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MARSHALL — A 42-year-old man was arrested in a domestic incident at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday on the 1200 block of East College Drive, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — Theft of copper wire and motors reported at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday on the 800 block of West Main Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. Accidents GARVIN — A motorcyclist received serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday near Garvin, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. A 1995 Yamaha motorcycle driven by a 37-year-old man and a 2024 GMC Sierra driven by a 66-year-old man were involved in the ...

Obamacare enrollment declines in 49 states

In 49 states, the number of people enrolled in Obamacare plans has declined since Congress made coverage more expensive by allowing federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. The lone exception was New Mexico, the only state that has used its own money to fully replace the expired aid, according to a new analysis by KFF, a health policy research group. Late last month, the Trump administration announced that overall participation in the health insurance marketplaces created under Obamacare, officially called the Affordable Care Act, had declined by nearly 3 million people, ...

Marshall senior center sees busy year

MARSHALL — There was a lot going on at Marshall's Adult Community Center over the past year, ACC coordinator Katie Brusven said. “On a standard week, we have about 30 different activities on the calendar. And on a typical day, I would say we see 40 to 80 people come in for the different ...

Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning 'nudification' technology

Elon Musk's company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state's first-in-the-nation law that bans "nudification" technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for how far states can go in constitutionally regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Musk's company sued Monday in federal court, days before the law is set to take effect Saturday and make Minnesota the first state to try to outlaw the increasingly proliferating technology that lets people use AI to to create fake nude images of real people. The law was signed in May. In the 38-page lawsuit, xAI — whose ...