LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles city leaders are pushing for measures to monitor and prevent deaths from extreme heat after a newspaper investigation found California has failed to adequately address the health dangers of increasingly hot weather. City Councilman Paul Koretz introduced a motion this week directing the city’s Emergency Management Department to report
Continue ReadingBy KIM PASSOTH Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A local mother has been denied a double lung transplant after a life-changing battle with COVID-19, according to her family. Gabriela Acuna, better known by her family as Gaby, was pregnant when she tested positive for the virus and has never
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military chief says that the leader of an Islamic State-linked group has been killed. The alleged death of Abu Musab al-Barnawi was not immediately confirmed by the group and there was no immediate way to corroborate the claim. Gen. Lucky Irabor, Nigeria’s chief of defense
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend a lower-dose booster shot for seniors and other high-risk groups. Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend a lower-dose booster shot for seniors and other high-risk groups. Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The daughter of the late actor and comedian Robin Williams is aware of the viral video of an impersonation of her father and doesn’t want to see it anymore. On Tuesday, actor Jamie Costa posted a five-minute video on his YouTube channel in which he acts out a scene of
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Getting through the first six games of World Cup qualifying has taken a village for the United States. Twenty-nine players have started, five more than the American total during the 10 matches of the 2018 qualifying hexagonal. A total of 33 have appeared in matches,
Continue Reading By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The leader of the Marxist party that carried Pedro Castillo to Peru’s presidency says it won’t support his newly named Cabinet. The Free Peru party chief Vladimir Cerrón said on his Twitter account that the party´s deputies won’t give a vote of confidence to the new
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden plans to address the need for “transparency and accountability” in international and domestic financial systems when he meets later Thursday with Kenya’s leader. President Uhuru Kenyatta is under scrutiny over revelations that he and his family stashed millions of dollars
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By Reid Alexander, as told to CNN’s Faith Karimi Reid Alexander is a 24-year-old Colorado man who battled kidney disease before meeting Rafael Diaz, 28, who would become his husband. Here, Alexander recounts their journey as a couple and expresses his thanks to Diaz for changing his life. It’s been a whirlwind year since I
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are accusing a fugitive of selling forged paintings by contemporary artist Raymond Pettibon. They say Christian Rosa fled the United States last year and remains at large. An indictment filed in New York City alleges the fraud centered on a well-known series of paintings by Pettibon depicting huge ocean
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are accusing a fugitive of selling forged paintings by contemporary artist Raymond Pettibon. They say Christian Rosa fled the United States last year and remains at large. An indictment filed in New York City alleges the fraud centered on a well-known series of paintings by Pettibon depicting huge ocean
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Health and Human Services is repurposing one of its temporary shelters in Michigan for unaccompanied migrant children to accommodate Afghan minors who arrived to the US alone. The department is charged with the care of children who arrived to the US unaccompanied until they can be placed in
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Joseph and Taylor Romine, CNN Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Thursday designed to help residents of Benton Harbor get access to safe drinking water amid concerns about unsafe levels of lead in its water system. “Every Michigander deserves access to safe drinking water and every community deserves lead-free pipes,” Whitmer,
Continue ReadingBy Adam Roberts Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — A judge ruled against all four motions made by Josh Duggar’s attorneys to suppress evidence and dismiss the child pornography case against him. Last month, Duggar’s attorneys told a judge that photographs of Duggar’s hands and feet shouldn’t be allowed
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The Cardinals fired former National League manager of the year Mike Shildt over organizational differences Thursday, just one week after St. Louis lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a walk-off homer in the wild-card game. Cardinals president John Mozeliak said the firing was “something that popped up recently,”
Continue ReadingBy James Stratton Click here for updates on this story SEYMOUR, Iowa (KCCI) — A Southern Iowa dog breeder is under investigation, after the federal Department of Agriculture found more than a hundred violations at his Seymour, Iowa facility. Since March, USDA records show investigators found 120 violations of the Animal Welfare Act at Daniel
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Hope Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. says it’s working on its equipment to lower the number of power outages in Northern California, cut down on the number of people impacted and restore power faster after those outages are required. The utility says
Continue ReadingBy KETV Staff Click here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KETV) — A 33-year-old man faces several charges after Council Bluffs police said he rear-ended a car and stole it. In a news release, police said Zachary White hit the car around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday near North 16th Street and Avenue G.
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals have been on the wrong side of NFL history so far this season. The Lions became the first team to lose two games in the same season on game-winning kicks of 50-plus yards with no time left on the clock,
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