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Posted: Nov 1, 2019 / 12:08 AM PDT / Updated: Nov 1, 2019 / 12:08 AM PDT

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by The Associated Press / Aug 3, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is taking steps to give telehealth a broader role under Medicare, with an executive order that serves as a call for Congress to make doctor visits via personal technology a permanent fixture of the program.

The order President Donald Trump signed on Monday applies to one segment of Medicare recipients — people living in rural communities. But administration officials said it's intended as a signal to Congress that Trump is ready to back significant legislation that would permanently open up telehealth as an option for all people with Medicare.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Monsignor Ronald Swett, who spent two decades as pastor of St. Philip the Apostle Church before retiring in 2012, has died.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno confirmed Swett died Monday morning. There were no details yet as to when his funeral and other services will be held.

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Sheriff’s detectives arrest 15 people — including CHP officer — accused of trying to meet minors for sex acts

by Jason Kotowski / Aug 3, 2020

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Fifteen people, including a California Highway Patrol officer and a prison employee, were arrested in connection with trying to meet minors to engage in sex acts after the sheriff's office conducted an undercover operation where detectives posed as children online.

"The detectives received numerous correspondence from child predators, who agreed to meet in order to engage in lewd acts with a child," a sheriff's release said. "Undercover detectives subsequently arrested the suspects when they arrived at the meeting location, while others were arrested at their homes."

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