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Throughout the day, were going to be bringing you the scenes of celebrations just like this one, from all around the world. We certainly are. There is certainly news, though, to get to as well. We want to begin with what were learning this morning, new allegations of russian hacking u. S. Systems, this time the target is of a utility company. Its called burlington, electric. They found a Company Laptop with the same malware that hackers allegedly used to meddle in u. S. Elections. Vermont senato...

CHLOE TROFATTER State Rep. Sara Cambensy, D-Marquette, is shown testifying before the House Committee on Commerce and Tourism in Lansing in October 2019. The House Health Policy Committee recently reviewed a bill by Cambensy to cap insulin copays at $50 for a 30-day prescription. The bill, one piece of a larger 15-part health care package, was passed by the House in late March and referred to the Senate Health Policy and Human Services Committee. (Journal file photo) LANSING — The Legisla...

Ohio’s emergency prescription refill law reintroduced to provide more coverage In 2015, Kevin’s Law passed in Ohio as an emergency prescription refill law. A new amendment is asking to mandate insurance companies to pay for life-saving drugs. Credit: AP Judith Garcia, 19, fills a syringe as she prepares to give herself an injection of insulin at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, Calif., Sunday, April 29, 2012. A major study, released Sunday, tested several ways to manage blood...

Bar manager and have this condition. and they said, you need to go home. so, he went home thinking that he had a stomach virus. and i didnt know the symptoms of ketoacidosis, but i do now. >> reporter: why was his body shutting down? his family said they learned he had run out of insulin. it was the holiday season, his calls to his doctors office werent returned. when he needed this drug that he needs he was denied. >> im going insane. how can my son or anybody be standing in front of a pharmacy...

My guardian angel until its time to meet again. >> howdys law is prompting other states to look at the issue and take tlax. florida passed their version of howdy law last spring. pennsylvania just admitted senate bill 1409 and at least a half other dozen states are looking to enact similar legislation. for more information, go to the familys facebook page in memory of kevin, howdy, howdy shell. well, it was supposed to be ronda rouseys big comeback fight, but her dreams of winning back her ufc...

For the next hour here, were going to tell you what they discovered that could have saved kevins life, certainly. it could save anybody elses life. and how theyre taking action to get legislators in ohio to listen. they actually already did that. all the way to governor kasichs office. even when the governor was on the trail. in the primary election, he took note of what was happening, they passed a law there. some of the people i talked to said i had no idea, that the symptoms of ketoacidosis m...

>> judy says it was a sign from heaven. the day governor john kasich was on the campaign trail took a moment to sign the bill into law. >> that was december 22nd. kevin was born on 2-22. kevin was the sacrificial lam and theres still so much more that needs to be done. >> their new mission, to make sure a diabetes test is included in every childs well visit to the doctor. its a simple blood test, just a prick on the finger that could keep your child healthy and alive. >> diabetes is an epidemic....

Big sister amy either. every day she says she feels a part of her died with him. >> we were just so much alike. everybody says that if they didnt know better, they would think we were twins. and he -- he was my soul mate. hes my other half. he got it -- we got each other. >> reporter: she remembers kevin the runner. the kid who loved to fish. >> he would walk down to the end of our street without a pole and come back with, you know, four or five fish, caught them all by hand. >> reporter: the tr...

Hundreds of miles away when they checked their phone. >> and there were all these voice mail messages. and text messages from all of our children, all of our kids. who said, call us, call us, call us. >> reporter: they tried desperately to get home. but it took three days. >> it was a horrible, snowy deep frigid winter, and we couldnt get a flight out because the previous days, everything in and out of new york, cleveland, the whole northeast was all cancelled. >> reporter: when they finally got...

>> he just said, kevin died. i just screamed and couldnt believe it. >> when they said he died of ketoacidosis. and i said, what? he said, i have no explanation for that. other than that he was noncompliant. that he wasnt taking his medication. >> his mother contends kevin who was a diabetic was faithful about taking his insulin. it turns out kevin tried to get more when he ran out but he was denied the medication. in the meantime, he thought he was really getting the flu. what was really happen...