to the chaos that followed. Prior reporting by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica found that at least 40 Indigenous residents of sober living homes and treatment facilities in the Phoenix area died as the state fumbled its response. The damage also rippled out through the states behavioral health industry, which was nearly brought to a standstill when the agency suspended some 300 providers and enacted policies that halted or substantially delayed payments to those still operating. Those reforms included enhanced scrutiny when screening and reimbursing providers.Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, recently signed legislation further increasing oversight of sober living homes by requiring the facilities to promptly report resident deaths. But advocates like Reva Stewart, a Din activist who has helped Indigenous victims of the scheme through her group Stolen People Stolen Benefits, dont think the state has done enough.I feel like Im on a hamster wheel, and were still at the beginning, Stewart said. They have a lot of indictments and people being charged, but at the same time theyre just getting a slap on the wrist.The U.S. Department of Justice has also indicted several individuals and is conducting parallel investigations into the fraudulent billing schemes under federal statutes.Yet despite these state and federal efforts, its likely that most of the stolen taxpayer money wont be recovered. From 2019 to 2023, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System allowed about 13,000 unlicensed providers to enter its system, including some that exploited weak oversight by overbilling or charging for services that were never delivered. The agency also didnt act decisively when solutions to stem the fraud were proposed internally. It initially yielded to pressure from special interest groups connected to the behavioral health industry, which argued that reforms to the fee-for-service American Indian Health plan would threaten their financial interests.Now, AHCCCS says its efforts to unravel the crisis could take many years, describing its investigation as a highly complex and manual process. Officials must review improper payments, whether they were obtained by fraud or not, on a case-by-case basis. Though providers are required to repay AHCCCS as soon as they become aware of overpayments, they often cannot do so in one lump sum. Repayments may occur over months or years.Because state Medicaid agencies receive much of their funding from the federal government, improper payments come with added financial consequences: States must repay the federal government for its share.In Arizona, the federal government covered 70% to 76% of Medicaid costs between 2019 and 2023. The rate was even higher for people who received services through the American Indian Health Program.AHCCCS has repaid $49.1 million to the federal government since January 2023, according to spokesperson Havona Horsefield, who has since left the agency. That amount will likely grow as AHCCCS continues to review fraudulent cases.The agency is not, however, required to reimburse the federal government for overpayments made to facilities that are now bankrupt or out of business. Of the 322 providers suspended on suspicion of fraud, 90 have closed, according to AHCCCS.The agency could not provide an estimate of how much those providers were overpaid, but said it notifies the attorney general when a provider goes out of business and provides information to support criminal cases against them.State Sen. Theresa Hatathlie, a Democrat from Coal Mine Mesa on the Navajo Nation, has been critical of the states response and continues to call for stricter regulation of sober living facilities. During a March floor vote, she expressed frustration over the reforms Hobbs later signed into law, contending they did not go far enough. Its time to stop protecting bad actors or even those people who continue to allow bad actors to keep coming back, she said.As the state slowly works to untangle the fraud and recover taxpayer funds, national debates over Medicaids future are intensifying. Republican majorities in both Arizonas Legislature and Congress are pushing to cut Medicaid to offset President Donald Trumps proposed tax cuts. Among their justifications are fraud and abuse of the system.Health policy experts, however, say that most Medicaid spending pays for legitimate care, and that fraud is typically committed by a small number of providers not patients.Instead of the current system where the federal government covers a larger share of Medicaid costs in lower-income states, conservatives are advocating to cap Medicaid funding tied to inflation, a model that would shift more of the cost to state budgets. Arizona is one of nine states where such a change could trigger the end of Medicaid expansion, which currently insures 648,000 low-income residents, or about 30% of AHCCCS recipients.Despite Medicaids uncertain future, Arizona officials are pressing forward with efforts to address the lasting damage the fraud scandal inflicted on tribal communities. In November, Mayes announced a $6 million grant initiative offering up to $500,000 per organization to fund victim compensation and housing support for those displaced or otherwise affected by fraudulent treatment centers. Recipients include tribal nations and Native health organizations.But Stewart says the states work is far from over, and many of those harmed have yet to see real accountability or support.They call it a travesty and they want to get justice, she said. But wheres the justice when it comes to the amount of deaths that we have, the amount of Native relatives that are still missing? Christopher Lomahquahu, a Roy W. Howard fellow at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, contributed reporting.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney boards a government plane in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, May 5, 2025, en route to Washington for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)2025-05-06T10:58:06Z WASHINGTON (AP) Canadas new prime minister, Mark Carney, won the job with a promise to confront the increased aggression shown by President Donald Trump and hell have the opportunity to do that in a face-to-face Oval Office meeting on Tuesday.Trump has shattered a decades-old alliance by saying he wants to make Canada the 51st U.S. state and levying steep tariffs against an essential partner in the manufacturing of autos and the supply of oil, electricity and other goods. The outrage provoked by Trump enabled Carneys Liberal Party to score a stunning comeback victory last month as the ongoing trade war and attacks on Canadian sovereignty have outraged voters.The Republican president has repeatedly threatened that he intends to make Canada the 51st state. He said in an interview with NBCs Meet the Press that aired Sunday that the border is an artificial line that prevents the two territories from forming a beautiful country. Trumps openly adversarial approach has raised questions for Carney and other world leaders on how to manage relations with the U.S. Some world leaders, such as the United Kingdoms prime minister, Keir Starmer, engaged in a charm offensive. Others, such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were met by Trump with anger for not being sufficiently deferential. Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto, said Carney shouldnt meet with Trump. Weve seen what he does. We saw what he did with Zelenskyy, Bothwell said. And he would sure as hell try to do the same with Carney. Its not in Carneys interest. Its not in Canadas interest.Trump and Carney will meet in the Oval Office and have lunch. Carney has stressed that he was elected to specifically stand up to the U.S. president and that Canada is in a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. Carney said he expects difficult but constructive conversations with his U.S. counterpart. Trump told reporters on Monday that he wasnt quite sure why Carney was visiting.Im not sure what he wants to see me about, Trump said. But I guess he wants to make a deal.U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick further stoked doubts about their interest in repairing the relationship with Canada in a Monday interview on Fox Business Networks Kudlow show.Asked if the U.S. could make a deal with Canada, Lutnick called the country a socialist regime that has been basically feeding off America. Lutnick said Tuesdays meeting would be fascinating.Carney, at a Friday news conference ahead of his trip, said the talks would focus on immediate trade pressures and the broader economic and national security relationships. He said his government would fight to get the best deal for Canada and take all the time necessary to do so, even as Canada pursues a parallel set of talks to deepen relations with other allies and lessen its commitments with the U.S.Trump has maintained that the U.S. doesnt need anything from Canada. He is actively going after a Canadian auto sector built largely by U.S. companies, saying, Theyre stopping work in Mexico, and theyre stopping work in Canada, and theyre all moving here. He also said the U.S. doesnt need Canadas energy though nearly one-fourth of the oil that the U.S. consumes daily comes from the province of Alberta. The president has also disparaged Canadas military commitments despite a partnership that ranges from the beaches of Normandy in World War II to remote stretches of Afghanistan. Trump has said that Canada spends less money on military than practically any nation in the world.They pay NATO less than any nation, he said. They think we are subsidizing. They think we are going to protect them, and, really, we are. But the truth is, they dont carry their full share, and its unfair to the United States and our taxpayers.Bothwell noted that Carney might be under little pressure to reach a quick deal as Trump has at times reversed, delayed or defanged his tariffs, such that over time Trump might be in a weaker position if talks are prolonged. It may not matter as much in the summer as it does today because every time hes made one of these announcements, next week its, Oh, I had my fingers crossed. I didnt mean it, he said of Trump.Daniel Bland, a political science professor at McGill University, said Carney needed the quickly scheduled meeting with Trump to address the trade war started by the U.S. Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum and tariffs on other products outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, in some cases ostensibly to address relatively low volumes of fentanyl intercepted at the border between the two countries.Carney wants to show that hes doing everything he can, including taking political risks to protect Canadian jobs in areas such as the auto industry, Bland said. If he had postponed his first meeting with President Trump for months and months, opposition parties and commentators could have accused him of being overly shy and doing a disservice to Canada because of that. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are from Canada.Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing in for national security. Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world, and 77% of Canadas exports go to the U.S. JOSH BOAK Boak covers the White House and economic policy for The Associated Press. He joined the AP in 2013. twitter mailto

This photo provided by the City of Brenham shows a creek in Brenham, Texas, on Monday, May 5, 2025, where rescue crews searched for a missing 10-year-old girl who authorities say was swept away by rising waters.(Melinda Gordon/City of Brenham via AP)2025-05-06T05:34:20Z BRENHAM, Texas (AP) Rescue crews in Texas were searching for a 10-year-old girl swept away by rapidly rising floodwaters and forecasters warned that Tuesday could bring more heavy rains and flooding to the Houston area and the states coast.Teams of people scoured the city of Brenham on Monday night, using drones with thermal imaging and dogs to try to find the girl. But as heavy thunderstorms moved through the area, the water rescue operation was forced to be scaled back, according to the Brenham Fire Department.The department was working with around a dozen supporting agencies to find the girl, who was last seen at about 4 p.m. Monday.There is bad weather on its way so we ask for prayers for the family and all the first responders involved in the search and rescue, the department said in a social media post.The next round of severe storms could bring as much as 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain Tuesday to parts of southeastern Texas, according to the National Weather Service in Houston. The weather service also warned of a series of strong rip currents and flooding along Gulf-facing beaches, especially during high tides. A large swath of the state, along with parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi were under a National Weather Service flood watch early Tuesday.Just last week, storms drenched much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas, flooding and washing out roads and causing hundreds of flights to be canceled or delayed at major airports.

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FRESNO, CARevealing that all of the companys customers have been seduced by a hidden monstrosity, Sun-Maid announced Tuesday that the girl in the company logo has always been a sentient raisin disguising itself in human flesh. Youve bought Sun-Maid raisins all these years thinking that was a kind young girl smiling back at you, but if you really gazed into her eyes you would see the horror of the living raisin who draped itself in the girls skin to try and live among humanity, said Sun-Maid president Steve Loftus, who explained that the loose smock, large wig, and signature bonnet of the Sun-Maid girl are all ways to cover up the misshapen folds created by her skin suit. Its been this way since the hidden raisin first appeared as part of our companys logo in 1915. She has walked among generations. She woke up gasping and squinting at the harsh sun that created her. In the fear and confusion of her birth, she killed a young girl that stumbled upon her, and before anyone knew she was gone, the raisin skinned her and donned her form. She longs to be accepted by humanity, but also hates us, living trapped in a world where she harvests her own kind. This is the story of Sun-Maid. Loftus also told reporters that as more raisins have gained sentience, the Sun-Maid girl has helped them find their own secret identities as the Mortons Salt girl and Land-O-Lakes butter lady.The post Sun-Maid Announces Girl In Logo Has Always Been Sentient Raisin Disguising Self In Human Flesh appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONPromising to lift export controls on AI chips if they received the rare first-edition trading card in return, U.S. trade negotiators reportedly offered China access to advanced semiconductors Tuesday in exchange for a holographic Charizard. Well give you state-of-the-art Nvidia GPUs if you give us a PSA 10 Gem Mint holographic Charizard, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said to a Chinese trade representative, later explaining to reporters that the Trump administration hoped to shore up Americas complete set of the original 151 and was willing to part with its most sophisticated machine-learning processors to achieve that goal. You definitely cant have the chips needed to develop cutting-edge AI without giving us something better than a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, because we already have tons of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Youve been cheating us for years, but now were going to rebalance the scales and ensure that American three-ring binders are full of foil cards, full arts, and special illustration rares for generations to come. At press time, officials confirmed bilateral trade negotiations had collapsed after the United States discovered the holographic Charizard was grossly misaligned, though China claimed it was merely an error card.The post U.S. Offers Semiconductors To China In Exchange For Holographic Charizard appeared first on The Onion.

AUGUSTA, GARacked with guilt at the thought of making the wrong decision, local couple Anthony Wells and Katherine MacNaughton were reportedly debating on Tuesday the ethical implications of bringing another child into this bar. There are already so many children in the World of Beeris this really something we want weighing on our conscience? said MacNaughton, who admitted that she was struggling to reconcile their desire for a family outing with the feeling that the decision was ultimately a selfish one. If its this bleak now, imagine what it could look like in an hour or two. If we take another stroller in there, arent we just contributing to the pain and suffering? I dont know what to do. But whatever choice we make, weve got to make it soon. The clocks running out on happy hour. At press time, Wells was overheard arguing that bringing children into the bar was necessary to sustain the kids menu.The post Couple Debates Ethical Implications Of Bringing Another Child Into This Bar appeared first on The Onion.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)2025-05-06T13:25:08Z NEW YORK (AP) Responding to coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcias deportation, the Trump administration has called journalists despicable, questioned CNNs patriotism, scolded Fox News and even admitted to a mistake in admitting to a mistake in the first place.The vigorous reaction was noteworthy even in service to a president known for never backing down and a hostility toward the press. The song is the same, said former CNN Washington bureau chief Frank Sesno, but the volume is a lot louder.President Donald Trump has fought the press on several fronts since returning to office in January. His team is battling The Associated Press in court over White House access, has sought to close Voice of America and launched FCC investigations into ABC News, CBS News, PBS and NPR, among others.In the Abrego Garcia case, the White House took a situation that may have knocked predecessors on their heels and used it as an opportunity. An immigrant in the U.S. illegally from El Salvador, the 29-year-old has lived in the United States for 14 years, married and is raising three children, and a judge shielded him from deportation in the first Trump term. In what Justice Department officials called an administrative error, he was sent last month to a Salvadoran prison. His case has come to symbolize concerns over whether people are being expelled legally. I have to correct you on every single thing that you saidTrump deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller wasnt interested in those questions during an interview with Fox News Bill Hemmer. I hate to do it, Bill, but I have to correct you on every single thing that you said, because it was all wrong, Miller said, interpreting a U.S. Supreme Court order that the administration facilitate Abrego Garcias return as a victory.Similarly, Trump said that people at CNN hate our country and objected when the networks Kaitlan Collins asked about Abrego Garcia in an Oval Office news conference.Why dont you just say, Isnt it wonderful that were keeping criminals out of our country? Trump responded. Why cant you say that? Why do you go over and over and thats why nobody watches you anymore, you know. You have no credibility.From the briefing room, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said outrage about the case by Democrats and the media has been nothing short of despicable.Based on the sensationalism of many of the people in this room, you would have thought we had deported a candidate for Father of the Year, she said. She called Abrego Garcia an illegal alien MS-13 gang member and foreign terrorist who was deported back to his home country. Abrego Garcia has denied being part of the El Salvadoran gang. To Trumps team, calling it an administrative error was an errorShe later told Fox News that the official who labeled Abrego Garcias deportation an administrative error was himself mistaken. The immigrant, she promised, wouldnt be returning to his old life in the United States.Trump and his team are banking on his immigration stance being among his most popular, and that many of his followers dislike journalists, said Sean Spicer, White House press secretary during the presidents first term.If the roles were reversed and the Trump administration had been referring to Abrego Garcia as a Maryland family man, the media would have gone nuts claiming he was spreading misinformation, Spicer said in an interview.Matt Margolis, a columnist for PJMedia, told The Associated Press that when the media wont report the facts, its on the Trump administration to bring the facts directly to the public, and I think theyve done so effectively. Thats why he has solid approval ratings on immigration. The public knows the media is lying and they know Trump isnt.Nonetheless, Abrego Garcia put a human face to an issue and an effort frequently happening in the shadows. Recognizing the potency of government by anecdote, the administration produced its own face inviting Patty Morin to meet Trump in the White House and address reporters. The Maryland womans daughter, Rachel, was raped and killed in 2023 and a jury on April 14 convicted an immigrant from El Salvador in the U.S. illegally, Victor Martinez-Hernandez, of the crime. Trump aide Steven Cheung called it a media outrage that CNN and MSNBC did not carry angel mom Patty Morins recounting of the tragedy live on the air. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr criticized the same two networks for news distortion in their coverage of Abrego Garcia.A conservative media watchdog, the Media Research Center, produced a report that Martinez-Hernandezs trial received 12 seconds of coverage on the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening newscasts. The Abrego Garcia case got 143 minutes in total on the broadcasts between April 1 and 23, enabling them to berate the Trump administration, they said.Disgusting, Donald Trump Jr. said in a social media posting.The Morin murder trial did receive extensive local news coverage. Nationally, ABC News covered the case in 2024 when Martinez-Henderson was arrested and when Morins brother spoke before the Republican national convention. What is the case about, and what does Trump want it to be about?The tactic dont look here, look there! is familiar in politics and propaganda, said Mark Lukasiewicz, a former NBC News executive who is now dean of the Hofstra University school of communication.It seems to me that what the White House would like the Abrego Garcia case to be about is whether this individual should be in the United States, Lukasiewicz said. Their clear view is that he should not, and that should be the story. From a news perspective, thats not what the story is about. The story is about the absence of due process.Attacking the news media is also not unique or new; ask your grandparents who former Vice President Spiro Agnew was referring to when he coined the phrase nattering nabobs of negativism. Trumps defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has bitterly denounced the press for a series of tough stories on his leadership.Yet the Abrego Garcia case is worth examining; the media strategy followed by the White House is likely to be repeated, especially since the president has a strong cadre of loyalists to follow his lead, said Sesno, professor at George Washington Universitys school of media and public affairs.Does any of this ever get old? he asked. That is the question.___David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him at http://x.com/dbauder and https://bsky.app/profile/dbauder.bsky.social DAVID BAUDER Bauder is the APs national media writer, covering the intersection of news, politics and entertainment. 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2025-05-06T12:02:40Z JERUSALEM (AP) Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Tuesday that Israeli strikes had hit the capital, Sanaa, shortly after Israels military issued a warning for people to evacuate the area of Yemens international airport. There was no immediate information on any casualties.The Houthis satellite news channel said the strikes had hit Sanaa International Airport. They came a day after Israel launched airstrikes Monday night in retaliation for a missile strike the previous day on Israels international airport.We urge you to immediately evacuate the area of the airport and to warn anyone nearby to distance themselves immediately, spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on social media, attaching a map of Sanaa International Airport. Failure to evacuate the area endangers your lives.On Monday night, Israel targeted the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemens Red Sea province of Hodeida, killing at least one person and wounding 35. The rebels media office said at least six strikes hit the crucial Hodeida port. Others hit a cement factory in the district of Bajil, 55 kilometers (34 miles) northeast of Hodeida, the rebels said. The Houthis on Sunday launched a missile that struck an access road near Israels main airport near Tel Aviv, briefly halting flights and commuter traffic. Four people were lightly injured. It was the first time a missile struck the grounds of Israels main airport, Ben Gurion, since the October 2023 start of the war in Gaza. It prompted a flurry of flight cancellations. The Houthis have targeted Israel throughout the war in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, raising their profile as the last member of Irans self-described Axis of Resistance capable of launching regular attacks on Israel.The U.S. military under President Donald Trump has launched an intensified campaign of airstrikes targeting the Houthis since March 15. While most missiles launched by the Houthis have been intercepted, some have penetrated Israels missile defense systems, causing damage.Israel has repeatedly struck against the rebels in Yemen.It struck Hodeida and its oil infrastructure in July after a Houthi drone attack killed one person and wounded 10 in Tel Aviv. In September, Israel struck Hodeida again, killing at least four people after a missile targeted Ben Gurion airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was returning to the country. In December, Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in Hodeida.___Associated Press writers Jon Gambrel in Dubai and Julia Frankel in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

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