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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers will be playing on new turf when they open the season at Soldier Field. Bermuda grass was installed this week at the lakefront stadium instead of the stadium’s traditional Kentucky bluegrass. The Bears hope that leads to fewer issues with a surface that
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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The big, jovial personality of the Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” got him favors across Asia, where he became rich by wooing U.S. Navy commanders with wild sex parties and luxury gifts. Leonard Francis has admitted to being the mastermind of one of the most
Continue Reading ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old Missouri man is accused of beating his 6-year-old daughter to death with a bat. Dustin Beechner, of St. Joseph, is charged with child abuse resulting in death. During a brief court hearing Wednesday, a judge ordered that Beechner be held without bond. St. Joseph police say they were
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California moved Wednesday to become the first state to lower insurance costs for property owners who make improvements to reduce their fire risk, the state’s insurance commissioner said as wildfires again flared across the heat-stricken state. But the pending regulation still allows insurers to drop property
Continue Reading WEED, Calif. (AP) — A wood products company said Wednesday that it is investigating whether a fire that killed two people as it swept through a Northern California town was caused by the possible failure of a water-spraying machine used to cool ash at its veneer mill. Roseburg Forest Products Co. also announced that although
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, a remarkable turnaround for the much-debated medication that was previously rejected by the same group earlier this year. The Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 7-2
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, a remarkable turnaround for the much-debated medication that was previously rejected by the same group. The Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 7-2 that data from
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new study finds that temporal thermometers — used to measure body temperature on the forehead — may be less accurate than oral thermometers at detecting fevers among hospitalized Black patients. Undetected fevers could lead to delays in medical care, according to the study, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA.
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police arrested the second suspect Wednesday in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in Saskatchewan after a three-day manhunt that also yielded the body of his brother. Myles Sanderson, 32, was found near the town of Rosthern, the Royal
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas searched the home of a local elected official on Wednesday and towed away a vehicle similar to one sought in the criminal investigation of the fatal stabbing of a veteran reporter whose investigative work drew the official’s ire. Las Vegas police did
Continue Reading By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman’s campaign says he’ll participate in just one debate. The campaign said Wednesday that Fetterman would participate in a televised debate in mid- to late October. It comes after weeks of his Republican rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz, pressuring Fetterman and aggressively
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By Nicole Chavez and Amanda Musa, CNN Classes at Brigham Young University have just begun, and queer students are already being reminded of the complicated relationship they have with the private religious school. When LGBTQ students, alumni and friends gathered off campus at a park in Provo, Utah, for a back-to-school event last weekend, they
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Vitamin D supplements aren’t likely to prevent an infection from Covid-19 or respiratory infections like colds or flu, even if your current levels of the vitamin are low, according to two new, large clinical trials. One study, done in the United Kingdom during the height of the pandemic, gave 3,100 people
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN A day after Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Mehmet Oz again attacked John Fetterman over his refusal to debate, the Democratic lieutenant governor, who is recovering from a stroke suffered in May, has committed to meeting his opponent. Fetterman said in a statement Wednesday that he always intended to debate Oz and
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A First Alert Weather Alert remains through midnight tonight as tropical moisture moves through Southern California. KESQ Kay continues to become disorganized, now just a remnant low off the coast, still sending bands of scattered showers across the region. Read the final advisory on this storm from the National Hurricane Center here. KESQ A Flood
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The big, jovial personality of the Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” got him favors across Asia, where he became rich by wooing U.S. Navy commanders with wild sex parties and luxury gifts. Leonard Francis has admitted to being the mastermind of one of the most
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Casi 750 migrantes han perdido la vida en la frontera sur en lo que va de este año fiscal, un récord que supera el total del año pasado en más de 200 personas, según cifras del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional compartidas con CNN. Los migrantes frecuentemente se enfrentan a un terreno
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Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage was named in Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers in 2022. It’s the second time the hospital has made the list. Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to compile its fourth annual list of America’s Best Employers by State. According to Forbes, the list is divided into 51 rankings
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Apple announced a forthcoming satellite connectivity feature called Emergency SOS via Satellite at its iPhone 14 launch event. The tool is intended to help people using the company’s next-generation phones to communicate when their cell service isn’t working — a process that Apple said took years to
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $9.25 million settlement by the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union in two long-running lawsuits stemming from the layoffs of hundreds of Black educators at underperforming schools. Attorneys for the teachers union say those eligible to receive payments under the settlement approved Tuesday have
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