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Month: July 2023

Israeli doctors walk off the job, and more strikes may loom after a law weakening courts passed

By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli doctors have walked out of work while labor leaders are threatening a general strike and senior justices have rushed home from a trip abroad. Tuesday’s developments followed a day after the government approved a law weakening the country’s Supreme Court. Critics

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Celtics’ Jaylen Brown agrees to a $304 million contract – the richest in NBA history – agent says

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Two-time NBA all-star swingman Jaylen Brown has agreed to a five-year, $304 million supermax contract extension with the Boston Celtics, his agent said Tuesday. The deal is the richest in NBA history, eclipsing the $276 million contract of Denver’s Nicola Jokić, signed in 2022, according to salary tracking website

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Grupo de Expertos del caso Ayotzinapa denuncia ocultamiento de información por la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional y se retira de la investigación

Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independientes (GIEI) anunció este martes que se retira de México, argumentando que su tarea llega a su fin debido a que no lograron acceder a los archivos del Ejército mexicano para esclarecer el paradero de los 43 estudiantes de Ayotzinapa, desaparecidos en septiembre de 2014.

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Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires blankets northern US cities with air pollution

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from more than 1,000 wildfires burning across Canada has wafted over the northern US, bringing poor air quality and pollution that threaten residents’ health to northern US cities including Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chicago, Minneapolis and Detroit, Michigan, were ranked among the most polluted

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Chargers, QB Justin Herbert agree to 5-year extension worth $262.5 million, AP source says

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Justin Herbert is set to become the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback by annual salary, agreeing to a five-year, $262.5 million extension with the Los Angeles Chargers on Tuesday. Herbert’s total value and $52.5 million average per season surpasses the $260 million, five-year extension ($52 million average) Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson signed

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Cigna health giant accused of improperly rejecting thousands of patient claims using an algorithm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them individually as required by California law. The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, says Cigna Corp. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co.

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Cigna health giant accused of improperly rejecting thousands of patient claims using an algorithm

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them individually as required by California law. The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, says Cigna Corp. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co.

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