UnitedHealth Group beat first-quarter expectations and raised its 2019 forecast, as the nation’s largest insurer increased Medicare coverage and received another boost from its growing business outside health insurance.
The performance softened, at least temporarily, an unusual stock price slump so far this year.
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There is a sense of ease among members of Yahadut Hatorah as it now appears final; the party has received the controversial eighth seat which was taken from the party during the recount.

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A motor vehicle accident between two vehicles in the S. Hebron Hills area on Monday left a total of 13 persons injured, six Israelis and seven Palestinians. The accident occurred near Shim’a.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his brother Dr. Ido Netanyahu, met at the PM’s Office in Jerusalem with Yosef Shemesh on Monday, who gave them personal items belonging to their brother, the late Yoni Netanyahu HY”D.

The crowded field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates is showing early signs of money trouble as donors sit on the sidelines to see how the contest unfolds, signaling a drawn-out primary battle lies ahead.
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Yahadut Hatorah was scheduled to convene on Tuesday afternoon, including the eight candidates elected to the 21st Knesset. The meeting will surround formulating their position and demands for upcoming coalition talks.
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Chairman of the Blue and White party, Benny Gantz, told journalist Ilana Dayan that he will not sit in a coalition with Binyamin Netanyahu, and he will lead a combative opposition and remain optimistic as, “I am 100% certain that I will be prime minister” he concluded.
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William Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts who two years ago ran for vice president on the Libertarian Party ticket, on Monday became the first Republican to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday and were recognized along with the Capital Gazette of Maryland for their coverage of the horrifying mass shootings in 2018 at a high school, a synagogue and a newsroom itself.