By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major California-based medical provider is paying a total of $90 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud. Justice Department officials said Monday that Sutter Health, northern California’s largest hospital system, got inflated payments. Sutter says it paid $30 million to partly resolve the claims in
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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska residents don’t know how much money they might get from the state’s oil wealth this year — or even when they might get the unique payout just for living in the state — and many are upset. Some see the annual checks, which have ranged
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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska residents don’t know how much money they might get from the state’s oil wealth this year — or even when they might get the unique payout just for living in the state — and many are upset. Some see the annual checks, which have ranged
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Business) — Después de casi un siglo, el uso de gasolina con plomo en las carreteras de todo el mundo llegó a su fin, anunció el lunes el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, luego de que las estaciones de servicio argelinas dejaran de vender este combustible el mes
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly in most harassment and discrimination cases. California law already bans nondisclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment, discrimination and assault. The bill lawmakers approved Monday would extend that law to include other
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly in most harassment and discrimination cases. California law already bans nondisclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment, discrimination and assault. The bill lawmakers approved Monday would extend that law to include other
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly in most harassment and discrimination cases. California law already bans nondisclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment, discrimination and assault. The bill lawmakers approved Monday would extend that law to include other
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani will not take the mound for Tuesday night’s game against the New York Yankees in order to give his right hand extra time to heal. Angels manager Joe Maddon also said outfielder Mike Trout is experiencing soreness in
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani will not take the mound for Tuesday night’s game against the New York Yankees in order to give his right hand extra time to heal. Angels manager Joe Maddon also said outfielder Mike Trout is experiencing soreness in
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Seeking to beat back a COVID-19 surge, Honolulu will soon require patrons of restaurants, bars, museums, theaters and other establishments to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative test for the disease, the city’s mayor said Monday. The move comes after the highly contagious delta variant
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Seeking to beat back a COVID-19 surge, Honolulu will soon require patrons of restaurants, bars, museums, theaters and other establishments to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative test for the disease, the city’s mayor said Monday. The move comes after the highly contagious delta variant
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Fully vaccinated players will be required to get tested for COVID-19 weekly instead of every 14 days as part of the revised protocols for the regular season agreed upon by the NFL and NFLPA. The weekly testing applies also for fully vaccinated Tier 1 and 2 staff. There’s
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Morris is joining coach Andy Enfield’s basketball staff as an assistant at Southern California. Morris spent the last three seasons in the same position at San Diego State, where the Aztecs had a combined 74-20 record. He had other assistant stints at Nevada, San Jose State and Cal State Northridge.
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — El huracán Nora, de categoría 1, dejó al menos una persona fallecida (un menor de edad), una desaparecida (la madre del menor) y numerosos daños en su paso por Jalisco, en el occidente de México, entre ellos el desbordamiento de tres ríos y el desplome parcial de un edificio en Puerto Vallarta
Continue Reading By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A court in Colombia has refused to allow a trial for a retired general accused of offering incentives that led soldiers to murder 104 civilians and pass them off as guerrilla fighters killed in combat during Colombia’s long civil conflict. Bogota’s Superior Tribunal ruled Monday that
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The parents of United States Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez issued a statement on the death of their son. Lopez, 22, of Indio was among 13 U.S. service members who died during the attack on a Kabul airport on Thursday. Check Out: Tributes continue in memory of fallen Marine and Coachella Valley resident Hunter Lopez
Continue Reading TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida state education officials on Monday began to make good on threats to withhold funding from local school districts that defied Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates, despite a circuit judge last week ruling the ban unconstitutional. Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran announced that the Florida Department of Education has
Continue Reading BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in the Buffalo area filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a vote on union representation, the latest development in a nationwide, pandemic-era reckoning on wages and working conditions. Employees at the stores told The New York Times they were seeking
Continue Reading BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in the Buffalo area filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a vote on union representation, the latest development in a nationwide, pandemic-era reckoning on wages and working conditions. Employees at the stores told The New York Times they were seeking
Continue Reading BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in the Buffalo area filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a vote on union representation, the latest development in a nationwide, pandemic-era reckoning on wages and working conditions. Employees at the stores told The New York Times they were seeking
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