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By LAURAN NEERGAARD The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. Novavax makes a more traditional type of shot than the three other COVID-19 vaccines available for use in the U.S. — and one that’s already available in Europe and multiple other countries. Nearly
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell, CNN One day late last month, as new abortion restrictions began taking shape in US states, three Mexican women quietly crossed into the country at different points along the border, dozens of abortion-inducing pills hidden in their belongings. The medication, an FDA-approved two-drug combination, had traveled across the interior of Mexico in
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By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The Biden administration is warning pharmacies not to discriminate against women who may seek reproductive health prescriptions, including some that might be involved in ending a pregnancy. The Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that pharmacies receiving federal money from programs such as Medicare and Medicaid cannot
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College of the Desert continues to work to fix a “computer network disruption” that has affected online and phone access for more than a week. Since July 5, the computer outage has affected student and staff access to various College of the Desert online services, including email, phone, and internet access. COD officials told News
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By JON MELTZER, LAUREN MOWRY, VICTORIA IFATUSIN and MICHAEL PURDIE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism The growth of the lottery business nationwide was inspired in large part by the lobbying innovations of a single multinational gambling company, Scientific Games Holdings LP. A 1986 memo from Scientific Games co-founder and
Continue Reading By JON MELTZER, LAUREN MOWRY, VICTORIA IFATUSIN and MICHAEL PURDIE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism The growth of the lottery business nationwide was inspired in large part by the lobbying innovations of a single multinational gambling company, Scientific Games Holdings LP. A 1986 memo from Scientific Games co-founder and
Continue Reading By JON MELTZER, LAUREN MOWRY, VICTORIA IFATUSIN and MICHAEL PURDIE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism The growth of the lottery business nationwide was inspired in large part by the lobbying innovations of a single multinational gambling company, Scientific Games Holdings LP. A 1986 memo from Scientific Games co-founder and
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers In the latest twist in the Twitter-Elon Musk saga, the company has sued the billionaire Tesla CEO in an attempt to force him to complete his $44 billion takeover. Twitter claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Delaware that Musk’s “outlandish” and “bad faith” actions have
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover now has a new job: acting as a location scout on Mars. In addition to collecting the first samples from an ancient river delta on the red planet, the robotic explorer has been scouting out flat areas around Jezero Crater that could serve as a landing site for
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order on Wednesday that limits her office from extraditing people to or from Michigan if they’re facing criminal charges for obtaining, providing or assisting an abortion. The order signed by Whitmer, who has been supportive of abortion rights, aims to protect women who
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Pronto podrás suscribirte a una versión más barata de Netflix que contará con publicidad, si bien esa opción todavía está en una “fase temprana”. Netflix se asociará con Microsoft para este nuevo plan de suscripción con publicidad, según anunciaron ambas compañías este miércoles. La colaboración se produce luego
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. It’s a more traditional type of vaccine than the Pfizer and Moderna shots already used to protect most Americans. Still, millions of adults haven’t yet gotten vaccinated even this
Continue Reading JEROME, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1 million people a year visit the small north-central Arizona town of Jerome, the former home to one of Arizona’s largest copper mines and now a hub for artists. But police have a problem these days. They say some residents are yelling at tourists over parking in the 504-acre
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, oficializó este miércoles su decisión de retirar al embajador de Nicaragua en Costa Rica, Duilio Hernández, quien se desempeñó en el cargo durante cuatro años consecutivos. El anuncio fue publicado en La Gaceta, diario oficial de Nicaragua, en su edición digital de este miércoles,
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Palm Desert City Hall has been shut down for the day after a contractor cut an electrical main line. If you need to reach city staff, you can do so by their direct email or by emailing info@cityofpalmdesert.org. For a staff directory, visit: http://cityofpalmdesert.org/our-city/staff-directory Get the News Channel 3 app here.
Continue Reading By Yon Pomrenze, CNN In 1995, he was an undercover officer for the Boston Police when he was mistaken for a suspect and severely beaten by his own colleagues. Next month, Michael Cox will lead the force as the city’s new police commissioner. Making the announcement Wednesday, Mayor Michelle Wu spoke about Cox’s close links
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) de Estados Unidos autorizó el uso de emergencia de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Novavax en adultos. Es la cuarta vacuna contra el coronavirus disponible en Estados Unidos y utiliza un tipo de tecnología de vacuna diferente a
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers are being sued over their new management rule for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, with a coalition of environmentalists saying the recently adopted court-ordered changes fail to address genetic concerns and limit the predators from roaming bigger swaths of the American Southwest.
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are betting that trading for veteran defenseman Brent Burns will help a regular playoff team make an even deeper postseason push. The Hurricanes acquired the former Norris Trophy winner from San Jose on Wednesday as the NHL opened its free-agency period. The
Continue Reading By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer With new omicron variants again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, states and cities are rethinking their responses and the White House is stepping up efforts to alert the public. Some experts said the warnings are too little, too late. The highly transmissible BA.5
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