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PlayStation unveils the PlayStation Classic, a mini version of the original console

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On a southern island of New Zealand, a kayaker got slapped in the face with an octopus by a seal

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An asteroid that in certain light , resembles askull, will fly past Earth just after Halloween

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An asteroid that, in certain light conditions, resembles a human skull, will fly past Earth just after Halloween.

The space rock's official title is Asteroid 2015 TB145 and is a so-called "dead comet" that has lost most of its ice and gases. Appropriately for its ghoulish appearance, the asteroid first flew past Earth on Halloween 2015, prompting NASA to call it " The Great Pumpkin."

In 2015, the asteroid flew past Earth at a distance of just 300,000 miles, Space.com reports. For comparison, the average distance between Earth and the Moon is 238,855 miles.
ASTEROID ROVERS SEND BACK STUNNING NEW PICTURES OF SPACE ROCK'S SURFACE
First discovered on Oct. 10, 2015 by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS-1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System), the "Halloween asteroid" is set to make another flyby in November, researchers say. However, it will be nowhere near as close to our planet this time.

Asteroid 2015 TB145 will zoom past at 105 times the average lunar distance, SINC reports, citing a research study released last year.

The space rock's diameter measures between 2,050 feet and 2,297 feet, according to scientists.
PLUTO SHOULD BE A PLANET AGAIN, RESEARCHERS ARGUE
Last year, a skyscraper-sized asteroid named (441987) 2010 NY65 flew past Earth at about eight times the distance between Earth and the moon. Also in 2017, asteroid Florence, a massive 2.7-mile long space rock, passed by Earth at 18 lunar distances.

In 2016, NASA opened a new office to track asteroids and comets that come too close to Earth. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) formalizes the agency's existing program for detecting and tracking near-Earth Objects, known as NEOs.

This week, Japan's space agency released stunning new photos and video of a distant asteroid's rocky surface that were captured by two small rovers.
Follow James Rogers on Twitter @jamesjrogers

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Eerie skull-shaped asteroid will zoom past Earth just after Halloween

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Assistant Principal placed on leave after saying "girls pretty much ruin everything"

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A high school assistant principal in Tennessee is under fire after after he said "girls pretty much ruin everything" while addressing the school's dress code.

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An LSU basketball player was caught in an overnight shooting, and has passed away.

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LSU basketball player Wayde Sims was shot and killed in Baton Rouge early Friday, police said.

Sims, 20, was taken to a hospital with an apparent gunshot wound and later died due to his injury, according to a news release from the Baton Rouge police department.

The shooting occurred at approximately 12:25 a.m. on a street just south of Southern University, which is located north of downtown Baton Rouge, police said.

Sims, a 6-6 junior forward and Baton Rouge native, started 10 games for LSU last year, averaged 5.6 points and 2.9 rebounds. His father, Wayne, also played basketball at LSU.

"We are all devastated. We need your prayers for Wayde, for his family, for all of us. We are heartbroken," LSU coach Will Wade said in a statement.

In a press conference Friday morning, Wade added, "Wayde's footprint permeates the whole campus. We need to make it a learning experience. Athletes have to be careful everywhere they go."

LSU President F. King Alexander said, "Wayde was a beloved member of the LSU community whose leadership was treasured by his coach and his teammates. The void left by his passing will be immense, and we ask that you keep his family in your prayers."

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LSU basketball player Wayde Sims was shot and killed in Baton Rouge early Friday, police said. Sims, 20, was taken to a hospital with an apparent gunshot wound and later died due to his injury, according to a news release from the Baton Rouge police department. The shooting occurred at approximately 12:25 a.m.

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Brooks Koepka hits Ryder Cup woman in the face with a ball. There has not been an update on her eye.

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Brooks Koepka was left shaken after a wayward tee shot struck a female fan in the head and left her bloodied.

The American golfer, 28, struck the supporter in the face on the short, par-four sixth hole attempting a monster drive.

Koepka had hoped to go from tee to green in one shot and set himself up an eagle putt.
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However, his huge swing on day one of the 2018 Ryder Cup in Paris resulted in a fan taking the brunt of the ball and suffering a nasty eye injury.

Koepka revealed he is praying he has not blinded the woman.

He said: "I haven't gotten an update. I actually just asked in the locker room, and nobody knew. So I have no idea what's going on.

"It doesn't feel good, it really doesn't. You feel terrible for them.
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"You know exactly how they are feeling, especially when you've got to go over there and apologise, because they are in pain, usually bleeding, and then to hit her in the face."
This story originally appeared in The Sun. For more from The Sun, click here.

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The new Apple Watch is showing up the latest iPhones.

September is typically the time for Apple fans to ooh and ahh over the latest smartphones -- and the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are indeed worthy upgrades. But the real showstopper this year is the smartwatch: It's faster, more functional and could literally save your life.

The Apple Watch Series 4, which hits stores on Friday, represents the watch's first major redesign since its 2015 debut. Tucked into a more attractive design -- including slightly rounded corners, a slimmer body and 30% more screen space to tap tiny icons and texts -- this new Apple Watch is also a health-tracking powerhouse.

The wearable comes with a handful of features aimed at a whole new demographic: the elderly. One new tool, for example, recognizes when a user falls and automatically sends a notification to their emergency contact. It's also the first wearable with a built-in ECG monitor available over the counter. The feature has been cleared by the FDA so it can be used as a medical device. The ECG's software will be activated in the United States later this year. Apple hasn't said whether it'll come to devices globally.

The watch starts at $399 for a 40mm model and $429 for the slightly larger 44mm version. That starting price bumps up to $499 for cellular connectivity. (The Series 3 started at $329).

While the Series 4 price tag is higher, experts say Apple's features could modernize hospital and geriatric care, and even assist field-service workers in dangerous environments. The company put the smartwatch through a series of intensive tests, including one designed to train it to distinguish between a delicate plop onto the bed and a hard fall on the floor.

"By making this feature available on the latest watch, Apple stands to displace existing fall-detection equipment in many verticals," said market analysis firm IDC's Jitesh Ubrani, acknowledging brands like Life Alert. "I have no doubt the new Apple Watch will make patient monitoring much easier and far more regular."

That's because people will be more likely to show off (and keep on) a cool-looking Apple Watch compared to a traditional medical device.

Weston Henderek, director of the NPD Group, says the ECG functionality could one day help diagnose conditions such as atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat. Users can create long-term running logs of ECGs that can be shared with their doctors over time.

The new features are notable, but Henderek cautions the role of the Apple Watch as a true medical device is still a work in progress.

"The space will not be truly revolutionized until additional medical tracking functionality, such as blood glucose and blood pressure monitoring, are added to devices like the Apple Watch," Weston said.

Meanwhile, Fitbit -- Apple's biggest wearables competitor -- is also thinking ahead. In August, Fitbit unveiled its Charge 3 tracker with a Sp02 sensor, shorthand for peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, that measures blood-oxygen levels. Coupled with Fitbit's heart-rate tracker and sleep monitoring, this trifecta provides a solid snapshot of overall health. Although the Fitbit lacks the Series 4's fall detection and ECG monitoring, it's also a fraction of the cost at $149.

Apple Watch continues to lag behind competitors in sleep tracking, a feature Apple omitted. The Series 4 can't afford to shave any hours off its battery life, which is about 18 hours on a charge. Meanwhile, Fitbit's Charge 3 lasts for days.

As wearables get smarter, companies face a major challenge to educate the public how to properly use their products as medical devices.

"Consumers don't really know the difference between FDA 'approval' and 'clearance,'" Ubrani, the IDC analyst, pointed out. Plus, "some of the features are designed for healthy consumers rather than those who already have medical issues. ... It's easy for consumers to conflate the issues and think the Apple Watch will replace a traditional doctor's visit."

For now, experts believe users will prioritize staying connected via notifications such as texts, alerts and emails over health tracking. After all, users can now summon Siri with just a raise of the wrist, jump in and out of apps at faster speeds, and enjoy louder and more immersive sound, making it easier to take calls from the device.

The Series 4 also comes with new interactive watch faces. But a lack of downloadable custom options is a missed opportunity for developers, Apple and users.

Ultimately, however, Apple's greater push into health is its biggest growth opportunity. It will likely appeal to a new demographic, ignite partnerships with health and life insurance companies to offer the device to employees, and roll out internationally.

IDC predicts Apple Watch sales will soar more than 38% year-over-year and expects that rate to continue for the next 5 years, largely because of the device's focus on health.

"Apple is already the No. 1 player in the smartwatch market by a big margin and has shown very strong growth," NPD Group's Henderek said. "But continuing that momentum and finding new ways to grow will become even more challenging."

For now, the company hopes you'll splurge on an Apple Watch this holiday season not only for the kids and for yourself -- but for Grandma, too.

- Correction: An earlier version of this story inaccurately said that the ECG monitor feature has been given FDA approval. It has received FDA clearance, a less rigorous level of FDA evaluation.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 26, 2018: 9:56 AM ET

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Boeing gets $9.2 billion contract to build new AF trainers

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The Boeing Company has been awarded a contract worth up to $9.2 billion to build the Air Force's new trainer aircraft, the Air Force announced on Thursday.

The Air Force currently plans to purchase 351 new trainer aircraft, 46 simulators, and the associated ground equipment to replace the current fleet of T-38C Talon trainers that are 57 years old, the Air Force said in a statement.

The contract allows the Air Force to eventually purchase up to 475 aircraft and 120 simulators.

"This new aircraft will provide the advanced training capabilities we need to increase the lethality and effectiveness of future Air Force pilots," Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson said in the statement. "Through competition we will save at least $10 billion on the T-X program."

The original service cost estimate was $19.7 billion for 351 aircraft, the Air Force said.

"The savings are a result of a well-conceived acquisition strategy that leveraged full and open competition. Fierce competition is ultimately very good for the United States Air Force and taxpayer," Capt. Hope Chronin, an Air Force spokesperson, said.

The Air Force would not comment on the competing companies, but Reuters reported they were Leonardo DVS and Lockheed Martin.

Trainer aircraft are used by student pilots at the undergraduate- and graduate-level training courses.

The first new trainers and simulators are scheduled to arrive at Texas's Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. Then, all undergraduate pilot training bases will transition to the new aircraft, the Air Force said.

The goal is to have the new trainer aircraft at full operational capability by 2034.

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Elon Musk is the heart and soul of Tesla. If the SEC gets its way, he could have to step down.

The SEC filed a lawsuit on Thursday that accused Musk of making "false and misleading" statements about a plan to take Tesla private.

The real shocker is the SEC wants a judge to bar Musk, the company's chairman and CEO, from serving as an officer or director of a public company.

"This is a nuclear threat to force him to settle," said John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School.

The news rocked Wall Street. Tesla shares plummeted 12% in after-hours trading.

"Tesla without Elon Musk is worth some substantial fraction less," Coffee said. "The penalty really falls on Tesla shareholders. Who is going to run that company?"

Musk defended himself, calling the SEC lawsuit an "unjustified action" that leaves him "deeply saddened and disappointed." The CEO said he has always taken action "in the best interests of truth, transparency and investors."

How serious are the SEC's accusations?

Very.

The agency chose to charge Musk under Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. That's what the SEC uses to go after insider traders and market manipulators.

"It's a very serious accusation," said Thomas Gorman, partner at Dorsey & Whitney and a former SEC staffer.

Coffee said in theory a judge could issue Musk a "lifetime" ban, permanently preventing him from serving as a corporate officer or director. Although the SEC did not request a specific time frame, it typically settles for less than a lifetime ban.

Martha Stewart's 2006 settlement with the SEC over insider trading barred her from serving as CEO or chief financial officer of any public company for five years.

The SEC clearly wanted to use this extremely high-profile case to make a point: Corporate executives can't make statements with little regard to their accuracy.

"The SEC has already accomplished their objective: To get the headlines. And boy, did they get it," said Randall LaSalle, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

What happens next?

Typically, these matters are resolved in a settlement. It's unusual that the dispute wasn't resolved prior to the SEC's lawsuit.

"Most defendants try to settle as quickly as possible. But Mr. Musk has never been the perfectly rational actor," Coffee said.

Even though Musk may now want to settle, the litigation may linger for weeks or even months.

That could pose problems for debt-riddled Tesla. The company says it has no need to raise money, but Tesla analysts believe the company will need to raise cash soon to pay down debt and invest in its business. Investors may balk at the idea of lending Tesla more money when its CEO is in limbo and top executives are hitting the exits.

Charles Whitehead, a professor at Cornell Law School, said it's possible that Musk reaches a settlement that allows him to take a lesser role -- but remain at the company.

"Why would the SEC want to harm the company more than the tweet itself?" Whitehead said. "That would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater."

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 27, 2018: 8:42 PM ET

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An asteroid that, in certain light conditions, resembles a human skull, will fly past Earth just after Halloween.

The space rock's official title is Asteroid 2015 TB145 and is a so-called "dead comet" that has lost most of its ice and gases. Appropriately for its ghoulish appearance, the asteroid first flew past Earth on Halloween 2015, prompting NASA to call it " The Great Pumpkin."

In 2015, the asteroid flew past Earth at a distance of just 300,000 miles, Space.com reports. For comparison, the average distance between Earth and the Moon is 238,855 miles.
ASTEROID ROVERS SEND BACK STUNNING NEW PICTURES OF SPACE ROCK'S SURFACE
First discovered on Oct. 10, 2015 by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS-1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System), the "Halloween asteroid" is set to make another flyby in November, researchers say. However, it will be nowhere near as close to our planet this time.

Asteroid 2015 TB145 will zoom past at 105 times the average lunar distance, SINC reports, citing a research study released last year.

The space rock's diameter measures between 2,050 feet and 2,297 feet, according to scientists.
PLUTO SHOULD BE A PLANET AGAIN, RESEARCHERS ARGUE
Last year, a skyscraper-sized asteroid named (441987) 2010 NY65 flew past Earth at about eight times the distance between Earth and the moon. Also in 2017, asteroid Florence, a massive 2.7-mile long space rock, passed by Earth at 18 lunar distances.

In 2016, NASA opened a new office to track asteroids and comets that come too close to Earth. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) formalizes the agency's existing program for detecting and tracking near-Earth Objects, known as NEOs.

This week, Japan's space agency released stunning new photos and video of a distant asteroid's rocky surface that were captured by two small rovers.
Follow James Rogers on Twitter @jamesjrogers

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Body is believed to be of missing North Carolina boy with autism

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Six-year-old Maddox Ritch went missing last week after his father lost sight of him when he took off running in a North Carolina park. The search for the missing boy who has autism and is nonverbal entered its sixth day on Thursday.

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SEC sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk for 'misleading' tweet

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a suit filed in U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan.

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Tesla shares plunged more than 4 percent on the news.

In August, Musk tweeted, "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured," drawing scrutiny from the government agency.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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Doctor gets $56,000 for an air ambulance flight

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This story appeared on Kaiser Health News.

It was the first - and only - time Dr. Naveed Khan, a 35-year-old radiologist, ever rode in an all-terrain vehicle.

Khan took the wheel from his friend and drove circles in the sand, on a trail along the Red River in Texas.

"As soon as I turned to the side where my body weight was, this two-seater vehicle ... just tilted toward the side and toppled," Khan recalled. It landed on his left arm.

"I had about a 6-inch-wide exposed flesh gap that I could see below, on my forearm," he said. "And I could see muscle. I could see the fat. I could see the skin. The blood was pooling around it."

Khan, feeling lightheaded, tied his jacket around his arm like a tourniquet. He and his friend managed to right the ATV, drive back toward the street and call 911.

When an ambulance delivered him to the emergency room at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls, Khan was surprised to hear a doctor murmur that it was the worst arm injury he'd ever seen.

Khan needed immediate helicopter transport to a trauma center for surgery in Fort Worth, if there was any hope of saving the arm.

Groggy from painkillers, Khan managed to ask the doctors how much the flight would cost and whether it would be covered by his insurer. "I think they told my friend, 'He needs to stop asking questions. He needs to get on that helicopter. He doesn't realize how serious this injury is,'" Khan recalled.

Flown 108 miles to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, the closest Level I trauma center, Khan was whisked into surgery to clean out the wound, repair his shattered bones and get blood flowing to the tissue.

He had a total of eight operations to try to save his left forearm before he finally gave up. After weeks in the hospital, he asked the doctors to amputate, so he could get on with his life.

And then the bill came.

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Patient: Naveed Khan, 35, a radiologist and married father of three small children in Southlake, Texas.

Total bill: $56,603 for an air ambulance flight. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Khan's insurer, paid $11,972, after initially refusing altogether; the medevac company billed Khan for the remaining $44,631.

Service provider: Air Evac Lifeteam, an air ambulance company that operates 130 bases in 15 states. It's owned by Air Medical Group Holdings, a holding company that owns four other air ambulance companies and one ground ambulance company. Air Medical, in turn, is owned by the giant private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, or KKR.

Medical service: Khan was flown from the United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls, Texas, to the John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.

What gives: Khan got his first call from Air Evac Lifeteam just three days after the accident, while he was still lying in the hospital. A company representative told him the helicopter ride would likely cost more than $50,000 and asked him how he planned to pay.

For Khan, rapid transportation to the trauma center was absolutely essential since the blood supply to his arm had been cut off, said Dr. Raj Gandhi, the medical director for trauma services at JPS Hospital.

"If there's no blood going that means there's no oxygen," he said. "It there's no oxygen, that means those cells are going to die." Minutes are precious and the helicopter can get from Wichita Falls to Fort Worth in an hour or less, half the time it takes by ground ambulance, he said.

But complaints about sky-high bills to patients for air ambulance services are common. Since launching the "Bill of the Month" series in February, NPR and Kaiser Health News have received more than a dozen bills from critically ill patients like Khan who were charged tens of thousands of dollars for an air ambulance ride even after insurers' payments.

Air ambulance companies defend their charges.

Rick Sherlock, president of the Association of Air Medical Services, a trade group, said air ambulances require a more highly trained crew than a ground ambulance, because only the sickest or most seriously injured patients need air transport.

AAMS commissioned a study to determine the actual cost of a medevac ride. The report found it takes about $2.9 million a year to run a single helicopter base. Each base handles about 300 transports a year, and the rides cost about $11,000 each, according to the report.

A spokeswoman for Air Evac Lifeteam said the company bills people so much because it is trying to make up for what she said are meager payments from Medicare and Medicaid.

"Our real cost per flight is the $10,200 plus the unreimbursed cost on each flight for Medicare, Medicaid and patients without any coverage," wrote Shelly Schneider, the company spokeswoman.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it pays an average of $4,624 per ride, plus $31.67 a mile - which works out to an average Medicare reimbursement of $6,556 for helicopter ambulance rides for seniors. Medicaid in most states pays less.

The industry has been advocating hard to get Medicare to boost its reimbursements, Sherlock said. Legislation pending in both the House and Senate would do so, but there hasn't been much movement on those bills.

Others say the industry's cost estimates are inflated by profit-driven expansion of a lucrative industry. Ground ambulances often carry critically ill patients, too.

Too many air ambulances sit idle much of the time, said Dr. Ira Blumen, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Chicago and medical director of the university's Aeromedical Network.

Blumen said the industry - which is dominated by a few companies owned by private equity firms - expanded dramatically the last time Medicare boosted its payments, in 2002. And now there are too many helicopters - 908 as of last year - fighting for patients and profits at the same time.

"The number of helicopters is outrageous for the continental United States," he said. In the 1990s, most helicopters ran more than 500 flights per year on average. At that rate, the cost per flight today would be less than $6,000.

A BCBS of Texas spokesman said the insurer does have a contracted rate with an in-network air ambulance company, but it is not Air Evac Lifeteam. After initially refusing to pay anything for an out-of-network claim, it agreed to the $11,972 payment.

But in some sense, the reason ambulance companies charge so much is simply because they can: Air ambulances are largely regulated not as health care but as part of the aviation industry. Federal laws prevent states from limiting aviation rates, routes and services.

So many people have been hit with shockingly high air ambulance bills that members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are trying to do something about it. Legislation to reauthorize funding for the Federal Aviation Administration that is moving through Congress now would set up a council of industry experts to address balance billing and other issues, and set up a complaint line for consumers.

Resolution: Khan has allowed Air Evac Lifeteam to negotiate with BCBS of Texas over the remaining $44,000 air ambulance bill. The company has asked him to appeal to the state's Department of Insurance, and though he first balked at the suggestion, he's now considering doing so. Khan says he doesn't understand why the helicopter flight, an integral part of the emergency medical care he received, is treated differently than his surgeries, nursing care and physical therapy.

"I thought that this was another piece of that puzzle," he said. "It turns out that this was glaringly different."

He is waiting for resolution as he gets accustomed to life with his disability. Holding his baby son, he asked in frustration: "How do I hold him while he's crying and at the same time heat up his bottle?"

Khan, who has had to fight with his insurance company to get coverage for a prosthetic arm, is frustrated to learn that the air ambulance company expects him to pay far more than the actual cost of his flight. "It's unfair," he said. "It's random, it's arbitrary. It's whatever price they want to set. And to put that onto a person who's already been through what I've been through, I hate to say it, but it's cruel."

The Takeaway: Most people with health problems serious enough to require a helicopter flight are in no position to ask if the medevac company is in-network or whether there's a choice. But if you or a family member has time to ask, it could pay off.

Steps you should take if you're faced with a huge bill for a medevac ride:

* First, let your insurer's process play out. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas first denied Khan's claim altogether. But he looked closely at his policy and saw that the threat of loss of limb was explicitly covered. He appealed, and that's when the insurer paid $11,972.

* Second, negotiate! The air ambulance company might be willing to negotiate a settlement for a fraction of the bill to avoid turning to debt collectors, who would pay them pennies on the dollar.

Both Sherlock of the Association of Air Medical Services and Schneider of Air Evac Lifeteam said companies will try to determine what a patient can afford. So people with high incomes may find it hard to obtain a substantial reduction for their bill. Still, if patients know the true cost of the service they received, they may be better equipped to negotiate a discount.

Many air ambulance companies offer membership plans that can cost less than $100 a year, and guarantee that the company will accept whatever payment an insurance company makes without billing the patient for the rest. But buyer, beware: When someone needs an air ambulance, they are often not in a position to choose which company will respond to the call.

Bill of the Month is a crowdsourced investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR that dissects and explains medical bills. Do you have an interesting medical bill you want to share with us? Tell us about it!

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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LSU basketball player died at the age of 20

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A Louisiana State University basketball player was shot and killed early Friday, according to officials.

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Most of the seniters will not be voting for Brett Kavanaugh

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What we covered here

Kavanaugh passes, with a condition: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the floor, but Sen. Jeff Flake said he will only support it after a brief FBI investigation.

What comes next? There will be a motion to proceed vote tomorrow, with an agreement for the supplemental background check for no longer than one week. President Trump has ordered the FBI investigation.

Earlier: Democrats, a few Republican governors and the American Bar Association urged the committee to halt the vote until an FBI investigation.

5:23 p.m. ET, September 28, 2018
Our live coverage of today's dramatic committee vote has ended, but stick with In the meantime... CNN Politics for more updates on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process.

Read up on all the details from today's meeting and delayed vote

See how President Trump reacted to the delay

Watch the moment two protesters confronted Sen. Jeff Flake

See which two red-state Democrats announced they'd vote no on Kavanaugh

Watch the moment committee Democrats walked out of today's meeting

Debra S. Katz, one of Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers, released a statement Friday afternoon welcoming the FBI investigation:

"A thorough FBI investigation is critical to developing all the relevant facts. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford welcomes this step in the process, and appreciates the efforts of Senators Flake, Murkowski, Manchin and Collins -- and all other senators who have supported an FBI investigation -- to ensure it is completed before the Senate votes on Judge Kavanaugh's nomination. No artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation."

5:02 p.m. ET, September 28, 2018
Trump orders FBI supplemental investigation into Kavanaugh

In a tweet on Friday afternoon, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a statement on behalf of President Donald Trump.

According to the statement, Trump has "ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh's file."

"As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week," the statement continued.
Here's her tweet:

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh issued a statement Friday afternoon, saying he will continued to cooperate with the FBI:

"Throughout this process, I've been interviewed by the FBI, I've done a number of 'background' calls directly with the Senate, and yesterday, I answered questions under oath about every topic the Senators and their counsel asked me. I've done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate."

While getting into her car, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a key vote, remarked that Friday had been "a good step."

She had earlier expressed support for Sen. Jeff Flake's proposal for a delay, saying, "I support the FBI having an opportunity to bring some closure to this."

When asked if she would agree to move forward with the final vote if the investigation had not finished, she wouldn't say.

"We've asked the FBI to reopen and we've put priority on this obviously. And they will move as quickly as they can - and we will move forward from there," Murkowski said.

Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told reporters that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would wait to move to a final vote "until the (FBI) report is filed."

He said the report will be given to the White House and the committee, but he hasn't been given any assurances the FBI probe will be done in a week.

"Sure, you bet - that's why we are doing an extended background investigation," Flake said when asked if he may change his vote and oppose the nomination depending on what he learns.

Asked if he is prepared to vote to confirm Kavanaugh if probe is not done within a week, Flake replied: "All we can say it has to be done within a week or we move forward."

He said today's protestors did not change his mind necessarily. He couldn't "pinpoint" the reason, but he said he had sleepless nights.

Flake also said the FBI will determine what "credible" allegations to probe.

A White House official says President Donald Trump will authorize and order a supplemental FBI background investigation into Brett Kavanaugh.

A written statement (or possibly a Tweet) is expected at some point to affirm what the President suggested earlier in the Oval Office when he said he would be "totally reliant on what Senator Grassley and the group decides to do."

It was 10 days ago when Trump first told us in the Oval Office that the FBI doesn't do these types of investigations. Tonight, he will order them to do just that - after a handful of Senate Republicans insisted upon it.

Sen. Ted Cruz, emerging from the meeting in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office, said they will leave it to the FBI to decide which are the "credible" allegations.

When asked directly what the Senate GOP would do if the FBI probe is not completed, Cruz said the conference has agreed to move forward next week.

4:44 p.m. ET, September 28, 2018
Here's the latest whip count for the senators who control the vote

Earlier we brought you a whip count based on the senators -- Republican and Democrat alike -- who held the keys on moving the Kavanaugh nomination forward.

The 🕵️ indicates they support an FBI investigation.
Here's where they stand now after today's developments:
R - Sen. Susan Collins 🕵️

R - Sen. Lisa Murkowski 🕵️

D - Sen. Joe Manchin 🕵️

D - Sen. Heidi Heitkamp 🕵️

R - Sen. Jeff Flake 🕵️

R - Sen. Bob Corker ✅

D - Sen. Doug Jones ❌

D - Sen. Bill Nelson ❌

D - Sen. Joe Donnelly ❌

D - Sen. Jon Tester ❌

What we covered here

Kavanaugh passes, with a condition: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the floor, but Sen. Jeff Flake said he will only support it after a brief FBI investigation.

What comes next? There will be a motion to proceed vote tomorrow, with an agreement for the supplemental background check for no longer than one week. President Trump has ordered the FBI investigation.

Earlier: Democrats, a few Republican governors and the American Bar Association urged the committee to halt the vote until an FBI investigation.

5:23 p.m. ET, September 28, 2018
Our live coverage of today's dramatic committee vote has ended, but stick with In the meantime... CNN Politics for more updates on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process.

Read up on all the details from today's meeting and delayed vote

See how President Trump reacted to the delay

Watch the moment two protesters confronted Sen. Jeff Flake

See which two red-state Democrats announced they'd vote no on Kavanaugh

Watch the moment committee Democrats walked out of today's meeting

Debra S. Katz, one of Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers, released a statement Friday afternoon welcoming the FBI investigation:

"A thorough FBI investigation is critical to developing all the relevant facts. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford welcomes this step in the process, and appreciates the efforts of Senators Flake, Murkowski, Manchin and Collins -- and all other senators who have supported an FBI investigation -- to ensure it is completed before the Senate votes on Judge Kavanaugh's nomination. No artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation."

5:02 p.m. ET, September 28, 2018
Trump orders FBI supplemental investigation into Kavanaugh

In a tweet on Friday afternoon, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a statement on behalf of President Donald Trump.

According to the statement, Trump has "ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh's file."

"As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week," the statement continued.
Here's her tweet:

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh issued a statement Friday afternoon, saying he will continued to cooperate with the FBI:

"Throughout this process, I've been interviewed by the FBI, I've done a number of 'background' calls directly with the Senate, and yesterday, I answered questions under oath about every topic the Senators and their counsel asked me. I've done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate."

While getting into her car, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a key vote, remarked that Friday had been "a good step."

She had earlier expressed support for Sen. Jeff Flake's proposal for a delay, saying, "I support the FBI having an opportunity to bring some closure to this."

When asked if she would agree to move forward with the final vote if the investigation had not finished, she wouldn't say.

"We've asked the FBI to reopen and we've put priority on this obviously. And they will move as quickly as they can - and we will move forward from there," Murkowski said.

Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told reporters that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would wait to move to a final vote "until the (FBI) report is filed."

He said the report will be given to the White House and the committee, but he hasn't been given any assurances the FBI probe will be done in a week.

"Sure, you bet - that's why we are doing an extended background investigation," Flake said when asked if he may change his vote and oppose the nomination depending on what he learns.

Asked if he is prepared to vote to confirm Kavanaugh if probe is not done within a week, Flake replied: "All we can say it has to be done within a week or we move forward."

He said today's protestors did not change his mind necessarily. He couldn't "pinpoint" the reason, but he said he had sleepless nights.

Flake also said the FBI will determine what "credible" allegations to probe.

A White House official says President Donald Trump will authorize and order a supplemental FBI background investigation into Brett Kavanaugh.

A written statement (or possibly a Tweet) is expected at some point to affirm what the President suggested earlier in the Oval Office when he said he would be "totally reliant on what Senator Grassley and the group decides to do."

It was 10 days ago when Trump first told us in the Oval Office that the FBI doesn't do these types of investigations. Tonight, he will order them to do just that - after a handful of Senate Republicans insisted upon it.

Sen. Ted Cruz, emerging from the meeting in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office, said they will leave it to the FBI to decide which are the "credible" allegations.

When asked directly what the Senate GOP would do if the FBI probe is not completed, Cruz said the conference has agreed to move forward next week.

4:44 p.m. ET, September 28, 2018
Here's the latest whip count for the senators who control the vote

Earlier we brought you a whip count based on the senators -- Republican and Democrat alike -- who held the keys on moving the Kavanaugh nomination forward.

The 🕵️ indicates they support an FBI investigation.
Here's where they stand now after today's developments:
R - Sen. Susan Collins 🕵️

R - Sen. Lisa Murkowski 🕵️

D - Sen. Joe Manchin 🕵️

D - Sen. Heidi Heitkamp 🕵️

R - Sen. Jeff Flake 🕵️

R - Sen. Bob Corker ✅

D - Sen. Doug Jones ❌

D - Sen. Bill Nelson ❌

D - Sen. Joe Donnelly ❌

D - Sen. Jon Tester ❌

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Wanda Syke's jokes fell flat with some of her fans.

Over a dozen angry audience members walked out or were kicked out of Sykes' show in New Jersey on Thursday for heckling her when she opened with a series of jokes about President Donald Trump.

The liberal comedian began her set at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank by making fun of how the public appears to be aging more quickly from stress during Trump's administration. The Asbury Park Press reported that some attendees began heckling Sykes, complaining that she was being political.

"Do some comedy!" one attendee shouted at Skyes, according to the outlet. Another reportedly yelled, "Too political!"

About a dozen attendees walked out and began to argue with one another and staff in the lobby. Attendees who stayed at the show say that it was enjoyable and that attendees should have expected jokes at the president's expense.

"I paid for a comedy show, not for a political venue," Christine Delancey of Old Bridge told the Asbury Park Press. "First of all, you don't bash our president. I am not a Trump supporter, but he is my president, and I would never bash my president."

However, other audience members felt attendees should have known they were in for a politically charged performance as Sykes is vocal about her opinions.

"You knew what you were gonna get. You should have known that it wasn't going to be pro-Trump," Gabby Young of Brick told the outlet.

Theater staff declined to comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
You can find Sasha Savitsky on Twitter @SashaFB.

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A St. Louis-area man died in a freak accident Wednesday while purchasing food at a Jack in the Box drive-thru window, according to a report.