SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mayor London Breed says more than 97% of San Francisco municipal employees are vaccinated against the coronavirus ahead of a Monday deadline. After that workers must prove they’ve been vaccinated and return to the office for at least partially. Breed said Friday that only about 1,000 of the city’s 35,000-person workforce
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Dezenski, CNN This week, Democrats on Capitol Hill scrambled to achieve consensus on key pieces of President Joe Biden’s agenda as he headed to Europe for a series of summits with key leaders. Meanwhile, a Republican Trump critic announced he won’t seek reelection in Congress. Monday Democrats drive toward a scaled back $1.75
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children could be
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By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state legislator who is a plastic surgeon has been fined $15,000 and reprimanded for twice participating in legislative committee meetings by videoconference from an operating room during surgery. Del. Terri Hill signed a consent order this month agreeing to the disciplinary actions from a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La vacunación protege mucho mejor a las personas contra la infección por coronavirus que la infección previa, según informó este viernes un equipo de investigadores dirigido por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Los investigadores afirmaron que sus hallazgos
Continue Reading In a story published October 23, 2021, about government regulations of firearms on movie sets, The Associated Press erroneously reported that New York City does not regulate firearms on movie sets aside from the hours they can be fired. In fact, the city requires authorization from the police department and an officer to be on
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SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Taylor Pendrith took advantage of some beautiful weather in Bermuda. One day after it was a battle in the wind and rain, the 30-year-old Canadian shot 61 at Port Royal. He had a one-shot lead over Patrick Rodgers in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Rodgers shot 64. Sixteen players are separated by
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s long-serving elected mine inspector is resigning and Gov. Doug Ducey has immediately named a replacement. Joe Hart has been State Mine Inspector since first winning election in 2006. The 77-year-old Hart is stepping down midway through his fourth four-year term. In his resignation letter he called
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has become the latest state to temporarily stop making license plates because of a disruption in the U.S. aluminum supply. Montana Correctional Enterprises, which makes the plates, ran out of aluminum this week and another shipment isn’t expected until December. Administrator Gayle Butler says
Continue Reading By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has become the latest state to temporarily stop making license plates because of a disruption in the U.S. aluminum supply. Montana Correctional Enterprises, which makes the plates, ran out of aluminum this week and another shipment isn’t expected until December. Administrator Gayle Butler says
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By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana has become the latest state to temporarily stop making license plates because of a disruption in the U.S. aluminum supply. Montana Correctional Enterprises, which makes the plates, ran out of aluminum this week and another shipment isn’t expected until December. Administrator Gayle Butler says
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Jamaican government will allow 5,000 fully vaccinated fans to attend the Reggae Boyz World Cup qualifier against the United States on Nov. 16 at Independence Park in Kingston, reversing its decision of a day earlier to play without fans. The U.S. hosts Mexico on Nov. 12 at Cincinnati before traveling
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Prince Andrew are asking a New York judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing the prince of sexually abusing an American when she was 17. The lawyers filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court, saying Andrew never sexually abused or assaulted Virginia Giuffre.
Continue ReadingBy Matt Petrillo Click here for updates on this story BERKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Body camera video obtained by Eyewitness News shows the shocking moments when state officials realize a man is crushed by a bulldozer during a police search. Now the victim’s family wants a new investigation into the deadly encounter. The story
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — When Kelly Anne and Anthony Ferraro met through mutual friends in New Jersey, she knew he was blind. So she wanted to do something special for their first date. She got a new dress — one that he could feel. “She’s
Continue ReadingBy Hank Tester Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Art Basel, the show of shows for international art galleries, high roller collectors, artists, and those that just love seeing great art is back and set to go. This year’s show, emerging from COVID cancellation, is the annual apex of the South
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Some visitors to Yosemite National Park this week were delighted to see a glowing ribbon of water that looked like molten lava cascade down Horsetail Fall on El Capitan. Horsetail Fall doesn’t usually flow at this time of year, but the recent severe storms that swept through the area brought it
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Jannik Sinner has stretched his winning streak on indoor hard courts to 11 matches and 22 sets by beating Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Erste Bank Open. The seventh-seeded Italian will take on American qualifier Frances Tiafoe for a place in Sunday’s final. Alexander Zverev takes on Spanish
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to block a Maine rule that requires certain health care employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. A group of unvaccinated workers argued that the vaccine mandate violated their religious liberty rights. The court’s right wing — Justice Neil
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday. Three conservative justices noted their dissents. The state is not offering a religious exemption to hospital and nursing home workers
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