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Aerial view of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Some hospitals in Texas and around the U.S. are seeing high profits, even as their bills force patients into debt. Of the nation's 20 most populous counties, none has a higher concentration of medical debt than Tarrant County, home to Fort Worth.

Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt

Across the U.S., many hospitals have become wealthy, even as their bills force patients to make gut-wrenching sacrifices. This pattern is especially stark for health care systems in Dallas-Fort Worth.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, will lose access to the most sensitive material to which he previously had access.

Reports: Kushner Security Clearance Downgraded Following White House Scandal

Jared Kushner has lost his top-secret clearance. "No concerns were raised about Mr. Kushner's application," his lawyer said in a statement. Instead, the lawyer pointed to a backlog in the process.

Broadway Gives Its Regards to Preschoolers

Two kids' TV shows shine the lights of Broadway into the eyes of tiny tots. Both Johnny and the Sprites and Wonder Pets feature jaunty songs and wholesome stories written by some of Broadway's top talent.

Sharma, 26, has been climbing professionally for a decade. He is considered the world's best rock climber.

Rock Climber Chris Sharma Chases Next 'King Line'

Chris Sharma is hailed as the world's best rock climber and has mastered some of the most spectacular and difficult routes in the sport's history.

Reflecting on his decision to go public with classified information, Edward Snowden says, "The likeliest outcome for me, hands down, was that I'd spend the rest of my life in an orange jumpsuit, but that was a risk that I had to take."

Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With Russia

In 2013, Snowden showed journalists thousands of top-secret documents about U.S. intelligence agencies' surveillance efforts. He's been living in Russia ever since. His new book is Permanent Record.

New Type Of Drug To Prevent Migraines Heads To Market

An antibody-based drug reduces the frequency of migraine headaches, according to data reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. The agency approved Aimovig, priced at about $6,900 a year.

Containers are transferred at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province last week. The Trump administration announced plans to levy tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods as trade tensions escalate.

Trump Administration Readies Tariffs On $200 Billion Of Chinese Imports

The administration's list includes more than 6,000 items, including seafood, propane and toilet paper.

The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning of a continued threat from domestic violent extremists "with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition."

DHS Warns Of 'Heightened Threat Environment' From Domestic Violent Extremists

The bulletin did not cite any specific threat but said that the risk of violence will persist for weeks. It warned that some extremists may be "emboldened" by the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

President Biden tours a Manville, N.J., neighborhood Tuesday that was affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Biden Asks Congress For $30 Billion To Help Disaster Relief And Afghan Evacuees

The White House wants $24 billion in new aid to help recovery from recent wildfires and hurricanes. President Biden also asks for $6.4 billion to resettle vulnerable Afghans in the U.S.

Actor Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Monday, June 2, 2008.

TCM salutes Sidney Poitier with weekend movie marathon

To Sir With Love, In The Heat Of The Night, Lilies Of The Field and nine other films starring Sidney Poitier, who died last month at 94, air Saturday and Sunday.

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