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By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Biden administration scored a significant victory Friday in its court battles to enforce various federal Covid-19 vaccine mandates, with an appeals court ruling that the government can enforce its vaccine-or-testing rule for companies with more than 100 employees. Soon after the order came down, those challenging the mandate said that
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes finally got the case late Friday after a three-month trial that captivated Silicon Valley. The hand-off came after lawyers for the opposing sides wrapped up a second
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes finally got the case late Friday after a three-month trial that captivated Silicon Valley. The hand-off came after lawyers for the opposing sides wrapped up a second
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes finally got the case late Friday after a three-month trial that captivated Silicon Valley. The hand-off came after lawyers for the opposing sides wrapped up a second
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona commission redrawing the state’s legislative and congressional district lines appeared poised to tilt the congressional maps heavily in favor of Republicans. That was before votes on Friday made that seem less likely. That’s when the independent chair sided with the commission’s two Democrats to adopt
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mayor of Long Beach, California, launched a campaign for a U.S. House seat in Southern California, a day after long-serving Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal announced he would retire at the end of his term. Mayor Robert Garcia began his run with an video in which he dedicated his campaign to
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CNN, WABI By Sara Smart, CNN After binging on episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, many fans of the show think they can successfully duplicate the medical procedures that the doctors perform on the show. For one Maine teenager, that came true. What started out as a routine morning for Kristen Iarrobino and her 16-year-old son, Cyrus,
Continue Reading SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Judge sends Elizabeth Holmes case to jury to weigh charges of fraud and conspiracy at blood-testing startup Theranos.
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN With the Omicron variant spreading quickly across the US, several school districts are sending Covid-19 antigen tests home for the holidays to help curb a spike when they return to school in January. The school systems include Marin County Schools in California, Chicago Public Schools, several cities in Massachusetts,
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The Marine Corps has discharged 103 service members for refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, as the military begins carrying out enforcement actions for its vaccine mandate. As of this week, 95% of active duty Marines are vaccinated, according to the latest data from the Marine Corps released Thursday, but the
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A Wind Advisory remains in effect for the San Gorgonio Pass, mountains, and Inland Empire until 4:00 a.m. Saturday. Gusts in the advised area (tan) could reach up to 50 MPH. It’s going to be a cold night in the Coachella Valley! A Frost Advisory will go into effect beginning at 10:00 p.m. lasting through
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mayor of Long Beach, California, launched a campaign for a U.S. House seat in Southern California, a day after long-serving Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal announced he would retire at the end of his term. Mayor Robert Garcia began his run with an video in which he dedicated his campaign to
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is reporting its highest single-day total for new COVID-19 cases, with just over 21,000 people testing positive for the virus. The state’s previous one-day high for positive tests came on Jan. 14, 2021, when just under 20,000 people tested positive. Just under half of
Continue Reading CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The unemployment rate in Nevada remains among the highest in the United States as the pandemic continues to impede full economic recovery. Unemployment has steadily decreased in Nevada since the height of the pandemic. But the state’s 6.8% unemployment rate remains the second highest in the nation, after neighboring California.
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos learned a painful lesson last year when they were forced to play a game without a quarterback. So, they’re isolating third-stringer Brett Rypien as a precaution with the new, highly transmissible form of COVID-19 leading to a spike in infections across
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving will rejoin the Brooklyn Nets to play in road games. The Nets decided Friday their point guard would practice with them and play road games, even though he remains unable to play at home because he doesn’t meet New York City’s vaccine mandate.
Continue Reading UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The former Afghan government’s ambassador to the United Nations has resigned after the country’s current Taliban rulers sought to replace him with their own envoy. The U.N. says Ghulam Isaczai informed the world body Thursday that he stepped down the day before. Afghanistan’s U.N. Mission tweeted that another diplomat, Naseer Faiq,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is reporting its highest single-day total for new COVID-19 cases, with just over 21,000 people testing positive for the virus. The state’s previous one-day high for positive tests came on Jan. 14, 2021, when just under 20,000 people tested positive. Just under half of
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville man is sentenced to 28 years in prison for using Snapchat to solicit teenage girls to produce child pornography and perform sex acts with him in exchange for money. The United States Department of Justice says Coyoami Ruiz
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A Mississippi man conceded this week that he took money from kiosks in Fairhope, Saraland and Mobile – but argued it did not amount to a federal crime. On Friday, a jury agreed. The jury found Stanley Aubrey Baker not guilty
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