
Joe Kottke
Assignment Editor at NBC News
@nbcnews assignment editor🦚, @NLGJA member🏳️⚧️, @fordhamnyc alum🐏
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Mirna Alsharif |Joe Kottke
A U.S. District Court judge in Texas on Monday tossed a Biden-era policy to increase staffing in long-term care facilities that participate in Medicaid or Medicare programs. In May 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, under former President Joe Biden’s administration, issued a final rule requiring the facilities, including about 97% of nursing homes, to change their staffing requirements by providing 24-hour licensed nursing services at the facilities.
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2 weeks ago |
today.com | Joe Kottke
The Academy for Urban Scholars in Columbus, Ohio.Google Maps / Source: NBC NewsBy An Ohio high school staff member accused of attempting to hire a student to kill her husband has been charged with felony conspiracy, according to a criminal complaint. Stephanie Demetrius, 44, allegedly approached a student at Academy for Urban Scholars in Columbus, Ohio, on March 26 and “solicited the student to kill her husband for $2,000,” according to an affidavit.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Joe Kottke
An Ohio high school staff member accused of attempting to hire a student to kill her husband has been charged with felony conspiracy, according to a criminal complaint. Stephanie Demetrius, 44, allegedly approached a student at Academy for Urban Scholars in Columbus, Ohio, on March 26 and “solicited the student to kill her husband for $2,000,” according to an affidavit.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | Sarah Fitzpatrick |Joe Kottke |Phil Helsel
A Michigan couple who were jailed in Mexico for almosta month after they disputed charges related to a Mexican timeshare has returned to the United States, their lawyers said Thursday. Christy and Paul Akeo, of Spring Arbor, "have been released from custody and have returned to Lansing, Michigan," their law firm said in a statement. The State Attorney of Quintana Roo said the couple reached a settlement with the the timeshare company for an amount of money that it did not disclose.
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Joe Kottke
The University of Maine System said Friday that it was found to be in compliance with federal and state laws, as well as NCAA rules that were changed following President Donald Trump’s executive order to prohibit transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.
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RT @NBCNews: A U.S. District Court judge in Texas tosses a Biden-era policy to increase staffing in long-term care facilities that particip…

RT @NBCNews: An Ohio high school staff member accused of attempting to hire a student to kill her husband has been charged with felony cons…

RT @NBCNews: A Michigan couple who were jailed in Mexico for almost a month after they disputed charges related to a Mexican timeshare have…