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Gretchen McKay | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) Come dinnertime, pasta made with corn, rice, lentils or chickpeas can be a godsend to those with gluten sensitivities. But it also can break their hearts, just a little. Not only is gluten-free pasta super expensive when compared to “regular” spaghetti, rigatoni and other noodles made with milled durum wheat, but it’s tough to find a gluten-free product that’s not gummy or doesn’t generally taste like mush. That’s my son Jack’s view, anyway.

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE and JAMIE STENGLE NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze inspired generations of fans with his smooth, soulful voice and lasting anthems including “Before I Let Go,” has died. He was 77. His family said in a post on the band’s website and social media accounts that Beverly died Tuesday.

Julie Appleby | (TNS) KFF Health News Suspicions that U. S. consumers’ personal information could be accessed from India led regulators to abruptly bar two large private sector enrollment websites from accessing the Affordable Care Act marketplace in August. New details about the suspensions come in legal filings made late Friday stemming from an effort by the two to regain access to the Obamacare marketplace before the upcoming ACA open enrollment period, which starts Nov.

By Eliza Haverstock | NerdWallet If you’ve been skipping your federal student loan bills, or you have defaulted loans, your time is running out to get back on track without harsh consequences. Two key pandemic-era relief programs are set to expire on Sept. 30: the student loan on-ramp and the Fresh Start program. Millions of borrowers are benefitting from the on-ramp or Fresh Start — and some may not know it.

Phil Galewitz | (TNS) KFF Health News The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record low the Biden administration achieved in 2022 through expansions of public programs, including the Affordable Care Act. About 8% of Americans were uninsured, a statistically insignificant increase of just 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier.

(JNS) On Oct. 7, János Lastofka was enjoying an autumnal break with his family on the banks of picturesque Lake Balaton in his native Hungary. As news of the Hamas invasion trickled in, some friends of Lastofka reached out to say they were relieved that he was no longer in Israel, where he had recently finished a five-year stint as the No.