AP Medical Writer The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years in wild birds, chickens, turkeys and many other animals. It was first confirmed in U.S. dairy
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years in wild birds, chickens, turkeys and many other animals. It was first confirmed in U.S. dairy
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Palm Springs Police are investigating a crash that left one person dead over the Christmas holiday. According to Lt. Gustavo Araiza, they received a call just after 2:00 Christmas Day of a rollover crash near the intersection of Ramon Road and Landau Boulevard. Araiza says “that a gray SUV was reportedly traveling southbound on Landau
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down. A tense calm prevailed after checkpoints were set
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month. She is the third baby hippo born at the zoo within five years. The zoo said the baby hippo was also the second calf to be born in December. The mother gave birth to the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Two sailors on separate boats have died in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event’s long history of deaths at sea. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, which administers the yacht race, said Friday that one
Continue ReadingCalMatters California saw its biggest increase in registered lobbyists last session since at least 2011, when a change in the law caused the number to more than double. There was a roughly 10% increase in the number of lobbyists who registered for the 2023-24 session compared to the previous one — for a record of
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The new law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay into a state fund for infrastructure projects meant to repair
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Palm Desert station will conduct a DUI checkpoint later this week at an undisclosed location, authorities said. The checkpoint will be held from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday at a location based on “data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes,” according to the department. Drivers charged with
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Los Angeles Chargers (9-6) at New England (3-12) Saturday, 1 p.m. EST, NFL Network BetMGM NFL odds: Chargers by 4 Series record: Patriots lead 27-16-2. Against the spread: Chargers 10-5, Patriots 6-8-1. Last meeting: Chargers beat Patriots 6-0 on Dec. 3, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. Last week: Patriots lost to Bills 24-21. Chargers beat Broncos
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer Happy holidays from Bad Bunny, who announced Thursday he will release a new album Jan. 5. “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” which translates to “I should have taken more photos,” is his sixth studio album and follows in his tradition of releasing new music on unexpected dates. His debut album, 2018’s “X 100PRE,”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Nebraska man is getting title to his home back, years after losing it over a $588 tax debt, one of his lawyers said Thursday. Kevin Fair of Scottsbluff has been involved in a legal dispute since 2018, when he lost title to the home he had owned for nearly three decades for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Israeli leader’s corruption trial. The Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a terse message late Thursday., saying the investigation would focus on the
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A car collision in La Quinta halted traffic early Thursday morning. The crash was reported at around 5:35 a.m. in the area of Avenue 52 and Jefferson Street. According to Cal Fire, firefighters responded to a vehicle into a tree that caught on fire. Two patients were discovered in the vehicle, one with minor injuries
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a statement published on Thursday afternoon, Haiti’s transitional council named Justice Minister Patrick Pelissier as interim Health Minister until a replacement is found for the
Continue ReadingKISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A pizza deliverer in Florida has been charged with pushing her way into a motel room and stabbing a pregnant woman after a dispute over a tip. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says that Brianna Alvelo has been charged with stabbing a woman in her motel room in Kissimmee, Florida, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A taxi driver whose car hit six pedestrians when he jumped a curb in a Manhattan shopping district on Christmas Day was having a medical episode at the time, New York City police said Thursday. Two of those hurt are Australians, according to that country’s foreign ministry. An NYPD
Continue ReadingWHARTON, N.J. (AP) — A sinkhole that opened up along Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey has forced authorities to close the eastbound lanes of the heavily traveled highway. The sinkhole was discovered Thursday morning near Wharton. That’s about 40 miles west of New York City. Crews are evaluating how to repair the sinkhole and
Continue ReadingBy Aishwarya S Iyer, Abel Alvarado and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who steered the country through sweeping reforms and paved the way for its emergence as a global economic powerhouse, has died. He was 92. Singh was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado earlier this month. Police on the Navajo Nation in Utah say 23-year-old Jeremiah Hight was taken into custody Tuesday. The shooting that killed the boy left 24 bullet holes in the
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