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UnitedHealth cuts 2025 forecast after dealing with first-quarter care use spike
UnitedHealth chopped its 2025 forecast after being surprised by care use from its Medicare Advantage customers in a worse-than-expected first quarter. Shares of the health care giant started tumbling early Thursday.
Twins take series from Mets with 4-3 win on Ty France’s game-ending single in the 10th inning
Ty France singled in the 10th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory after the New York Mets rallied with a three-run eighth. France smacked a 1-1 pitch from Reed Garrett with none out that bounced in center field with no chance for Tyrone Taylor to get his glove down. 
Destroying endangered species’ habitat wouldn’t count as ‘harm’ under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.
Sleep training is no longer just for babies. Some schools are teaching teens how to sleep
Sleep training is no longer just for newborns. Some schools are taking it upon themselves to teach teenagers how to get a good night's sleep. The problem isn't just that high schoolers are tired, that's nothing new.
Twins to place Wallner on injured list with hamstring strain, believe Correa’s sore wrist is minor
The Minnesota Twins will place right fielder Matt Wallner on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring. They believe they've avoiding a long-term absence for shortstop Carlos Correa with his sore left wrist. 
Vatican opens solemn run-up to Easter with recovering Pope Francis on the sidelines
The Vatican is opening the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines. The 88-year-old Francis was a no-show at the start of the Holy Thursday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. 
Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures
Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year. This week, the lag in funding caused some preschool classrooms for 400 low-income children to close in central Washington state.
RFK pushes to find ‘environmental’ cause of autism, calls growing rates an ‘epidemic’
Researchers and advocates have pushed back at what they consider inaccurate and stigmatizing comments made by the health secretary, and note the causes of autism are complex.