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   BISMARCK — Rachel Booth and her husband have tried without success for the past three years to have children. Like many couples in that situation, the Booths have turned to fertility treatment. They’ve been through two in vitro fertilization treatment cycles. Both failed. Booth and her husband have exhausted the $20,000 their health insurance provides for fertility treatment. The Fargo couple — she works as a high school teacher and her husband is a police officer — can’t afford the expensive treatment themselves. Booth testified in support of a bill that would mandate coverage for fertility treatment as well as fertility preservation for cancer patients under the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS. Nearly 60,000 current and retired public employees and their dependents are insured through PERS. In North Dakota, before new coverage is mandated for private insurance, it first must be tested through insurance for public employees, so passage could be a s...

   Benefits of health and life insurance Smoking and drinking are lifestyle habits that can cause severe impacts in the long term. Let’s discuss the benefits of health and life insurance for policyholders involved in these lifestyle habits. Life insurance An avid drinker or smoker certainly knows about the repercussions of her habits. By paying some extra premium, a policyholder with lifestyle habits is securing the future of their loved ones. Life insurance provides a policyholder with financial security and protection and a guaranteed death benefit. Health Insurance Health insurance lets policyholders receive the best medical care without burning a hole in their pocket. Health insurance plans can take care of any unexpected medical emergencies or critical illnesses. Thus, policyholders with lifestyle habits like smoking and drinking alcohol have mental peace in case they face any kind of health issues in future. How can they avail health and life insurance? Yes, an avid drin...

  A video of Muslim women ramming into the vehicle of an anti-Islamic group leader   resulting  in the vehicle turning upside down has gone viral on social media platforms. As per reports, the woman allegedly attacked the man identified as Lars Thorsen after he burnt copies of the Quran. The incident took place at around 3 PM when Thorsen was driving toward   Norway ‘s capital city Oslo on July 2. Thorsen is the leader of the anti-Islamisation group ‘Stop the Islamisation of Norway’ (SIAN). Police in #Norway arrested two Muslim women who rammed the SUV of Islamophone Lars Thorsen minutes after he burnt a copy of the #Quran in a Muslim-majoprity neighborhood of #Oslo . #Blasphemy #Abolishblasphemylaws pic.twitter.com/F6ThqXSmKR — Faraz Pervaiz (@FarazPervaiz3) July 10, 2022 Speaking to the media, Thorsen said that he was not surprised by the attack. He further added that the Quran was burnt as a reaction to the complaints filed against him after he had protested ...

  They are the main findings of the   fifth European State of the Climate report,  published Friday, which found the summer of 2021 was 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than the 1991-2020 average. The average air temperature in Europe has risen about 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to the report. The continent set a provisional, blistering new heat record last summer of 48.8 degrees Celsius on the Italian island of Sicily. Previously, the hottest day recorded in Europe was 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) in 1977 in Athens, Greece, according to the report by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Parts of the Mediterranean were hit with an intense, weeks-long heat wave in July and August, with Italy, Turkey and Greece experiencing several destructive wildfires. More than 800,000 hectares were burned during those two months. “With the changing climate, temperatures are getting warmer and warmer in the Med...