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Month: February 2023

Black, Hispanic dialysis patients are at greater risk of dangerous bloodstream infections

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Patients with failing kidneys who need regular dialysis treatments still have sky-high rates of dangerous staph infections in their blood compared with people who don’t need these treatments, according to a new Vital Signs report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of infection are particularly high among

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Florida begins session on Disney district, migrant flights

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are meeting to begin a state takeover of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district and expand a migrant relocation program. The GOP-controlled Legislature returned to Tallahassee on Monday for a special session that is expected to deliver key conservative priorities of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis

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Pentagon says it had an ‘awareness gap’ that led to failure to detect 3 Chinese balloons under Trump

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN The American military had a “domain awareness gap” that allowed three other suspected Chinese spy balloons to transit the continental United States undetected under the Trump administration, the Pentagon general responsible for providing air and missile defense over North America said on Monday. “Every day as a NORAD

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Mexican Delegates visit Palm Springs ahead of San Miguel de Allende ‘sister city’ signing

The Palm Springs Sister City Committee is welcoming thirteen Mexican delegates from its first “Sister City”, San Miguel de Allende. We spoke to both the President and Vice President of the committee about their plans to sign Palms Springs’ new sister city. Al Jones, President of the Palm Springs Sister Committee says several partnerships will

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